Field Level Media
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a couple All-Stars, Adam Frazier and Bryan Reynolds, but in a rebuilding year, they need some help from lesser names. Guys such as Ben Gamel and John Nogowski.
Those two gave the visiting Atlanta Braves fits Monday as Pittsburgh won 11-1 in the opener of a three-game series. Gamel homered twice and had a career-best six RBIs, and Nogowski, in his Pirates debut, went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a walk and three runs.
Gamel, playing in an undermanned outfield, has four homers over the past five games. Nogowski played first base with Colin Moran and Erik Gonzalez hurt.