The Cincinnati Reds hit the road tonight to begin a 7-game road trip. They’ll get started tonight with the first of three games in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. First pitch this evening is scheduled for 6:40pm ET.

Starting Lineups

Cincinnati Reds	Pittsburgh Pirates
Blake Dunn – CF	Konnor Griffin – SS
Elly De La Cruz – SS	Brandon Lowe – 2B
JJ Bleday – LF	Bryan Reynolds – LF
Sal Stewart – 1B	Marcell Ozuna – DH
Nathaniel Lowe – DH	Ryan O’Hearn – 1B
Eugenio Suarez – 3B	Esmerlyn Valdez – RF
Spencer Steer – RF	Jared Triolo – 3B
Tyler Stephenson – C	Jake Mangum – CF
Matt McLain – 2B	Henry Davis – C
Andrew Abbott – LHP	Paul Skenes – RHP

Starting Pitchers

Pitcher	IP	ERA	WHIP	BB	K
Andrew Abbott	84.2	3.83	1.42	39	64
Paul Skenes	88.0	2.86	0.93	18	107
Links: Andrew Abbott’s Stats \| Paul Skenes’ Stats

Andrew Abbott

After a poor April, Abbott has turned things around since and has looked much closer to the version of himself that was an All-Star in 2025. His ERA is down to 3.83 – more than two runs lower than it was when April came to an end. In each of his last two starts he’s allowed one run in 5.0 innings.

The splits this season against Abbott can be a bit misleading. Lefties are hitting for a higher average than righties, but aren’t walking and aren’t hitting for power. But they have been so much worse than that over the last two months, but in the first five weeks of the season they hit quite well against him (.481/.500/.704).

Splits

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Split	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
RHH	269	57	6	1	9	34	35	.246	.341	.397
LHH	97	24	1	0	3

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