Ryan O’Hearn’s Historic Night Lifts Pirates to Big Win Over Braves

Danny Demilio |

Jul 7, 2026

Ryan O'Hearn, Pittsburgh Pirates — Photo provided by Matt Lynch

PITTSBURGH — This night belonged to Ryan O’Hearn.

The Pirates first baseman slugged three home runs and drove in a franchise-record 10 runs to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Braves at PNC Park on Tuesday night.

Scoring Plays

Top 1st, 1-0 ATL: The Braves (52-38) put together a two-out rally against Paul Skenes (7-8), which was capped off by Mauricio Dubón’s RBI single to right field.

Bottom 1st, 4-1 PIT: The Pirates (47-45) loaded the bases with no outs against Hurston Waldrep (0-1). After Esmerlyn Valdez struck out, Ryan O’Hearn lined a grand slam over the fence in right field, the third slam of his career and his 14th home run this season.

Top 3rd, 4-2 PIT: After Michael Harris II led off the inning with a double to right, Ozzie Albies followed with an RBI single to center.

Bottom 3rd, 7-2 PIT: O’Hearn’s second homer of the game came after Bryan Reynolds led off with a walk, which was followed by a Valdez single. His blast was sent 415 feet to dead center.

Bottom 6th, 10-2 PIT: O’Hearn wasn’t done. He added yet another home run, his third of the game and 100th of his career, a three-run shot off Connor Thomas with two outs in the inning.

Bottom 7th, 11-2 PIT: It took until the seventh inning until someone other than O’Hearn was responsible for driving in a run for the Pirates. With two outs, Brandon Lowe delivered an RBI single to center.

Bottom 8th, 12-2 PIT: With position player Jorge Mateo on the mound, the Pirates tacked on another run on a Nick Gonzales RBI single.

Top 9th, 12-4 PIT: Mike Yastrzemski singled home two runs off Hunter Stratton, who made his first appearance for the Pirates since he was acquired from the Braves on June 18.

Key Moments

Pirates manager Don Kelly put Ryan O’Hearn in the fifth spot in the order of Tuesday’s game. O’Hearn took things from there.

3RD HOME RUN OF THE GAME.
100TH OF HIS CAREER. https://t.co/TsP01XPAtb pic.twitter.com/X10MAtLyD8
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) July 8, 2026

Player of the Game

Ryan O’Hearn became the 16th different Pirate (25th instance) to hit three home runs in a game. His 10 RBIs set a franchise record, a title previously held by Johnny Rizzo, who drove in nine runs against the Cardinals on May 30, 1939.

Stat to Know

Ryan O’Hearn became the 11th player since 1920 to have 10 RBIs and three home runs in a game and the first since Shohei Ohtani on Sep. 19, 2024 at Miami.

Notable Performances

Paul Skenes: 6.0 innings, eight hits, two runs, one walk, four strikeouts, 95 pitches/66 strikes
Ryan O’Hearn: 4 for 5, three home runs, 10 RBIs, three runs
Brandon Lowe: 3 for 5, one RBI, two runs
Nick Gonzales: 2 for 5, one RBI
Tyler Callihan: 2 for 5, one run
Bryan Reynolds: 0 for 1, three walks, two runs

Noteworthy

This was the first time the Pirates had won a game started by Paul Skenes since May 12 against the Rockies. Pittsburgh went winless in each of Skenes’ last nine starts, while he had a personal 0-6 record during that time.
Brandon Lowe (63) and Ryan O’Hearn (61) became the first pair of Pirates teammates with 60 RBIs before the All-Star break since Barry Bonds (62) and Bobby Bonilla (61) in 1990.
Ryan O’Hearn has hit multiple home runs in each of his last two games played at PNC Park. With two homers and four RBIs against the Reds on June 28, O’Hearn now has five home runs and 14 RBIs in his last two home games.
The Pirates, who collected 14 hits in the win, have had at least 11 hits in six straight games, the second time this century they’ve had a streak that long. Pittsburgh had 11 straight hits in seven straight games from June 28-July 4, 2006.
The Pirates placed SS Konnor Griffin on the 10-day injured list with a left hand ring finger sagittal band injury. INF Jack Brannigan was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis. Brannigan made his MLB debut, entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning before staying in the game at third base. He struck out in his lone plate appearance.
RHP Braxton Ashcraft was named to the National League All-Star game, replacing RHP Paul Skenes.

Up Next

RHP Jared Jones (1-1, 5.28 ERA) starts for the Pirates in the second game of the series on Wednesday night. RHP Grant Holmes (5-4, 3.83 ERA) will be on the mound for the Braves. First pitch: 6:40 p.m. ET on SportsNet Pittsburgh/93.7 The Fan.