Pittsburgh Pirates (69-89, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (80-78, third in the NL Central)

Cincinnati; Thursday, 12:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft (4-3, 2.62 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 66 strikeouts); Reds: Nick Lodolo (8-8, 3.44 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 144 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds play the Pittsburgh Pirates after Tyler Stephenson had four hits on Wednesday in a 4-3 loss to the Pirates.

Cincinnati has gone 44-36 at home and 80-78 overall. The Reds have a 30-19 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

Pittsburgh is 69-89 overall and 25-52 in road games. The Pirates have gone 25-61 in games when they have given up a home run.

The teams meet Thursday for the 13th time this season. The season series is tied 6-6.

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