Cincinnati Reds bats stymied again in 3-1 loss to Pirates

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Oof.

The struggles of the Cincinnati Reds against left-handed pitching had been accounted long before lefty Bailey Falter flummoxed them through 7 scoreless frames in yesterday’s shutout loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. With lefty Andrew Heaney scheduled to be on the bump for the Pirates in Thursday’s series finale, there wasn’t a whole lot of optimism about the Reds chances for salvaging this series victory.

There shouldn’t have been.