Just as things were looking bleak, the Pittsburgh Pirates found the right opponent in the visiting Colorado Rockies. Since the beginning of September, he's 3-1 with a 2.11 ERA at PNC Park, the lowest ERA by a Pirate in a span of eight home games since A.J. Mitch Keller has allowed three earned runs or fewer in his last six starts, two off the longest streak of his career (Aug.They're the first team with a seven-game winning streak and a seven-game losing streak before the end of May since Tampa Bay in 2018. The Pirates have been outscored, 44-9, during a seven-game losing streak - the last time they scored two runs or fewer in eight consecutive games was Sept.325/.438/.500 with two homers and seven RBI. He's reached base in 10 of his last 11 games overall, hitting. 461 on-base percentage and 1.071 OPS against Pittsburgh.
Kris Bryant leads all active players with a.He needs one win to move into a tie with Pedro Astacio (53) and Jon Gray for seventh place in Rockies history. Kyle Freeland surrendered a season-high seven earned runs over a season-low 2.2 IP against Pittsburgh at Coors Field on April 17 and is 0-2 with a 6.50 ERA in four career starts at PNC Park.
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They're looking to take three straight road series for the first time since Sept. The Rockies have won six of their last seven games, a stretch during which they lead the NL in batting (.314), on-base percentage (.393) and OPS (.905) and rank fourth with a 3.19 ERA.It is the Pirates' highest run differential in a three-game sweep of an opponent since they outscored the Dodgers by 24 runs in a three-game sweep in September 2000. Pittsburgh swept Colorado earlier this season, outscoring the Rockies in the series, 33-9.The start of the game was delayed about 90 minutes because of rain.According to STATS According to STATS Colorado Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates Jansen added an RBI double later in the inning, followed by Kiermaier's second homer of the year, to right, to make it a 10-1 blowout. In the ninth, Bichette singled ahead of Varsho's fifth homer, a shot to right that bounced into the Allegheny River, to increase the margin to 7-1. Santana broke up the shutout by driving Hayes home with a single to left to make it 5-1. Chapman walked, Belt doubled to the wall in center and, an out later, Jansen's dribbler groundout drove in Chapman for a 5-0 lead.Īgainst Yimi Garcia in the eighth, Pittsburgh's Ke'Bryan Hayes singled up the middle and went to third on Connor Joe's double to right-center one out later. Merrifield followed with his homer to left, his first, to boost it to 4-0. In the third, Chapman singled to left with one out and advanced to second on Belt's single to center.
That brought in Bichette for a 1-0 Toronto lead. Merrifield reached on what was ruled an infield hit to second baseman Mark Mathias, whose throw to first was a little high. After Matt Chapman struck out, Belt walked to load the bases. In the first, Bo Bichette hit a one-out single to right and Varsho moved Bichette to third with a double to the corner in right. Pittsburgh starter Roansy Contreras (3-3) allowed five runs and nine hits in five innings, with four strikeouts and three walks. Toronto starter Yusei Kikuchi (5-0) pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.Ĭarlos Santana had an RBI single for the Pirates, whose losing streak reached seven games. May 7 - Whit Merrifield homered and drove in four runs Sunday as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game series sweep with a 10-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.ĭaulton Varsho and Kevin Kiermaier also had home runs, and Danny Jansen drove in two runs for the Blue Jays.
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