Pirates Use 3 Home Runs, 15 Hits to Fend off Twins

Danny Demilio |

May 30, 2026

Spencer Horwitz, Pittsburgh Pirates — Photo provided by Matt Lynch

The Pittsburgh Pirates belted three home runs and collected 15 hits to edge the Minnesota Twins 10-9 in a high-scoring affair at PNC Park on Saturday evening.

Scoring Plays

Bottom 1st, 1-0 PIT: Spencer Horwitz led off the bottom of the first with his seventh home run of the season, a 408-foot blast to right field off Twins starter Bailey Ober (6-3).

Top 2nd, 1-1: The Twins (27-32) tied the game on a Victor Caratini double to left field off Mitch Keller. Jake Mangum tried to make a diving grab but came up short.

Bottom 2nd, 7-1 PIT: Mangum’s first homer of the year — a solo shot off Ober — sparked a six-run inning. Later in the inning, Nick Gonzales plated two with a base hit to right. Oneil Cruz capped things off with his second homer in as many days, a three-run shot to center.

Top 3rd, 7-2 MIN: The Twins started to mount a comeback off Keller and the Pirates (31-28) on a Clemens RBI triple to center field.

Top 4th, 7-7: Minnesota tied the game with a five-run fourth against Keller. Tristan Gray doubled home a pair of runs, and later in the inning, Josh Bell lined his own two-run double to left field. Clemens came through again with an RBI single to right.

Bottom 5th, 8-7 PIT: Mangum plated Konnor Griffin from second base with a single to left field. Griffin used his speed to just barely beat a strong throw home.

Bottom 7th, 10-7 PIT: The Pirates tacked on two more off the Twins bullpen to extend their lead. Jared Triolo looped an RBI single into right field and Bryan Reynolds hit a sacrifice fly to right with the bases loaded.

Top 8th, 10-9 PIT: The Twins loaded the bases against Mason Montgomery, who walked in a run before Bell plated another with an RBI groundout to first base to cut the deficit to one.

Key Moments

With two in scoring position and two outs, the Pirates turned to Gregory Soto to face Kody Clemens to protect a one-run lead. Clemens hit a sharp grounder to second baseman Tyler Callihan, who made a nice back-handed play for the final out of the inning.

Soto went back out of the the ninth and earned his seventh save of the season. Jake Mangum ran a long way to deep left-center to secure the second out with the tying run on first base.

Player of the Game

Jake Mangum became the first Pirates player since Starling Marte on June 27, 2019 to have a home run, a bunt single and a stolen bases in the same game. Mangum finished 3 for 4 with a home run, two RBI, two runs, a walk and a stolen base.

First homer in the Black and Gold for Jake Mangum! pic.twitter.com/mn7KQveYys
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 30, 2026

Stat to Know

Bryan Reynolds (walk-off homer on Friday) and Spencer Horwitz (leadoff homer today), became the third pair of Pirates teammates since at least 1900 to hit a walk-off homer, followed by a leadoff homer, in sequential games. The others were Al Martin and Johnny Ray (Sep. 12-13, 1993) and Jacob Stallings and Adam Frazier (Sep. 22-23, 2020).

Notable Performances

Mitch Keller: 4.0 innings, 10 hits, seven runs, one walk, five strikeouts, 77 pitches/52 strikes
Jake Mangum: 3 for 4, one home run, two RBI, two runs, one walk, one steal
Spencer Horwitz: 2 for 5, one home run, one RBI, two runs
Oneil Cruz: 1 for 4, one home run, three RBI, one run, one walk, one steal
Nick Gonzales: 3 for 5, two RBI, one run
Bryan Reynolds: 2 for 2, one RBI, one run, two walks, one sac fly
Konnor Griffin: 2 for 5, one double, one run, one steal

Noteworthy

Yohan Ramírez (3-2) got the win for the Pirates
Spencer Horwitz’s home run was his second leadoff homer of the season. The other was on Sunday against the Blue Jays in Toronto.
Bryan Reynolds extended his hitting streak to eight games.
Pittsburgh had five steals, the most they’ve had in a game this season. Oneil Cruz had two, Jake Mangum, Jared Triolo and Endy Rodríguez each had one. Rodríguez’s was the first stolen base of his career.
The Pirates have won six straight home series against American League teams. Their only longer such streak since interleague play began in 1997 was a seven-series streak from June 18, 2010-June 24, 2012.
2B Brandon Lowe was ejected from the game by first base umpire Jordan Baker in the fourth inning.

Up Next

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