Pirates Win Despite 17 Strikeouts

From Elias: The Pirates were facing a starting pitcher who was undefeated in his last 21 starts and they struck 17 times. But against all odds, Pittsburgh posted a 4-0 victory over Mat Latos and the Reds. That matched the highest strikeout total in any of the Pirates' 8107 victories of nine or fewer innings since 1900.

Pirates Blank Reds

Mat Latos' streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss came to an end with the Reds' falling to the Pirates 4-0.

Latos' streak ends, Reds lose to Pirates 4-0

SweetSpot TV: Rule Changes

Eric Karabell and David Schoenfield give their take on some potential rule changes they'd like to see.

Pittsburgh Pirates (41-29) at Cincinnati Reds (43-28), 7:10 p.m. (ET)

Latos Subdues The Cardinals

From Elias: Mat Latos lived a bit dangerously, allowing eight hits over seven innings, but he came through in key situations and lifted his record to 6-0 by earning credit for the Reds' 4-2 win over St. Louis. The clutch-hitting Cardinals entered the game with a major-league-leading .342 batting average with runners in scoring position, but Latos limited them to one hit in five such at-bats and closer Aroldis Chapman added another 0-for-2. For the season, opponents are batting just .190 against Latos and .174 against Chapman with runners in scoring position. With Saturday's victory, Latos has now gone 20 consecutive starts without a loss in regular-season play (though he was the losing pitcher in a postseason game against the Giants last year). That's the longest such streak in the history of the Reds.

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Indians broadcaster not backing down on words

Indians broadcaster Tom Hamilton isn't backing down from his criticism of Reds reliever Aroldis Chapman for a high-and-tight pitch to Cleveland's Nick Swisher and his on-air suggestion that there should be retaliation during the intrastate series.

Padres' Grandal set to be reinstated from ban

Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal will be reinstated Tuesday from a 50-game suspension for a positive testosterone test that called into question just how good his rookie numbers were.