Colin Moran doesn’t typically show a lot of emotion during games, but there was a lot riding on his swing in the sixth inning Sunday.
Moran, facing his former team, shouted in frustration when he was robbed of a home run in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader. Now he was at the plate with a chance to play hero, trailing by a run with the bases loaded.
Once Moran connected on a 92-mph fastball from Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Heath Hembree, Moran watched the ball sail into the seats and flipped his bat after his first homer in a Reds uniform. He added another two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Reds to a 7-3 win at Great American Ball Park for their first series victory of the season.
“It feels good any time you hit a grand slam," Moran said, "but yeah, that one felt good.”
It’s been a miserable start to the season for the Cincinnati Reds, one of four Major League teams to lose 23 of their first 27 games since 1901, but a series against the Pirates gave them a chance to lift their spirits.
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