Though the baseball gods are often cruel, they have a way of showering the downtrodden with sudden luck, as Dante Bichette was reminded Saturday.

        Bichette's routine fly turned into a bases-loaded triple when Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Adrian Brown misplayed the ball, fueling a four-run eighth inning that sealed the Reds' 7-1 victory at Cinergy Field.

        The win stopped the Reds' four-game losing streak and eased Bichette's psyche less than 24 hours after his fielding error generated the Pirates' go-ahead run in their series-opening triumph.

        “I guess that's the beautiful thing about this game — you can go from goat to hero in one swing of the bat,” Bichette said.

        After collecting just four hits in 52 at-bats with runners in scoring position in their previous seven games, the Reds went 3-for-6 in those situations before a crowd of 34,370.

        “Maybe this is the start of something,” Bichette said.

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