Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds

PIT 7 — 8 CIN
Final — 2026-07-31
MVP: Sal Stewart 2-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7. Sal Stewart led the way with 2-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI. Emilio Pagan earned the win and Wilber Dotel took the loss.

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PIT 210010030 7121
CIN 20120003x 8120
WP Emilio Pagan (4-1)
LP Wilber Dotel (1-4, B, 1)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Gonzales singled to center, Reynolds and Valdez scored, O'Hearn to second. (2-0)
Bot 1: Stephenson doubled to left, Bleday scored. (2-1)
Bot 1: Lowe singled to right, Stephenson scored. (2-2)
Top 2: Mangum homered to right (336 feet). (3-2)
Bot 3: Bleday homered to right (386 feet). (3-3)
Bot 4: Stewart homered to center (409 feet), De La Cruz scored. (3-5)
Top 5: Valdez hit sacrifice fly to right, Lowe scored. (4-5)
Top 8: Davis singled to left, Gonzales scored, Rodríguez to second. (5-5)
Top 8: Mangum singled to left, Rodríguez scored, Davis to third. (6-5)
Top 8: Lowe singled to center, Davis scored, Mangum to third. (7-5)
Bot 8: Stewart singled to center, Marte scored and McLain scored, Stewart to second. (7-7)
Bot 8: Lowe grounded into fielder's choice to third, Stewart scored, Lowe second, Stephenson to second, Stephenson safe at third on error by second baseman Lowe. (7-8)

PIT — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Mangum CF4120012111 .304.353.382.735
Lowe 2B5131001021 .257.323.494.817
Reynolds LF5120000010 .268.381.453.834
Valdez RF3100001110 .271.366.6501.016
O'Hearn DH4010000100 .270.334.454.788
Gonzales 3B4120002000 .318.372.414.786
Rodriguez 1B5110000020 .259.377.440.817
Gonzalez SS3000000000 .231.288.372.660
Davis C4110001000 .173.267.325.592
Triolo SS1000000010 .243.314.311.625

CIN — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
De La Cruz SS3110100210 .279.358.508.866
Stewart 1B5220014000 .255.334.477.811
Bleday LF3210011210 .229.341.472.813
Stephenson C3111001220 .252.338.401.739
Lowe DH5020001020 .258.333.471.804
Suarez 3B3000000120 .200.275.386.661
Myers CF4010000010 .276.374.378.752
Marte RF4131000010 .200.243.356.599
McLain 2B4110000010 .192.292.326.618
Hayes 3B1000000010 .141.195.228.423
Johnson DH0000000000 .100.250.100.350

PIT — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Skenes 4.0755472 100-65 3.901.13
Kelly 3.0200230 40-27 6.141.64
Dotel 0.1332010 18-13 5.111.38L, 1-4, B, 1
Montgomery 0.2000110 12-10 3.801.20

CIN — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Greene 6.0744241 91-60 6.831.37
Moll 0.2000120 16-7 4.361.42
Garcia 0.1000000 1-1 2.410.97
Ferguson 0.1222000 7-6 4.181.50
Johnson 0.2311010 17-14 4.961.38
Pagan 1.0000010 14-6 4.631.16W, 4-1

Venue: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio (30,618)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Dan Bellino, First Base Umpire: Dexter Kelley, Second Base Umpire: Shane Livensparger, Third Base Umpire: Dan Merzel

Broadcast: RDTV | SNPT

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