The Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates are making up a rainout from March 30 in addition to the regularly scheduled game. The Reds, who have not been within three games of .500 since they were 11-14 on April 26. They have been within four games of .500 seven times before today. The Reds were not thinking sweep before the game.
"We are literally taking this one game at a time," David Bell said. "Our focus is to win game one. We have plenty of time to figure out what to do for game two."
The Reds ace Luis Castillo (5-1, 2.28) will pitch the first game at 1:10 against Pittsburgh's Nick Kingman (1-1, 8.76).
Sonny Gray (1-4, 3.78), who won his last start and Mitch Keller will make his Major League debut for the Pirates at 7:10. Keller was 5-0 with a 3.45 ERA in nine starts for Indianapolis in the International League. Two of his wins came against Louisville, the Reds Triple A affiliate.
Keller, 23, was the Pirates 2nd pick in the 2014 draft out of Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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