Pirates Fend Off Comebacks, Defeat Brewers in Extras; Gonzales Stays Hot
The Pittsburgh Pirates fended off a pair of comeback attempts by the Milwaukee Brewers and won 6-3 in 10 innings at American Family Field on Saturday night.
Scoring Plays
Top 4th, 2-0 PIT: With runners on the corners and one out, Spencer Horwitz singled home Bryan Reynolds off Jacob Misiorowski. Later in the inning, Konnor Griffin shot an RBI single to right field.
Bottom 4th, 2-2: The Brewers (13-13) immediately responded by capitalizing on a pair of bloop hits off Mitch Keller. Garrett Mitchell plated a run on a groundout to short and Sal Frelick hit a sac fly to right.
Top 6th, 3-2 PIT: The Pirates (16-11) took the lead back when Horwitz’s hit a sac fly to left off Misiorowski.
Bottom 6th, 3-3: Milwaukee quickly answered again after Keller allowed the first two batters to reach. After he was relieved by Isaac Mattson, Frelick hit his second sac fly of the game.
Top 10th, 6-3: Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead in the extra frame with an RBI single to left off Angel Zerpa (0-2). Later in the inning, Nick Gonzales singled home a pair off Grant Anderson.
Key Moments
Garrett Mitchell hit a double high off the wall in right-center off Dennis Santana with two outs in the eighth. After an intentional walk to Sal Frelick, Santana struck out Greg Jones to keep the scored tied 3-3.
Bryan Reynolds came through with the game-winning hit in the 10th.
Player of the Game
Nick Gonzales recorded his first three-hit game since last year on Aug. 6 against the San Francisco Giants. He has multiple hits in four of his last six games and five of his last eight starts.
Stat to Know
With a season-high six strikeouts, Mitch Keller moved into ninth place on the Pirates all-time strikeouts list with 862.
Notable Performances
- Mitch Keller: 5.0 innings, five hits, three runs, two walks, six strikeouts, 93 pitches/60 strikes
- Nick Gonzales: 3 for 5, two RBI, one run
- Konnor Griffin: 2 for 4, one RBI, one run
- Spencer Horwitz: 1 for 4, two RBI
Noteworthy
- Gregory Soto (2-0) got the win for the Pirates and Yohan Ramírez and his first since June 7, 2024 as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Bryan Reynolds collected his 501st RBI and passed Bobby Bonilla for the most RBI among switch-hitters in franchise history.
- Nick Gonzales and Ryan O’Hearn each extended their hitting streaks to six games.
- This is the first time the Pirates have won back-to-back games since June 10-11 against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
- The Pirates placed RHP Braxton Ashcraft on the Bereavement/Family Medical Emergency List and recalled RHP Cam Sanders from Triple-A Indianapolis.
Up Next
RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-1, 3.28 ERA) will look to lead the Pirates to a sweep on Sunday. LHP Kyle Harrison (1-1, 3.06 ERA) will start for the Brewers. First pitch: 2:10 p.m. ET on SportsNet Pittsburgh/93.7TheFan.
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