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All good things must come to an end. GM Moore is proud that our hitters mounted a comeback bid, but it wasn't enough on this day.

SP Joe Musgrove (7IP, 7H, 4ER, 1BB, 9K's) struggled early giving up 2 runs in the first inning, then shut the Reds down until the seventh inning when he gave up another two runs. RP Rich Rodriguez (1IP, 0H, 0R, 2K's) had a perfect 8th inning. CL Archie Bradley (0.1IP, 1H, 2ER, 1BB, 0K's) came on after the Pirates went up 5-4 in the bottom of the 8th, but Bradley was unable to hold the lead, then Jacob Lindgren (0.2IP, 1H, 2ER, 1BB, 2K's) relieved Bradley and promptly served up a three run homer to PH Matt Kemp.

LF KeBryan Hayes (2/3, 3R, 1BB) had a great day at the plate, while 2B Erik Gonzalez and RK Trayvon Robinson each contributed 2 hits and combined for 4 of the 6 RBI's.

A side note - the last two games of the Washington series and the first two of this series our Pirates have gotten 8 hits in each, this was the highest run output on the eight hits yet, but we lost the game.