ARCHIVE March 30, 2026
March 30, 2026 · NL Cent

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds

March 30, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 74°F · 14 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Pittsburgh Pirates
1-3
0
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
3-1
2

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B4 Spencer Steer Spencer Steer out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Ryan O'Hearn. Sal Stewart scores. PIT 0, CIN 1
B4 Will Benson Will Benson triples (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ryan O'Hearn. Eugenio Suárez scores. PIT 0, CIN 2

Box score

  123456789 R
PIT 000000000 0
CIN 000200000 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Pirates AWAY 0

Braxton Ashcraft started for Pirates, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Braxton Ashcraft Starter 6.0 87 2 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Braxton Ashcraft threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 60% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Curveball 29 33% 6 5 4 10 4
    Sinker 22 25% 0 2 1 11 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 21 24% 0 7 4 7 3
    Slider 15 17% 2 1 2 7 3
  • Isaac Mattson Reliever 1.0 15 0 1
  • Justin Lawrence Reliever 1.0 16 0 3
Reds HOME 2

Chase Burns started for Reds, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chase Burns Starter 5.0 78 0 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chase Burns threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 53% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 49 63% 6 8 9 23 3
    Slider 24 31% 8 3 1 7 5
    Changeup 5 6% 0 1 1 2 1
  • Jose Franco Reliever 1.2 35 0 0 HLD
  • Graham Ashcraft Reliever 1.1 18 0 3 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Connor Phillips Reliever 1.0 20 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 4th · off Ashcraft
  • Steer SF (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Oneil Cruz CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .200 .143 .343
Brandon Lowe 2B 2 0 1 0 2 1 .429 .556 1.143 1.699
Bryan Reynolds LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .211 .167 .378
Marcell Ozuna DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 .083 .214 .083 .297
Jared Triolo SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .118 .211 .176 .387
Spencer Horwitz 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182
Nick Gonzales 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 .316 .333 .649 SB
Henry Davis C 3 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .308 .273 .581
Ryan O'Hearn RF 2 0 1 0 2 0 .438 .526 .625 1.151
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
TJ Friedl LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .118 .167 .118 .285
Matt McLain 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .444 .357 .801
Elly De La Cruz SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .333 .400 .733
Eugenio Suárez DH 4 1 1 0 0 2 .188 .235 .375 .610
Spencer Steer 1B 2 0 0 1 0 0 .077 .188 .077 .265
Will Benson RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 .286 .375 .571 .946 3B
Tyler Stephenson C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .100 .000 .100
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .100 .000 .100
Sal Stewart 1B 2 1 1 0 2 1 .667 .765 1.167 1.932

Pitching lines

AWAY · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Braxton Ashcraft 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 87 3.00 L
Isaac Mattson 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 6.75
Justin Lawrence 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 6.75
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chase Burns 5.0 1 0 0 3 7 0 78 0.00 W
Jose Franco 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 35 0.00 HLD
Graham Ashcraft 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 3.00 HLD
Connor Phillips 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20 4.91 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · PIT
Don Kelly
Don Kelly
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 0.6 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Terry Francona
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 2.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · PIT
4-6 W1 -8 run diff
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HOME · CIN
5-5 L1 +7 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.

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