Pirates beat Central-leading Reds 9-1

Henry Davis homers twice, Mitch Keller works 7 strong innings

SO YEAH, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO BUNDLE UP IF YOU’RE GOING DOWN TO CHEER ON THE RUNNERS OUT THERE. FROSTY MORNINGS TOMORROW, PROBABLY SUNDAY AS WELL. THOSE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 30S ON BOTH DAYS. THAT MEANS A CHILLY START FOR THE MARATHON, DOWN AROUND 34 DEGREES ON SUNDAY MORNING. DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. AND THEN WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK. WE’LL HAVE SOME RAIN CHANCES AGAIN AS WE GO THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, LOW 40S IN CLARION AT 43 IN NEWCASTLE, 41 IN FRANKLIN, A LITTLE BETTER AS YOU GO SOUTH, 48 IN UNIONTOWN, GREENSBURG AND WAYNESBURG. MORGANTOWN HOLDING ON TO 51 DEGREES. WE HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE IN PITTSBURGH TODAY OF JUST 51 DEGREES, AND TOMORROW, THAT’S ABOUT WHERE WE’RE GOING DOWN, DOWN INTO THE 30S. TOMORROW MORNING, WE’LL HAVE A SHOWER HERE AND THERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY, AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT 52 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON. SO IN THE MORNING, 34 ON SATURDAY, JUST A FEW SHOWERS, AROUND 52 FOR YOUR HIGH. WE WILL DO BETTER ON SUNDAY. IN A COUPLE OF RESPECTS. WE’LL HAVE SUNSHINE TO START THE DAY. WE’LL BE WITH US FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY AND IT WILL GET A LITTLE BIT WARMER, A HIGH OF 59 DEGREES. SOME LOCATIONS COULD HIT 60, WHICH IS CERTAINLY AN IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN WE GO TO MONDAY, 69 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE. AND THEN OUR BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE SATURDAY. LATER IN THE DAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, TEMPERATURES DO WARM UP TO 72 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH. AGAIN. MOST OF IT IS LIGHT THAT’S MOVING THROUGH THE AREA, AND MOST OF IT IS MOVING OUT OF THERE. THE BULK OF IT IS MOVING OFF TO THE EAST, BUT STILL A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY IN PLACES LIKE SCOTTSDALE DOWN TO CONNERSVILLE, AS WELL AS UNIONTOWN, FARMINGTON AND CHALK HILL, BLAIRSVILLE AND INDIANA. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS BAND GETTING SET TO MOVE IN, BE VERY QUICK HIT OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN, CRANBURY, FRANKLIN, PITTSBURGH, BETHEL PARK AND DOWN TOWARDS WASHINGTON AND CLAYSVILLE AS WE TAKE YOU INTO TOMORROW MORNING, THE CLOUDS WILL ARRIVE AND THEN WE’LL HAVE JUST A SHOWER HERE AND THERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. THAT WILL WRAP UP LATE ON SATURDAY, AND THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH SUNSHINE TO START THE DAY ON SUNDAY AT 7 A.M. AND MUCH OF THE DAY WE’LL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE BEFORE CLOUDS INCREASE LATE IN THE DAY AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY TO FINISH OUT THE WEEKEND. AND AS WE TAKE INTO MONDAY, WE AGAIN WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE THAT WILL BE IN THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE BY THE TIME WE GE


JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press

Henry Davis hit his first two home runs of the season, Mitch Keller pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 9-1 on Friday night to end a five-game losing streak.Davis homered in consecutive innings. He hit a solo shot to center field in the fourth that pushed the Pirates’ lead to 4-0 and connected on a two-run drive to left field that capped a four-run fifth and made it 8-0.It was the second career two-homer game for Davis, who also scored three runs after entering the game with a .154 batting average.Keller (3-1) allowed one run, struck out six and walked one. His 104 pitches were the most thrown by a Pirates pitcher this season.Bryan Reynolds and Marcell Ozuna also homered for Pittsburgh as the Pirates sent the NL Central-leading Reds to their fifth loss in 16 games. Reynolds hit a 443-foot solo shot to the shrubbery in center field in the first inning to open the scoring, and Ozuna had a two-run blast in the fifth.Brady Singer (2-2) allowed four runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings while walking two and striking out one.The Pirates’ Nick Gonzales went 3 for 3 with a walk. Reynolds, who also tripled, and Ryan O’Hearn had two hits each.The Reds broke up Keller’s shutout bid in the sixth inning when TJ Friedl doubled and scored on Elly De La Cruz’s groundout. Friedl had two of his team’s three hits.Justin Lawrence and Evan Sisk finished with one perfect inning each.The start of the game was delayed by 1 hour, 31 minutes due to rain.Up nextReds RHP Rhett Lowder (3-1, 3.18 ERA) faces Pirates RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2, 4.13) on Saturday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) —

Henry Davis hit his first two home runs of the season, Mitch Keller pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 9-1 on Friday night to end a five-game losing streak.

Davis homered in consecutive innings. He hit a solo shot to center field in the fourth that pushed the Pirates’ lead to 4-0 and connected on a two-run drive to left field that capped a four-run fifth and made it 8-0.

It was the second career two-homer game for Davis, who also scored three runs after entering the game with a .154 batting average.

Keller (3-1) allowed one run, struck out six and walked one. His 104 pitches were the most thrown by a Pirates pitcher this season.

Bryan Reynolds and Marcell Ozuna also homered for Pittsburgh as the Pirates sent the NL Central-leading Reds to their fifth loss in 16 games. Reynolds hit a 443-foot solo shot to the shrubbery in center field in the first inning to open the scoring, and Ozuna had a two-run blast in the fifth.

Brady Singer (2-2) allowed four runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings while walking two and striking out one.

The Pirates’ Nick Gonzales went 3 for 3 with a walk. Reynolds, who also tripled, and Ryan O’Hearn had two hits each.

The Reds broke up Keller’s shutout bid in the sixth inning when TJ Friedl doubled and scored on Elly De La Cruz’s groundout. Friedl had two of his team’s three hits.

Justin Lawrence and Evan Sisk finished with one perfect inning each.

The start of the game was delayed by 1 hour, 31 minutes due to rain.

Up next

Reds RHP Rhett Lowder (3-1, 3.18 ERA) faces Pirates RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2, 4.13) on Saturday.