PITTSBURGH (AP) Brandon Lowe singled home Billy Cook in the bottom of the 10th inning to rally the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
Lowe finished a three-hit night by lacing a line drive off Diamondbacks reliever Taylor Clarke (2-2) that smacked off the glove of Arizona first baseman Ildemaro Vargas and rolled away, allowing Cook to race home as the Pirates pulled even with the Diamondbacks for the National League’s third wild-card spot.
Mason Montgomery (4-3) worked around an error by third baseman Nick Gonzales and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 10th to earn the victory. The Pirates’ bullpen, which has been a sore spot much of the season, tossed 4 2/3 scoreless innings.
Bryan Reynolds delivered a game-tying RBI double in the eighth for Pittsburgh, which lost promising rookie outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez to a left-hand injury in the fourth inning after getting hit with a fastball by Arizona starter Merrill Kelly.
Kelly allowed one unearned run in 5 2/3 innings, walking one and striking out six while lowering his ERA to 4.86, the lowest it has been since early April.
Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller had his second straight solid start coming out of the All-Star break, giving up two runs in 5 1/3 innings, his only real mistake coming in the sixth when three singles loaded the bases, and Max Kepler followed with a rope to the corner in right that gave the Diamondbacks the lead.
Kepler finished with three hits for the Diamondbacks, who lost for just the fifth time in 15 games. Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno went hitless in four at-bats, but extended his on-base streak to 24 games with a first-inning walk.
The series continues on Tuesday when Arizona’s Brandon Pfaadt (5-1, 4.43 ERA) gets the start against Pittsburgh’s Bubba Chandler (3-8, 4.47).
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Carroll RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| G. Perdomo SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| G. Moreno C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
| K. Marte 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| M. Kepler LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .235 |
| T. Locklear 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| N. Arenado 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| A. Del Castillo DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .202 |
| a- T. Tawa PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| I. Vargas 3B-1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .272 |
| R. Waldschmidt CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| J. Barrosa CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
- a-struck out for Del Castillo in the 9th
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Mangum CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .301 |
| B. Lowe 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .251 |
| B. Reynolds LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| E. Valdez RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| J. Triolo PR-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| R. O’Hearn DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| N. Gonzales 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .315 |
| J. Gonzalez SS-1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .237 |
| T. Callihan 1B-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| B. Cook PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| H. Davis C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| a- E. Rodriguez PH-C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
- a-grounded out for Davis in the 8th
- 2B – M. Kepler (5), R. Waldschmidt (12)
- RBI – M. Kepler 2 (14)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – G. Perdomo, M. Kepler 2 (2), A. Del Castillo, I. Vargas, J. Barrosa
- 2B – B. Lowe (23), B. Reynolds (26)
- RBI – B. Lowe 2 (67), B. Reynolds (60)
- 2-Out RBI – B. Reynolds
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – J. Triolo, R. O’Hearn, T. Callihan 2 (2)
- SB – J. Gonzalez
- E – M. Kelly
- E – N. Gonzales (9)
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Kelly | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.86 |
| J. Morillo(H, 13) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.72 |
| J. Loaisiga(BS, 4) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.57 |
| T. Clarke(L, 2-2) | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.23 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Keller | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.83 |
| Y. Ramirez | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.21 |
| R. Marinaccio | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.93 |
| G. Soto | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.71 |
| M. Montgomery(W, 4-3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.95 |
- Pitches-Strikes – M. Kelly 93-61, J. Morillo 22-18, J. Loaisiga 18-12, T. Clarke 19-15
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – M. Kelly 6-3, J. Morillo 0-1, J. Loaisiga 1-0, T. Clarke 6-0
- Batters Faced – M. Kelly 22, J. Morillo 4, J. Loaisiga 5, T. Clarke 7
- Pitches-Strikes – M. Keller 83-53, Y. Ramirez 26-18, R. Marinaccio 13-10, G. Soto 23-15, M. Montgomery 20-14
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – M. Keller 9-4, Y. Ramirez 3-0, R. Marinaccio 1-1, M. Montgomery 1-0
- Batters Faced – M. Keller 23, Y. Ramirez 6, R. Marinaccio 3, G. Soto 4, M. Montgomery 5
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