Pittsburgh secured their fourth straight victory behind a strong pitching performance, a couple of 2-run home runs, and a night to remember for Kevin Kramer.
Chris Archer delivered another solid outing in which he threw six innings. Five of those innings were scoreless but Lewis Brinson connected on a 3-run home run in the 6th to spoil Archer’s effort. Pittsburgh’s bullpen took it from there as Rodriguez, Santana, and Vazquez teamed up to deliver three scoreless innings of relief.
Offensively, Pittsburgh provided some firepower of their own. The first home run came off the bat of Josh Bell to give the Pirates an early lead and the second one came late via Jordan Luplow, who entered the game after Polanco injured himself on a Bruce Lee inspired slide into second base.