CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter Greene pitched seven sparkling innings, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-0 victory on Sunday.

Greene (2-1) allowed two hits, struck out eight and walked one. The 6-foot-5 right-hander extended his scoreless streak to 18 2/3 innings.

Reds pitchers retired their final 23 batters.

Santiago Espinal hit a two-run single against Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2) in the third. Elly De La Cruz added an RBI single in Cincinnati’s two-run fifth.

Mlodzinski allowed five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked two.

Key moment

Isiah Kiner-Falefa tripled for Pittsburgh with one out in the second. But Greene struck out Tsung-Che Cheng and Espinal made a leaping grab of Henry Davis’s hard liner to second.

Key stat

Greene’s career-long scoreless streak is 24 innings from July 11 to August 8, 2024. It’s the longest scoreless innings streak by a Reds starter since 1989.

Up next

Pirates ace Paul Skenes (1-1, 3.44 ERA) starts Monday against the Nationals at PNC Park. Cincinnati’s Nick Lodolo (2-1, 0.96 ERA) takes the mound on Tuesday against the Mariners at Great American Ball Park.

Reds 4, Pirates 0

Pittsburgh						Cincinnati
	ab	r	h	bi			ab	r	h	bi
Valdez 2b	4	0	0	0		Friedl cf	4	2	1	1
Reynolds dh	4	0	1	0		Espinal 2b	4	0	2	2
Cruz cf	3	0	0	0		De La Cruz ss	4	0	1	1
Rodríguez 1b	3	0	0	0		Lux lf	3	0	1	0
Canario rf	3	0	0	0		Dunn lf	0	0	0	0
Frazier lf	3	0	0	0		Steer dh	4	0	0	0
Kiner-Falefa 3b	3	0	1	0		Candelario 1b	4	0	0	0
Cheng ss	3	0	0	0		Fraley rf	3	0	0	0
Davis c	3	0	0	0		Marte 3b	2	1	0	0
						Wynns c	2	1	1	0
Totals	29	0	2	0		Totals	30	4	6	4

Pittsburgh	000	000	000	=	0
Cincinnati	002	020	00x	=	4

LOB–Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 5. 2B–Reynolds (4), Lux (4), Friedl (2). 3B–Kiner-Falefa (1). SB–Cruz (8), Marte (1).

	IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO

Pittsburgh
Mlodzinski L,1-2	4	1-3	5	4	4	2	4
Wentz		2-3	1	0	0	1	0
Lawrence	1		0	0	0	0	2
Borucki	1		0	0	0	0	1
Ferguson	1		0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati
Greene W,2-1	7		2	0	0	1	8
Gibaut	1		0	0	0	0	0
Santillan	1		0	0	0	0	1

Umpires–Home, Dan Merzel; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Jordan Baker; Third, Stu Scheuwater.

T–2:03. A–24,358 (43,891).