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7:10 pm EDT Thu May 27, 2010

May has been the best month of Johnny Cueto’s young career, and the Cincinnati Reds have watched him look particularly good in four starts this season. In one, he was nearly perfect. Cueto faces the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night for the first time since holding them to two baserunners in his first career shutout, and he’ll be seeking his fifth straight win in the finale of a four-game set at Great American Ball Park. Cueto had experienced previous success both in May and against the Pirates before facing them at PNC Park on May 11. The right-hander had a career 3.80 ERA in May, and was 6-2 with a 3.88 ERA in nine lifetime starts against the Pirates. His 10th outing, however, was the best of his three-year career with Cincinnati. An infield single and a hit batsmen were the only baserunners Pittsburgh could muster in Cueto’s 9-0 gem.

Cueto hasn’t been quite that dominant in his two starts since, but he’s still been good. He allowed one run over seven innings in a 6-3 win over Milwaukee on May 17, and two runs over six innings in a 6-4 victory at Cleveland on Saturday before leaving with a minor blister. Cueto, who’s holding opponents to a .190 average this month, improved to 8-4 with a 3.23 ERA in 15 career May starts. The two Pirates to have some success against Cueto also happen to be the team’s two biggest run producers. Garrett Jones is 5 for 13 with two doubles against Cueto, while Andrew McCutchen is 5 for 14 with two homers. Those two couldn’t produce any runs Wednesday, however, and neither could the rest of Pittsburgh’s lineup. The Pirates were held to six singles in a 4-0 loss, their NL-worst seventh shutout. Three of those have come against the Reds.