The Pittsburgh Pirates came into Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on a seven-game win streak and with the best record in the National League, but both of those evaporated in the eighth inning on a three-run Chris Taylor homer off of Colin Holderman, and the Bucs fell 8-7 to the Dodgers, leaving them now tied with the Atlanta Braves for the NL’s top record.
Johan Oviedo got the start for Pittsburgh, and despite giving up a two-run double in the first inning, he was crusing along, allowing the Bucs to build up 7-2 lead on some timely hitting from Ke’Bryan Hayes and Austin Hedges along with a big three-run homer by Andrew McCutchen, his fifth of the season.