![]() The 30-year-old catcher went 3-for-4, belting solo home runs off Cincinnati starter Johnny Cueto in the second inning and Logan Ondrusek in the seventh. Tony Watson worked through a rocky eighth inning that included a solo shot by Shin-Soo Choo, but Jason Grilli pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close it out at 6-2.Ĭatching the whole way was the veteran Martin, whose bat made as much noise as his battery-mate's arm. He had an 8-1 record with a 1.47 ERA in 11 starts at PNC Park heading into Tuesday night's contest, and he did all he needed to keep that success going. Hill then left a 70 mph breaking ball up to Springer with one on in the fifth and Springer sent it 425 feet into the bullpen beyond the center field wall.A year after being dumped off by the Minnesota Twins and removed from the Chicago White Sox rotation, Liriano's career has found a second life in Pittsburgh. The 43-year-old struck out the side in the second - including getting Daulton Varsho flailing at a 68 mph curveball - but when he missed his spots, the Blue Jays pounced.īeau Bichette doubled in the first and scored on a RBI-single by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Varsho exacted a little revenge with an RBI-double in the fourth that made it 2-0. It was more of the same against the Blue Jays. Hill has been getting by on savvy and the ability to vary speeds during his first six starts with the Pirates, with mixed results. That aggressiveness ran them out of innings against the Blue Jays as the Pirates ran into a pair of outs at third and another at home plate when Rodolfo Castro was thrown out while trying to score on a wild pitch in the second inning. ![]() Pittsburgh has been one of the most aggressive baserunning teams in the league since the start of the season. Bryan Reynolds extended his hitting streak to 10 with a double in the sixth, Pittsburgh's lone extra-base hit. Pittsburgh has mustered just six runs during its current slide, a span in which the Pirates are just 3 for 30 with runners in scoring position. They were swept during a three-game visit to scorching hot Tampa Bay and their offense may be starting to be feeling the long-term effects of missing injured shortstop Oneil Cruz (fractured left leg) and designated hitter/first baseman Ji Man Choi (strained left Achilles). ![]() The surprising Pirates began the day in first place in the NL Central, but have cooled off of late. Whit Merrifield added two hits for the Blue Jays, who bounced back from a rough visit to Boston in which they gave up 32 runs in a four-game sweep by jumping on Pittsburgh early and riding Bassitt and two relievers the rest of the way. George Springer hit a two-run shot off Rich Hill (3-3) in the fifth inning for Toronto. The right-hander, who signed a three-year deal with Toronto in the offseason, won for the third time in four starts. ![]() Bassitt had little trouble with the suddenly skidding Pirates, who have dropped five straight. ![]() 2) 03:10Ĭhris Bassitt allowed four hits over seven innings, George Springer hit his fourth home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Friday night.īassitt (4-2) struck out five and walked four as Toronto ended a five-game losing streak. Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: (Pt. ![]()
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