Poor pitching plagued the Pittsburgh Pirates in their Spring Training opener as they fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-7, Saturday afternoon.
Toronto opened the scoring in the top of the third with a sacrifice fly, but Rodolfo Castro quickly put the Pirates ahead in the bottom half with a grand slam off former Pirate Zach Thompson.
Rodolfo Castro ate and left no crumbs. pic.twitter.com/srAKTsfe6P
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) February 25, 2023
The lead was short-lived, however, as Toronto hit two home runs off David Bednar to tie the game in the top of the fourth, then Jarlin Garcia coughed up a two-run home run to Santiago Espinal in the fifth to give the Blue Jays the lead.