The Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs and score five runs but they still lost to the hot hitting Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 9-5 on Wednesday night.  Jay Bruce hit two home runs and finished the game with four rbi while Adam Dunn connected on a solo home run to chip in with one rbi, but it wasn’t close to be enough to win the game for the Reds.

The Pirates jumped all over starting pitcher Daryl Thompson for eight hits and seven runs in only 4 1/3 innings.  Thompson gave up two home runs and took the loss to fall to 0-2.  Jeremy Affeldt and Bill Bray both gave up one run in their relief appearances.  Not a good day to be a Reds pitcher…

Hopefully the Reds will have better luck on Thursday as they begin a series with the Washington Nationals.

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After Grady Sizemore shut down a potential Reds uprising with a spectacular catch of an Adam Dunn bid for extra bases, C.C. Sabathia shut down the Reds without further incident.  Sizemore later homered and drove in three Tribal runs.  Daryl Thompson pitched well for the Reds, but got no help from the bullpen, the offense, or the defense.

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Daryl Thompson pitched five scoreless innings in his major-league debut, and Bill Bray picked up the win in relief as the Reds offense finally broke through against Yankee pitching in the seventh and eighth innings.  Edwin Encarnacion, Brandon Phillips, and Corey Patterson drove in two runs apiece, Patterson with the 100th home run of his career.

Thompson was activated before the game when Jolbert Cabrera went on the DL.

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