Thanks to strong pitching and three home runs by the offense, the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-2, on Friday in Bradenton.
The offense sparked early in the game as Ji-Man Choi took a Luis Patiño fastball over the right field wall to drive in a pair, marking his first home run with the Pirates.
Ji-Man Choi’s first homer in a Pirates uniform! pic.twitter.com/g8WVHJWTd6
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 17, 2023
After Ji Hwan Bae and Jack Suwinski added two more in the second, Canaan Smith-Njigba tallied his second home run of the spring in the third.