Third baseman Adam Rosales was hitting . 

Right-hander Johnny Cueto suffocated thePirates' offense Sunday, allowing just four singles in eight innings, as the Cincinnati Reds cruised to a 5-0 victory. 

If Nate McLouth's first at-bat felt like dej? vu, it was because he faced the same circumstances a night earlier. 

Behind some exceptional pitching, the Cincinnati Reds have gotten off to a surprisingly solid start to the season. 

Zeros are easy-to-find digits these days in Reds and Pirates box scores. 

? One of thePirates' injured starters is back in the lineup - and another one isn't far away. 

Call him Mr. 

Two singles to start the first inning, then an apparent Nate McLouth double play grounder. 

Nate McLouth's run-scoring single allowed Pittsburgh to stop a 22-inning scoreless streak in a span of only three batters and the Pirates held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-6 on Saturday night as Ross Ohlendorf won his third in a row. 

The Pittsburgh Pirates didn't waste any time snapping a lengthy scoreless streak and eventually their four-game slide on Saturday. 

??? How they scored 

??? How they scored 

It is one thing for thePirates to get mowed down by some of the National League's finest pitchers, as has happened in the early going against Chris Carpenter, Aaron Harang and Yovani Gallardo. 

--RHP Edinson Volquez allowed one hit in each of his last two starts, the first time a Reds pitcher has done that since LHP Ron Villone did it in 1999 -- one hit in each of two successive starts while pitching at least five innings. 

The Reds continued to have problems with the bat, hitting only .