The home run was the fourth of Burnett's 17-year career -- which over the winter he proclaimed would be his last -- but the first since July 24, 2005. At that time, with his original team, the Marlins, Burnett went yard off San Francisco's Kevin Correia.
The last Pirates pitcher to homer had been Burnett's fellow 2015 All-Star, Gerrit Cole, who went out of Wrigley Field last Sept. 7.
The last Pittsburgh pitcher to homer in PNC Park was Matt Morris, on Aug. 4, 2007, off the Reds' Bobby Livingston.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.