{"id":655728,"date":"2026-04-01T03:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/655728\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T03:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:10:46","slug":"cruz-homers-twice-ohearn-and-reynolds-also-go-deep-as-pirates-beat-reds-8-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/655728\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz homers twice, O’Hearn and Reynolds also go deep as Pirates beat Reds 8-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

CINCINNATI \u2014 Oneil Cruz homered twice and Ryan O\u2019Hearn hit a three-run shot as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hearn and Bryan Reynolds went back-to-back in the second inning. Cruz finished with three hits and three RBIs. He also scored three times. <\/p>\n

The Reds were held hitless until Jose Trevino singled off reliever Hunter Barco with one out in the seventh. Pirates rookie starter Bubba Chandler tossed 4 1\/3 innings with six strikeouts, but also walked six. <\/p>\n

Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz hit consecutive homers off Barco to trim the Pirates’ lead to 6-3 in the eighth. <\/p>\n

Pittsburgh manager Don Kelly was ejected in the eighth for arguing with plate umpire Jordan Baker. <\/p>\n

Cruz hit a solo homer in the fourth off left-hander Brandon Williamson, then provided insurance for Pittsburgh with a two-run homer off Pierce Johnson in the ninth.<\/p>\n

Williamson made his first major league appearance since Sept. 1, 2024. He missed last season following left elbow surgery.<\/p>\n

\"Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds hits a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Cincinnati. Credit: AP\/Kareem Elgazzar<\/p>\n

Williamson (0-1) allowed consecutive homers in the second to O’Hearn and Reynolds that made it 5-0.<\/p>\n

It was the 139th career homer for Reynolds, tying Jason Bay for ninth on the franchise list. <\/p>\n

Chandler issued three walks in the third but allowed only one run, helped when TJ Friedl popped into a double play attempting to bunt. <\/p>\n

The Reds’ first run scored when Reynolds and Cruz allowed Ke’Bryan Hayes’ flyball to drop between them in left-center. It was initially ruled a single but later changed to an error on Reynolds in left, keeping the no-hit bid intact for a while. <\/p>\n

\"Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds celebrates a solo home run while crossing home plate during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Cincinnati. Credit: AP\/Kareem Elgazzar<\/p>\n

Cincinnati had the bases loaded with one out in the fifth but Yohan Ram\u00edrez (1-0) struck out Matt McLain and De La Cruz to end the inning. <\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Pirates: RHP Paul Skenes (0-1) looks to rebound from a rough opener Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Reds: LHP Andrew Abbott (0-0) tossed six shutout innings last Thursday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2014 Oneil Cruz homered twice and Ryan O\u2019Hearn hit a three-run shot as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2400],"tags":[5,535,50,4259,4,64,536,2524],"class_list":{"0":"post-655728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-reds","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-reds","11":"tag-cincinnatireds","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","14":"tag-reds","15":"tag-wires-bot"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116327264750628623","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}