"The Reds are still in the Postseason hunt here in the final stages of the season and they could ill-afford a series loss to the Pirates of all teams. Yet, it happened! The pitchers' duel between Paul Skenes and Hunter Greene delivered some prime entertainment. Pittsburgh put up those two runs against Greene while Skenes was nearly untouchable for six innings."
"Noelvi Marte's inside-the-park dinger in the eighth and then Tyler Stephenson's game-tying homer in the ninth inning forced extra innings. This one actually went to the eleventh inning after both teams managed to push across one run. Pittsburgh's second RBI double of extra innings gave them the advantage in the eleventh and despite Cincinnati loading up the bases with two outs in their half of the inning, Yohan Ramírez held on and got the final out in order to send Cincy into the doldrums."
"The Rangers are done so this is too little, too late for them. The Twins have been cooked since the Trade Deadline, so any type of resistance coming from them usually comes as a surprise. Byron Buxton hit a leadoff dinger for Minnesota and that was the only run they'd score until the eighth. To Minnesota's credit, they did keep Texas quiet (for the most part) until the eighth inning, which is when the Rangers broke out for three runs."
Braves finally lost a game but their lottery odds remained relatively intact because surrounding competitors also produced positive results down the stretch. The Cincinnati Reds lost an extra-innings pitchers' duel to the Pittsburgh Pirates after Paul Skenes nearly dominated and Hunter Greene allowed two runs; Noelvi Marte's inside-the-park homer and Tyler Stephenson's ninth-inning game-tying homer forced extras, and Yohan Ramírez closed out the eleventh. The Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins after Byron Buxton's leadoff homer, and Texas broke the game open in the eighth with two wild pitches contributing to runs.
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