The Cincinnati Reds rallied to send the game to extra innings but couldn’t complete the comeback, falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 for their second straight loss Wednesday.The Reds trailed 2-1 with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning before catcher Tyler Stephenson evened the score with a solo home run.The Pirates scored one run in the top of the 10thinning but the Reds rallied again in the bottom half of the inning, with Gavin Lux’s sacrifice fly tying the game at 3-3.In the 11th inning, Spencer Horwitz continued his hot night with an RBI double down the right field line, putting the Pirates ahead 4-3. Cincinnati loaded the bases in the bottom of the 11th inning but Noelvi Marte grounded into a force out to third base, ending the game.The Reds entered Wednesday trailing the New York Mets by one game for the final National League wild card spot and would fall to two games behind with a New York win against the Chicago Cubs. They would remain one game behind with a Mets’ loss.The Arizona Diamondbacks also entered Wednesday trailing the Mets by one game and play the Los Angeles Dodgers late Wednesday.Billed pregame as an epic starting pitching matchup between Reds ace Hunter Greene and Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes, it was Pittsburgh’s ace that turned in the better performance on the mound.Skenes threw six shutout innings, struck out seven, allowed only four hits and lowered his season ERA to 1.97, cementing himself as the presumptive favorite for the NL Cy Young award.The Pirates got on the board first for the second consecutive night, with an RBI double by Horwitz giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.Cincinnati threatened to even the score in the bottom of the fifth inning, getting a runner on base with one out, but back-to-back strikeouts by Matt McLain and TJ Friedl ended the frame.In the top of the sixth inning, Horwitz drove in his second run of the game with a single to left field. Greene retired the next batter Andrew McCutchen, ending his 7-strikeout night after six innings. Skenes and the rest of the Pirates’ staff kept the Great American Ball Park quiet for much of the night, until the bottom of the eighth inning, when Noelvi Marte hit a drive to center field that went off the wall and got away from center fielder Oneil Cruz, allowing Marte to score for an inside-the-park home run.The Reds had 10 hits to Pittsburgh’s eight and left 13 runners on the bases.Thursday’s game between the Reds and Pirates will begin at 12:40 p.m.

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The Cincinnati Reds rallied to send the game to extra innings but couldn’t complete the comeback, falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 for their second straight loss Wednesday.

The Reds trailed 2-1 with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning before catcher Tyler Stephenson evened the score with a solo home run.

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The Pirates scored one run in the top of the 10thinning but the Reds rallied again in the bottom half of the inning, with Gavin Lux’s sacrifice fly tying the game at 3-3.

In the 11th inning, Spencer Horwitz continued his hot night with an RBI double down the right field line, putting the Pirates ahead 4-3. Cincinnati loaded the bases in the bottom of the 11th inning but Noelvi Marte grounded into a force out to third base, ending the game.

The Reds entered Wednesday trailing the New York Mets by one game for the final National League wild card spot and would fall to two games behind with a New York win against the Chicago Cubs. They would remain one game behind with a Mets’ loss.

The Arizona Diamondbacks also entered Wednesday trailing the Mets by one game and play the Los Angeles Dodgers late Wednesday.

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Billed pregame as an epic starting pitching matchup between Reds ace Hunter Greene and Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes, it was Pittsburgh’s ace that turned in the better performance on the mound.

Skenes threw six shutout innings, struck out seven, allowed only four hits and lowered his season ERA to 1.97, cementing himself as the presumptive favorite for the NL Cy Young award.

The Pirates got on the board first for the second consecutive night, with an RBI double by Horwitz giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.

Cincinnati threatened to even the score in the bottom of the fifth inning, getting a runner on base with one out, but back-to-back strikeouts by Matt McLain and TJ Friedl ended the frame.

In the top of the sixth inning, Horwitz drove in his second run of the game with a single to left field. Greene retired the next batter Andrew McCutchen, ending his 7-strikeout night after six innings.

Skenes and the rest of the Pirates’ staff kept the Great American Ball Park quiet for much of the night, until the bottom of the eighth inning, when Noelvi Marte hit a drive to center field that went off the wall and got away from center fielder Oneil Cruz, allowing Marte to score for an inside-the-park home run.

The Reds had 10 hits to Pittsburgh’s eight and left 13 runners on the bases.

Thursday’s game between the Reds and Pirates will begin at 12:40 p.m.