WASHINGTON — Here’s guessing Bryan Reynolds won’t soon forget his first-ever three-homer game, an incredible performance by the Pirates center fielder on Wednesday afternoon that showed much the old Reynolds has returned and whatever it was that was here for the first two months of the season has exited stage left.
It was a memorable performance for Reynolds, who came to bat in the ninth inning with a chance to go 4 for 4 on dingers, though he struck out. It mattered little after the Pirates pulled off an 8-7 victory to salvage one game in this series and on this road trip.
Equally as incredible as Reynolds’ explosion might’ve been what happened in the fifth inning, when manager Derek Shelton’s situational awareness yielded a run. It was an odd play you’ll surely see on MLB Network a bunch, if you haven’t already.
