The Pittsburgh Pirates ended their five-game losing streak in fashion today with an emphatic performance from Bryan Reynolds, who homered three times to lift the Buccos to an 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Reynolds hit a two-run shot in the top of the first, a solo homer in the top of the sixth, and then a three-run blast in the top of the seventh that was the difference in the game. Reynolds finished the game 3-for-5 with three homers, three runs scored, and six RBI.
Reynolds’ final homer put the Pirates up 8-6, and though Yadiel Hernandez got one back in the bottom of the seventh on a solo homer off of Tyler Beede to make it a one-run game, Pittsburgh would finish it out with Yerry De Los Santos pitching a scoreless ninth to close out the win for Pittsburgh and earn his first save.