Cincinnati 2 at Pittsburgh 3 - Recap

PITTSBURGH -- Sean Rodriguez led off the bottom of the ninth with a 413-foot home run to left field Friday to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Pittsburgh broke a two-game losing streak. It was the start of a six-game homestand for the Pirates, who were coming off a 1-5 road trip.

In a matchup of young right-handers, Pittsburgh's Jameson Taillon and the Reds' Anthony DeSclafani had similar nights but neither got a decision.

Taillon allowed one run on six hits over six innings, with one walk and six strikeouts. He threw 102 pitches and picked up his first career win at PNC Park.

DeSclafani, who had won four of his past five starts, allowed two runs on two hits over six innings, with three walks and six strikeouts. He threw 106 pitches.

Felipe Rivero pitched the seventh and Neftali Feliz the eighth for the Pirates without giving up any hits.

The Reds tied it 2-2 off Tony Watson (2-3) in the ninth. Eugenio Suarez walked, moved to second on Tucker Barnhart's bunt, stole third and scored on pinch-hitter Ramon Cabrera's sacrifice fly to left.

Rodriguez's homer, his 11th this season and the second walk-off homer of his career, came against Ross Ohlendorf (5-7).

Cincinnati scored in the first. Shortstop Zack Cozart, who missed the previous three games because of a bruised right index finger, hit a one-out bloop single to center, advanced on Joey Votto's single to left and scored an out later on Brandon Phillips' base hit to right.

Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead in the fifth.

After David Freese walked to open the inning, John Jaso hit a ball to the center-field wall. It was first ruled that center fielder Billy Hamilton bobbled but caught the ball. That got overturned and ruled a double when a Pirates challenge showed that the ball glanced off the wall.

Francisco Cervelli's sacrifice fly to right drove in Freese, and Jordy Mercer's sacrifice bunt brought home Jaso.

NOTES: F Andrew McCutchen returned to the Pittsburgh lineup after being benched for all three games of the Atlanta series that ended Thursday. Manager Clint Hurdle's hope was that it would serve as a reset for McCutchen, who entered Friday's game hitting .241. ... Pittsburgh RF Gregory Polanco was out of the lineup for the second game in a row. Hurdle said Polanco has left shoulder discomfort that limits his throwing but allows him to hit. ... Pirates 1B John Jaso was in the lineup, albeit hitting sixth rather than leadoff. There was speculation he might be benched after not running out a chopper Thursday that he said he thought was foul but went for a double play. ... Pirates RHP Tyler Glasnow (triceps injury) is scheduled to throw in the bullpen Saturday and expand from his fastball to all his pitches. ... Cincinnati SS Zack Cozart returned to the lineup after missing three games because of a bruised right ring finger. ... Reds INF Tony Renda made his major league debut as a pinch-hitter Tuesday. In the eighth, he executed a sacrifice bunt and reached first on a throwing error. Now the scoring on that play has been changed, giving him his first career hit. ... While Cincinnati played a day game at home Thursday and traveled to Pittsburgh, the Pirates played a night game at Atlanta and landed back home at 2:24 a.m.