​Pittsburgh hosted a rain-delayed, one-run clash between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pirates in the eighth inning on Sunday, June 28, as rain intensified and forced a delay. Reds manager Terry Francona opted for a pitching change, bringing Pierce Johnson in for Brock Burke with one out and nobody on in the bottom of the eighth, during a 5-4 Pirates lead. No restart time was provided by the home team, though the Pirates did announce that their usual Sunday postgame “kids’ running of the bases” would be canceled, drawing a chorus of boos from the crowd. The Reds had won the first two games of the series but trailed early after the Pirates started with four consecutive hits off Brady Singer in the second inning, highlighted by a three-run homer from former Red Tyler Callihan. Cincinnati tied the game with a two-run single from JJ Bleday in the fourth, and RBI hits from Tyler Stephenson and Edwin Arroyo in the fifth. Ryan O’Hearn then put the Pirates back in front with a long solo homer to right in the fifth off Singer. The middle game of the series had previously been delayed 36 minutes by rain. This recap originates from the Cincinnati Enquirer’s coverage of a rain-delayed Reds-Pirates game in Pittsburgh, with the final details focusing on the eighth-inning delay and the ongoing deficit for Cincinnati.