Fan favorite Trevor Richards has pitched quite well in triple-A this year, but had yet to translate this success to a big league victory. Things were shaky in the first inning for Richards, as he walked the first two batters, and then threw a wild pitch to create a real jam for himself: second and third with no one out.
Richards gathered himself and bore down.
He struck out Andrew McCutchen swinging for out number one.
Then, JT Riddle made a fantastic diving stop on in the hole on a Brandon Crawford hard ground ball. He got up and fired a bullet to first that Justin Bour snared on a short hop.