Dateline: Cincinnati
The Reds send newly signed franchise pitcher, Chase Burns, puts his 12-1 record with a 2.40 ERA on the line against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday (080226).
Burns is at the top of Major League baseball with 12 wins, third in baseball with just one loss. and ERA at 2.40 is fourth in 20 starts. He is sixth in MLB in batting average against at .207.
His last start on Tuesday against the Cleveland Guardians, an error led to a grand slam by Kyle Manzardo, all runs were unearned. He pitched five innings, allowed five runs, one earned on five hits and two walks. He struck out four.
Burns is 1-0 with a 2.08 in five career starts against Pittsburgh. His last outing he was charged with five earned runs in six innings on nine hits. He struck out a career-high tying 10 batters, matching 10 strikeouts, also against the Pirates on August 8, 2025. The Reds came back to win that game, 9-7.
The Pirates will send veteran Mitch Keller and his 6-7 4.83 ERA in 21 starts. He has allowed 10 runs in 19 1/3 innings in four July starts. His last start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 27, Keller pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk. He struck out four.
Keller has volumes of experience against the Reds. He is 5-6 with a 5.25 ERA in 21 starts. This season he is 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA against the Reds. He beat the Reds on May 1 with seven innings of one run baseball on three hits and a walk with six strikeouts. In his last start on June 28, he won an 9-4 decision in which he gave up four runs, three earned in six innings on five hits and a walk. He struck out four.
Reds lineup:
Elly De La Cruz SS
Sal Stewart 1B
JJ Bleday LF
Tyler Stephenson C
Nathaniel Lowe DH
Dane Myers CF
Noelvi Marte RF
Matt McLain 2B
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
Pirates Lineup
Jake Mangum LF
Brandon Lowe 2B
Bryan Reynolds DH
Esmerlyn Valdez RF
Spencer Horwitz 1B
Nick Gonzales 3B
Endy Rodriguez C
Jacob Gonzalez SS
Jhostynxon Garcia CF
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