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Braxton Ashcraft pitched another gem and everyone contributed offensively for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a dominant 13-3 win over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Saturday night.
Scoring Plays
Top 5th, 2-0 PIT: Joey Bart led off the inning with an infield single, which knocked Landen Roupp (5-3) out of the game. In came Ryan Borucki, who gave up a Brandon Lowe sac fly and a Bryan Reynolds RBI single to left.
Bottom 5th, 2-1 PIT: Bryce Eldridge ambushed the first pitch of the inning from Braxton Ashcraft (2-2) for his first-career home run, a solo shot to right field.
Top 6th, 4-1 PIT: Konnor Griffin looped an RBI single into center field against Ryan Walker and scored from second base on a Bart base hit to right to put the Pirates (22-18) up by three.
Top 7th, 10-1 PIT: Spencer Horwitz was credited with an RBI double after it looked like Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos lost a ball in the lights. Griffin followed with a sac fly and Bart knocked JT Brubaker out of the game with an RBI single. Later in the inning, Lowe hit a two-run triple to right-center off Gregory Santos and scored on O’Hearn’s infield single.
Top 9th, 13-1 PIT: The Pirates tacked on three more against position player Christian Koss in the ninth. Lowe doubled to left to score a run, Jared Triolo recorded an RBI single and O’Hearn bounced into a double-play with a man on third.
Bottom 9th, 13-3 PIT: Cam Sanders struggled with command and walked home a run and Eric Haase delivered a two-out RBI single.
Key Moments
The Giants (15-24) had runners on the corners with one out against Braxton Ashcraft in the sixth inning but the right-hander struck out Rafael Devers and got Bryce Eldridge to fly out to the track in left field.
Player of the Game
Braxton Ashcraft completed seven innings for the third time in his last four starts. He had not pitched seven innings in his career prior to doing so for the first time on April 22.
Stat to Know
The Pirates have won at least 22 of their first 40 games for only the seventh time since 1990 and the first time since 2018 (23-17).
Notable Performances
- Braxton Ashcraft: 7.0 innings, six hits, one run, no walks, six strikeouts, 80 pitches/62 strikes
- Joey Bart: 4 for 5, two RBI, three runs
- Nick Gonzales: 4 for 6, one double, one run
- Brandon Lowe: 2 for 4, one triple, one double, four RBI, two runs, one walk, one sac fly
- Oneil Cruz 3 for 6, three runs, one steal
- Ryan O’Hearn: 2 for 5, one RBI, one run
- Spencer Horwitz: 1 for 3, one double, one RBI, two runs, two walks
- Konnor Griffin: 1 for 4, two RBI, one run, one sac fly
Noteworthy
- All nine Pirates in the starting lineup had at least one hit. Pittsburgh out-hit San Francisco 20-7.
- Braxton Ashcraft had not allowed a run in 11.2-consecutive innings prior to Bryce Eldridge’s home run to lead off the fifth.
- Brandon Lowe’s triple was his first since Sep. 11, 2024 with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Up Next
RHP Bubba Chandler (1-4, 4.76 ERA) starts for the Pirates in Sunday’s finale. The Giants will send out RHP Tyler Mahle (1-4, 5.00 ERA). First pitch: 4:05 p.m. ET on SportsNet Pittsburgh/93.7 The Fan.
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