Reds Push Past Pirates For The Win

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Martinez pitched seven sharp innings and Noelvi Marte doubled three times as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night to snap a three-game slide.  Marte drove in one run and scored another. Martinez (10-9) permitted a run on four hits and two walks while striking out four.  Emilio Pagán earned his 25th save. He gave up a leadoff walk in the ninth but shortstop Elly De La Cruz converted a line drive into a game-ending double play. Marte knocked in Spencer Steer from first base with a double in the fourth to tie it 1-all. Marte doubled again in the seventh and scored on TJ Friedl’s sacrifice fly. He added his third double in the ninth to set a career high.  Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the third when Jared Triolo doubled and scored on Tommy Pham’s sacrifice fly.  Spencer Horwitz had two of the Pirates’ four hits.  Carmen Mlodzinski (2-7), the second of five pitchers in a bullpen game, took the loss.