Seemingly Never-Ending Game Finally Does; Pirates Fall to Rays in 13
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Photo provided by Matt Lynch PITTSBURGH — The game started over five and a half hours before it ended. Both teams nearly ran out of players. It seemed like it would never end until it finally did.
The Pirates and Rays finally settled their matchup in the top of the 13th inning, with Cedric Mullins’ two-run home run lifting Tampa Bay to an 8-7 win over the Pirates at PNC Park on Saturday night. Scoring Plays Bottom 1st, 2-0 PIT: Bryan Reynolds drew a two-out walk against Rays starter Drew Rasmussen and Ryan O’Hean followed with a towering two-run home run to right field. Bottom 4th, 4-0 PIT: The second hit of the game by the Pirates (12-9) was also a two-run home run.
Marcell Ozuna took Rasmussen deep to left field to double the lead. T op 5th, 5-4 TB: Tampa Bay’s offense came out of the delay with some juice, scoring five runs against Pittsburgh’s bullpen. Junior Caminero doubled home the first run and scored on Jonathan Aranda’s base hit.
Jonny DeLuca then delivered a pinch-hit two-run double to tie the game. Cedric Mullins capped off the outburst with an RBI single to center. Four runs were charged to Cam Sanders and one went on the ledger of Evan Sisk.