On June 28, 1916, in the second game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Art Wilson hit a lead-off shot in the top of the 18th off the Cubs’ George McConnell to give the Pirates a 3-2 win.
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He pitched well that night, looking like the old Nola en route to tossing six scoreless innings. The Phillies’ best pitcher this season, Vince Velasquez (8-2, 3.15 ERA) is expected to start Sunday. Hernandez then came around to score on Herrera’s groundout. Nicasio got out of the inning without allowing a run.
Joyce pulled Pittsburgh into a 4-4 tie with a 434-foot, two-run home run, his 10th, to dead center in the sixth.
The Pirates responded in the bottom of the first when Andrew McCutchen doubled to the Northside notch with two outs and scored on Starling Marte’s single past diving third baseman Blanco.
“It was getting pretty ugly for about a week there, so it feels good to get some hits”, he said. “The home run by Herrera was nice to see”. “We couldn’t lose any more ground”. Frazier’s homer made a victor of Pirates’ reliever Neftali Feliz (4-0).
With Pennsylvania’s interstate battle now in an eighth inning rain delay, Frazier remains a flawless 1-for-1 with the solo shot on the afternoon. Mark Melancon earned his 30th save.
Cesar Hernandez hit a pair of RBI singles and was one of four Phillies with two hits along with Andres Blanco, Tommy Joseph and Carlos Ruiz, who took over behind the plate for Rupp. On Friday he shut down the Pirates thanks to a 100 pitch complete-game shutout which saw him only allow three hits, while striking out six Pirates at the plate. Blanco has a fractured left index finger that required four stitches.
“You learn to focus really hard before games and before a series on executing game plans and going over every hitter and making him feel uncomfortable”, Eflin said. We talk about it with our pitchers. Anywhere we put him, he plays solid defense. Blanco was replaced by Maikel Franco.
NY went ahead in the fourth after Gregorius reached on an infield single leading off. Mark Teixeira, in a 1-for-15 slide and dropped to seventh in the batting order for only the third time since 2004, singled to right.
Rupp was removed from the game after he was hit in the head, but showed no ill effects from the hit. The Pirates have rearranged their starting rotation to keep Liriano and Gerrit Cole on as close to five days of rest as possible during a stretch where they have four days off in a three-week span. After only two wins in their seven games since the All-Star Break, the Phillies definitely needed a spark to the start of their lengthy road trip.
Glasnow’s pitch hit the left earflap of Rupp’s helmet, which Rupp credited with reducing the impact.
In a late-afternoon start on a 93-degree day, Cueto struggled with deep counts but allowed just an unearned run and six hits in six innings. Pittsburgh placed RHP Tyler Glasnow on the 15-day DL, a day after he left his second major league start in the fourth inning because of right shoulder discomfort.
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Pirates: Francisco Liriano (6-9, 4.96 ERA) will begin a two-game series against the Seattle Mariners after an off day Monday.
