The Reds took a two-run lead in the sixth inning Sunday afternoon and lost it in the seventh. They pulled ahead again in the eighth and let the Pirates tie it, then they repeated the cycle again in the ninth. Finally, after letting Pittsburgh come back and tie it in three straight innings, Cincinnati put away the game in the 11th inning, halting its six-game losing streak with a 6-5 win at PNC Park.
Left fielder Scott Schebler put the Reds ahead in the ninth, driving a double to the left-field wall off Arquimedes Caminero and scoring Adam Duvall. But like Cincinnati’s advantages in the seventh and eighth innings, the lead wouldn’t last. John Jaso homered off right-hander Ross Ohlendorf with two outs in the ninth, sending the game to extra innings.
“I’ve been kind of struggling at the plate, my at-bats have gotten better and opportunity presented itself,” Schebler said. “I just happened to put a good swing on two balls today, and most of all we won and that’s all the matters to me.”
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