The Cincinnati Reds were in good position to sweep a three-game series from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday and they let it slip away.Cheap Jerseys usa
Travis Snider then hit an RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning and the Pirates, boosted by a stellar effort from their bullpen, beat the Reds 5-4.
Five Pittsburgh relievers combined for 10 scoreless innings. Starter Jeanmar Gomez was removed with tightness in his right forearm after giving up four runs in the first.Cheap Jerseys for sale
"When we have a foot on their throat, we've got to keep them down," Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Sometimes, we're not very good at that."
They weren't Sunday.
The Pirates' Garrett Jones tied the game at 4-4 in the eighth inning with a two-run home run off set-up man Jonathan Broxton that cleared the right-field stands and reached the Allegheny River on the fly. It was just the Nike NFL jersey second homer to make it into the river without bouncing and the first by a Pirates' hitter. Daryle Ward hit the first on July 6, 2002, while playing for Houston.
It was Jones' sixth home run of the season but first since May 10.
Broxton said he tried to throw a cut fastball on the inner half of the plate.
"He got to it in a hurry and it went nfl jerseys free shipping a long, long ways," Broxton said.
