Jacob Stallings delivered a game-winning base hit in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the Miami Marlins 8-7 Saturday at PNC Park.
The Pirate, winners of three straight, trailed 5-2 entering the eighth, but rallied for four runs to take a 6-5 lead and hand it over to closer Richard Rodriguez.
But for the second time in his last three outings, the usually reliable Rodriguez could not hold that lead in the ninth, and the Marlins tied the score at 6-6.
Both teams scored a run in the 10th on sacrifice flies and then after the Marlins failed to push a run across in the 11th, the Pirates squandered a golden opportunity in the bottom of the inning.