They are situations were i want to execute the pitch and get a ground ball.” I got a one double play on a two seamer, the other was slider. “I was able to execute and command the ball really well. “Six runs like that takes a lot of stress off the pitcher,” said Wilson, who pitched four innings in which the Reds' leadoff batter reached base. Wil Crowe pitched two scoreless innings to earn his fourth save. The Pirates turned two double plays while he was on the mound. It is important to come out and compete every day.” “It is important for us to build momentum to the end of the season.

“If there is one pitcher I want to get a hit off of it is Rob but I was happy with the at-bat,” said Senzel, who has spent a couple days making adjustments at the plate. Wilson allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Former Reds draft pick Robert Stephenson, who was claimed off waivers from the Rockies, retired Nick Senzel on a line out to center. Wilson (3-8) left with the bases loaded in the sixth inning with a 6-3 lead. He finished giving up six runs and seven hits in five innings. He has allowed 23 home runs in 95 innings this season. Minor (4-11) came into the start with wins in his last three starts. The line drive off Bryse Wilson was Aquino’s eighth of the season and fourth in his last eight games.īrian Reynolds started the scoring with his 22nd home run off Minor in the first inning. He came back up here against a left handed starter and did a really nice job.”Īristides Aquino broke an 0-for-8 slide with his eighth home run with a man on to put the Reds on top. “There just weren’t enough at bats so we sent him. ‘'When he was here before he did a nice jobs against left handed pitching,' Shelton said. “I was working on hitting right handed pitchers. “We had good at-bats all night.'Ĭastillo had to travel from Omaha and arrived about three hours before the game.

“Brian got us on the board early, then we got a couple balls that just got over the fence,” Pirates' manager Derek Shelton said. Castillo, who was recalled from Indianapolis before the game, hit a two-run shot - his 11th - to cap the inning. CINCINNATI - Rodolfo Castro and Diego Castillo homered in a five-run fifth inning to power the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.Ĭastro hit a three-run home run off Mike Minor in the fifth inning.

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