PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Reggie Taylor and Aaron Boone each drove in two runs Monday night as the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Taylor produced the go-ahead run with one out in the top of the eighth inning when he singled in Jason LaRue, who walked against Mike Lincoln (1-4).
Pirates starter Kip Wells took a 3-2 lead into the seventh but surrendered back-to-back singles to start the inning. After reliever Joe Beimel walked Todd Walker, Boone greeted Lincoln with a sacrifice fly, driving in Taylor with the tying run.
Former Pirate Jose Silva (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Reds starter Elmer Dessens to earn his first win since May 28, 2001.
Pokey Reese accounted for Pittsburgh's offense. He led off the bottom of the first with a double and scored the Pirates' first run on a groundout by Brian Giles. In the third, Reese broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run homer off Dessens.
Wells gave up just two earned runs, but matched a season high with 10 hits in six innings.
Dessens, who has not won since July 21, allowed three runs and four hits in five innings, walking two and striking out two.
