Pirates Squander Late Lead, Fall to Phillies in Extras; Bullpen Strikes Again
PITTSBURGH — Gregory Soto blew the save, Dennis Santana took the loss, and the Pittsburgh Pirates let a winnable game […] The post Pirates Squander Late Lead, Fall to Phillies in Extras; Bullpen Strikes Again appeared first on Pittsburgh Baseball Now.
Photo provided by Eddie Provident PITTSBURGH — Gregory Soto blew the save, Dennis Santana took the loss, and the Pittsburgh Pirates let a winnable game slip away, falling 11-9 to the Philadelphia Phillies in 10 innings at PNC Park on Friday night. Scoring Plays Bottom 3rd, 6-0 PIT: The Pirates (24-21) erupted for six runs against Phillies starter Aaron Nola. Oneil Cruz plated a pair with a base hit up the middle.
He scored on a Brandon Lowe two-run home run to right field, which snapped a personal 0-for-10 skid. Three batters later, Marcell Ozuna hammered a two-run shot to the bullpens in left-center. Top 4th, 6-1 PIT: Bryson Stott plated Bryce Harper from third with a sacrifice fly to center off Braxton Ashcraft.
Top 5th, 6-3 PIT: Kyle Schwarber connected on a two-run home run to right-center field off Ashcraft. Bottom 5th, 7-3 PIT: Lowe connected on his second home run of the game, a solo shot to lead off the bottom of the inning off left-hander Tim Mayza. Bottom 6th, 8-3 PIT: Spencer Horwitz singled, stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error and scored on an error charged to third baseman Alec Bohm on Jared Triolo’s grounder.
Top 7th, 8-5 PIT: Schwarber hammered his second homer of the game and his ninth over his last eight games. The two-run shot came off left-hander Mason Montgomery, who relieved Ashcraft with two outs in the inning. Top 9th, 8-8: Gregory Soto blew the save.