CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The Pirates MVP saved them. Twice. Andrew McCutchen tied the game with a solo homer in the ninth inning Saturday night, then connected again in the 11th inning, rallying the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. "Strange game," manager Clint Hurdle said. "Its summertime. Strange things are happening." And some spectacular things from Pittsburghs best player. The Pirates blew a four-run lead for the second straight night, but managed to come back behind McCutchen, who has more homers against Cincinnati than anyone else since 2009. With two swings, he saved them from another discouraging meltdown. "Huge swings of the bat for us," Hurdle said. "Hes a special player." The National Leagues 2013 MVP tied it in the ninth off Jonathan Broxton, filling in the closers role because Aroldis Chapman had pitched four days in a row. He hit his 17th homer with two outs in the 11th off J.J. Hoover (1-7) for his ninth career multihomer game. "He does a lot of unreal stuff," said left-hander Justin Wilson (3-1), who escaped a threat in the 10th. "Hes an unbelievable player. Im glad Im on his team and I dont have to pitch against him." Wilson got out of a threat in the 10th with the help of right fielder Gregory Polanco, who threw Ramon Santiago out at the plate as he tried to score from second base on Jay Bruces single. "I cant take all the credit," McCutchen said. "Youve got to think of the throw from Polanco. That was a huge throw, a game-changer for us." McCutchen put the Pirates back ahead with a first-pitch homer off Hoover. "I was just ready to hit," he said. "It was a slider right down the middle, and I was ready to hit it." Jeanmar Gomez pitched the 11th for his first career save. "We know what they have over there," Bruce said. "A guy hits the tying and winning home runs -- you dont see that too often. Im perfectly happy with what we did tonight, except for losing." The Reds won the series opener 6-5 by rallying in the eighth inning against All-Star reliever Tony Watson, overcoming a four-run deficit. They pulled out of a four-run deficit again on Saturday but couldnt finish it off. McCutchen has 20 career homers against Cincinnati, the most by any player in the majors since 2009. Hes hit six of them this season, including three during the first two games of the series. The Reds slipped to 7-3 on their 11-game homestand, remaining 1 1/2 games behind NL Central co-leaders Milwaukee and St. Louis. Cincinnati is 8-4 against the Pirates this season. Pittsburgh is 2-4 on a trip to St. Louis and Cincinnati. The Pirates gave up two game-ending homers in St. Louis and blew a four-run lead in the series opener, a 6-5 Reds win. The Reds got in position to win it with a pair of homers. Chris Heisey batted for Mike Leake in the sixth and hit a two-run shot off Charlie Morton. Todd Frazier -- who will participate in the All-Star home run derby next week -- completed the comeback with a three-run shot off Morton, who had given up a total of six homers coming into the game. NOTES: All-Star Johnny Cueto (9-6) starts the final game of the series for Cincinnati. The Pirates plan to activate left-hander Francisco Liriano (1-6) off the disabled list. He has recovered from a strained oblique. ... McCutchen has hit safely in 11 of the 12 games against Cincinnati this season, going 20-for-47 with four doubles, six homers and eight RBIs. ... The Reds optioned reliever Curtis Partch, who got the win on Friday night, to Triple-A Louisville and brought up INF Neftali Soto, giving them four position players available on the bench. ... It was Heiseys eighth career pinch-hit homer, his second this season. Lamar Jackson Jersey . -- C.J. 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Paul George and Darren Collison each scored 17 points and Roy Hibbert added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Pacers (9-3), who won their third straight.TORONTO - Trevor Harris threw two TD passes in his first CFL start, leading the Toronto Argonauts to an important 23-5 win over the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday night.Harris, replacing incumbent Ricky Ray (concussion), was solid in the first start of his three-year CFL career. The former Edinboro star finished 26-of-36 passing for 281 yards before an announced season-high Rogers Centre gathering of 19,687.Ottawa came into the game ranked last overall in yards allowed (374.1 per game), passing yards (262.8) and second-last in rushing yards (126.9). Regardless, Toronto (8-10) needed to win to remain in playoff contention.If the Montreal Alouettes beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday, theyll finish first and Toronto will secure second in the East Division. The Argos would host the conference semifinal Nov. 16, with that winner visiting the Als the following weekend.A Hamilton win would end Torontos season. And if the Ticats were victorious by eight or more points, theyd finish first ahead of Montreal. Ottawa (2-16) capped its inaugural season with five straight losses. The Redblacks are just the third CFL club to suffer 16 losses in a season, joining the 88 Rough Riders and 97 Ticats.Ottawa, which alternated quarterbacks between starter Henry Burris and backup Danny OBrien, finished 0-9 on the road. The Redblacks were 1-7 within the East Division, the lone win being an 18-17 decision over Toronto in their home opener July 18.Ottawa outscored Toronto 5-3 in the second half and twice had solid chances for touchdowns. Burris drove the Redblacks to the Argos 14-yard line before two incompletions set up Brett Mahers 22-yard field goal at 3::18 of the fourth to make it 20-5.ddddddddddddOBrien marched Ottawa to the Toronto seven-yard line — thanks largely to a 77-yard completion to Khalil Paden — before throwing incomplete on third down with 3:08 remaining.John Chiles and Chad Owens had Torontos touchdowns. Swayze Waters booted the converts and three field goals.Maher added two singles for Ottawa.Harris was an efficient 16-of-22 passing for 184 yards and two TDs in staking Toronto to its 20-0 half-time lead. He capped a six-play, 78-yard march with a 12-yard touchdown strike to Chiles on the Argos opening possession, then hit Owens on a three-yard pass one play after Tristan Okpalaugo returned a Burris interception 23 yards to the Ottawa three-yard line.The lone blemish on Harriss half was being picked off in the end zone by Ottawas Abdul Kanneh on Torontos third possession. Branden Smith intercepted OBrien in the second to set up Waters 22-yard field goal at 11:47 as the Argos had 10 points off Redblacks turnovers.Burris was 0-for-2 passing before being replaced by OBrien following Okpalaugos interception on the Redblacks second offensive series. OBrien completed 7-of-13 passes for 41 yards and an interception as Ottawa managed just three first downs and 53 net offensive yardsNOTES — Offensive lineman Scott Mitchell and linebacker Greg Jones didnt dress for Toronto while defensive back Brandon McDonald and receiver Robin Medeiros were Ottawas scratches . . . Rays concussion ended his streak at 17 straight starts and he remains at 99 career regular-season win . . . Ottawa held a lead in 12 of its games this year . . . Montreal GM Popp took in Fridays game. Cheap Jerseys Online Wholesale Black NFL Jerseys Youth NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '