Paul Skenes struck out nine and pitched two-hit ball through five innings, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Pittsburgh rookie ace Paul Skenes struck out nine in five scoreless innings while O'Neil Cruz and Nick Yorke homered to lead the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates past the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.

The Cincinnati Reds (76-81) fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates (73-83) 2-0 on Sunday afternoon. Here are our postgame takeaways: Greene Looked Good in Return Hunter Greene made his first start since August 13th against the Cardinals and he looked good.

Elly De La Cruz hit a three-run homer, drove in four runs and scored twice to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. De La Cruz, who had three hits, joined Eric Davis and Barry Larkin as the only Reds players with 25 homers and 65 stolen bases in a season.

Elly De La Cruz joined Vince Coleman and Rickey Henderson to become the third player to steal 100 bases in his first two seasons since the modern rule was adopted in 1898, and the Cincinnati Reds beat