ATLANTA -- A little less than 24 hours after blowing a ninth-inning lead, the Pirates staged a ninth-inning rally against a thin Braves bullpen, then added seven more runs in the 10th inning to cruise to a 12-5 win on Wednesday night at SunTrust Park.
After Gift Ngoepe's go-ahead RBI double and Josh Harrison's two-run single, David Freese, Jose Osuna and Jordy Mercer hit back-to-back-to-back homers off right-hander Josh Collmenter, a long reliever who was used because the Braves wanted to stay away from closer Jim Johnson and setup man Arodys Vizcaino.