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CINCINNATI -- So many things went right that the Pittsburgh Pirates couldnt pick just one pleasing moment.Sean Rodriguez homered in both games, and Andrew McCutchen had a bases-loaded single as the Pirates beat the Reds 7-3 on Saturday night for their first doubleheader sweep in Cincinnati since 1990.In the first game, Jameson Taillon pitched five innings and singled to drive in a big league run for the first time during a 10-4 win that officially eliminated the Reds from postseason contention.Nothing pleases me the most, manager Clint Hurdle said. Theres a bunch of things that pleased me. Our offense continued to show up in both games.The Pirates have won the first three games of the series, moving back to 74-74. They opened the day with a 5 1/2-game gap and three teams to overtake for a wild-card berth.McCutchen drove in three runs in the opener and had a bases-loaded single in the nightcap off left-hander Brandon Finnegan (9-11), who lasted only 2 1/3 innings. Rodriguez hit a solo homer, adding to his two-run shot in the first game. Pittsburgh has scored 41 runs in the last four games.The Reds helped by walking nine batters after giving up 10 walks in the opener.Its not up to standards, manager Bryan Price said. Weve given up a lot of runs in this series and most of them in large part because were not throwing the ball over the plate consistently. Walks have started rallies and continued rallies. It slows the tempo of the game. It wasnt a highlight day by any means.Cincinnatis Scott Schebler and Ramon Cabrera homered off rookie starter Trevor Williams, who failed to retire any of the four batters he faced in the fifth inning. Juan Nicasio (10-6) didnt allow a hit in two innings.Williams had made two relief appearances before getting to start again. He left after throwing 56 pitches, the result of not starting for a while.I needed a shutdown inning (in the fifth) and that didnt happen for me, he said. I was running out of gas.In the opener, Taillon (4-4) gave up Adam Duvalls three-run homer during his five innings. His RBI single to center in the fifth made it 7-3, although he didnt realize initially that it would drive in a run.Actually I was so caught up in trying to get to first base and not doing anything stupid, he said. The first major league RBI is pretty cool. I hope Im doing with all of the career `firsts now.The Pirates skipped Taillons previous turn in the rotation, trying to limit the rookies innings. He missed the 2014 and `15 seasons while recovering from Tommy John surgery and an operation to repair a hernia.Pittsburgh sent nine batters to the plate in a 17-minute top of the first inning against Anthony DeSclafani (8-4), scoring four times with the help of three walks and the first of a six combined errors in the game.The first pitch was delayed 62 minutes because of rain. The doubleheader, the first between the teams since a Reds sweep on Aug. 31, 2009, made up a May 10 postponement.HOMER HISTORYThe Reds have allowed 238 homers, one shy of the NL mark (2001 Rockies) and three shy of the major league record (1996 Tigers). The bullpen already has set a major league record with 94 homers allowed, two more than the previous mark by the 1964 Kansas City Athletics.STATSPittsburghs Matt Joyce drew his 21st walk as a pinch-hitter this season, a major league record. ...Nicasio has fanned at least one batter in 29 straight appearances, a single-season record for Pirates relievers. The next-longest streak is Aroldis Chapmans 37 games in 2014.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: C Fransicso Cervelli took a foul tip off the inside of his right leg in the opener. After several painful minutes of recuperating, he stayed in the game. ... Starling Marte didnt play in either game because of a sore back.Reds: SS Zack Cozart sat out both games with a sore right knee. Hes missed the last seven.UP NEXTPirates: Ivan Nova (12-6) starts the final game of the series on Sunday. Hes 5-0 with a 2.41 ERA in eight starts since the Pirates acquired him in a trade with the Yankees.Reds: Dan Straily (12-8) will make his fifth start of the season against the Pirates. Hes 1-2 with a 3.12 ERA against Pittsburgh.---Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay Jason Marshall Jersey . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. Sam Steel Jersey . PAUL, Minn. https://www.cheapducks.com/137c-adam-oates-jersey-ducks.html . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. Derek Grant Jersey . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break. Carter Rowney Jersey . Shot outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks 30-minute original production airs tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. The four All-Star teams will play for $100,000 in prize money during TSNs annual skins game, airing live this weekend on TSN from The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. Departing is entered in the seventh race Saturday at Mountaineer, the $200,000 West Virginia Governors Cup. Departing has been to Mountaineer before, in 2013, when he won the West Virginia Derby.Tom Drury trains Departing now, but Al Stall trained him then, and one race after Departing starts on Saturday, Stall will try to win the Grade 2, $750,000 West Virginia Derby for the second time. On Friday at Saratoga, Stall will put Forevamo on a van bound for Chester, W.Va., with hopes that the colt can duplicate Departings success.Were doing the exact same everything we did with Departing, Stall said. Hes even in the same stall here Departing was in.Forevamo drew post 11 for Saturdays 1-1/8-mile race and will have Florent Geroux in the irons for the third straight race. Geroux rode him when he finished a closing second to Sharp Azteca in the Pat Day Mile at Churchill Downs and was aboard for a three-quarter-length allowance win June 25 at Churchill.We gave him a breather after the Pat Day Mile, Stall said. We decided to shut him down and try to use that non-winners-of-two condition at the end of Churchill, and boom, the race showed up just right for him. That was a good race for him. He just galloped past those horses and then kind of waited on them. Florent said, Next time I ride him, Ill make my move later.Forevamo behaved similarly in his win before the allowance race, the Jean Lafitte last fall at Delta Downs, where he swooped to the lead and then seemed to wait on his competition.Hopefully, thats something he just grows out of, said Stall.Forevamo iis by Uncle Mo.dddddddddddd The Brittlyn Stable of Evelyn and Maurice Benoit paid $320,000 for him at an April sale of 2-year-olds in training last year. Forevamo lost two maiden races before winning the Jean Lafitte and has won only twice in nine starts, but he was second to Gun Runner in the Risen Star at Fair Grounds and had a wide trip when fifth in the Louisiana Derby. His connections have long had Saturdays race marked on their calendars, and Forevamo should be set for a contending performance at a fair price.The West Virginia Derby is part of an all-stakes card with $1.65 million in purses that begins at 2 p.m. Eastern. The local derby has a scheduled post time of 5:21 and has Cupid, drawn on the rail, as the 3-1 morning-line favorite.* The first horse in the first race on the Saturday card has nothing but 1s in the column of her running lines signifying finishing position. The 4-year-old West Virginia-bred Navy Ribbon has made seven starts and won all of them. Trained by Jeff Runco, Navy Ribbon will try to run her career mark to eight races without a loss in the $100,000 Hancock County, a six-furlong dash for West Virginia-bred fillies.Navy Ribbon made her first six starts around the Charles Town bullring and was all out to win a no-conditions West Virginia-bred allowance race last month at Mountaineer. Shes poorly drawn on the rail and will have to improve on that last performance to maintain her perfect record. ' ' '