The Pittsburgh Pirates battled hard against one of the league’s better teams, with every game in the three-game set a close one, including the rubber match in which the Buccos were dropped by a 10th-inning walk off homer to the San Diego Padres 4-2.
Trent Grisham smacked a two-run homer to right field off of Pirates reliever Chris Stratton for the difference in the game, and Padres starter MacKenzie Gore pitched seven strong innings of scoreless ball against the Buccos, allowing just two hits and three walks while striking out nine.
With the way the Pirates have been hitting of late, that’s not exactly surprising, but Pittsburgh did get on the board in the top of the eighth, tying the game on a Ke’Bryan Hayes RBI double and an RBI single from Josh VanMeter.