NEW YORK — The Pittsburgh Pirates hope they snapped out of an inconsistent offensive stretch Friday night. The New York Mets are worried their starting pitching is becoming consistent again for all the wrong reasons.
The Pirates will attempt to maintain their hot-hitting ways Saturday night when the host Mets send an unlikely stopper candidate to the mound in the middle game of a three-game series at Citi Field. Rookie catcher Elias Diaz collected six RBIs to lead Pittsburgh to a 12-7 win in Friday’s opener.
“Unbelievable job by the team, scoring, obviously, a ton of runs,” said Pirates starter Gerrit Cole, who picked up the win despite allowing seven runs in five innings.