Johnny Cueto was utterly dominant during a one-hit, complete game in Cincinnati’s 9-0 blanking of Pittsburgh in the second of three games from PNC Park. Read more at Red Reporter and Bucs Dugout.
Johnny Cueto One-Hits The Pirates, Cincinnati Beats Pittsburgh, 9-0
Cueto (2-1) struck out eight with no walks and did not permit a runner to advance past first base in his finest outing of the year and first career complete game and shutout. The right-hander threw 103 pitches -- 67 for strikes -- and set down the last 11 batters he faced.
Phillips, Votto, Rolen and Hernandez each had two hits...Heisey’s long ball was the first allowed by the Pirates in 64 innings...Cueto improved to 7-2 lifetime against the Pirates and 4-1 at PNC Park...Bruce has hits in six straight games, while Votto has hit safely in nine of ten and 13 out of 15...The Reds are three games over the .500 mark for the first time since June 11, 2009, when they were 31-28...John Smiley was the last Reds pitcher, on September 22, 1996, to author a complete game one-hitter...Morton is 1-3 in four career starts against the Reds...This was the first of the five games between the teams this season that was not decided by two runs or less.
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