CINCINNATI - This much is certain: Barry Larkin is leaving his hometown with something to remember.

Frustrated that the Cincinnati Reds have brushed him aside and refused to talk about a contract extension, the 40-year-old shortstop took his anger out in a final at-bat Friday night.

Larkin hit a solo homer - perhaps his last in a Reds uniform - and got a curtail call that capped a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

"That was straight anger, frustration and anger," said Larkin, relegated to the bench for most of the last month. "It all exploded. It's been a tough thing to go through."

Adam Dunn hit his 46th homer, the fourth-highest total in Cincinnati history, but the moment belonged to one of the city's most renowned athletes.

Larkin is concluding his 19th season with his hometown team, which has declined to discuss a contract extension until after the season. That lent poignancy to his final weekend.

He hadn't started in two weeks, relegated to the bench as the Reds got a look at their younger infielders. As a courtesy, manager Dave Miley decided to let him start the first and last games of the final series.

More than 8,000 fans bought tickets at the gates, a walk-up that swelled the crowd to 26,841 for an otherwise unremarkable game between two losing teams.

Larkin insisted before the game that he hasn't lost his touch at shortstop. He then showed he hasn't lost his ability to give a crowd goose bumps.

"I pinch myself every time we play against the Reds and he's the shortstop," Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson said. "I'm honored to play the same position and be on the field with him. The people of Cincinnati have been absolutely blessed to watch that guy play baseball. It's unreal."

Wilson made some wave of his own and made Pirates history in the process with his 200th hit, a third-inning single to the opposite field. He became the first Pirates player with 200 hits since Dave Parker had 215 in 1977.

Honus Wagner is the only other Pittsburgh shortstop to get 200 hits - he had 201 in 1908.

"Before my second at-bat, I said it would be pretty special if I got my 200th hit (to right field)," Wilson said. "That's the extra step I took this year - hitting the ball the other way."

Craig Wilson hit his 29th homer in the seventh inning for the only run for Pittsburgh, which lost for the eighth time in 10 games.