The Pittsburgh Pirates improve to 75-85 on the season.
may be eliminated from playoff contention, but they are doing their part in making the postseason seeding interesting down the stretch by defeating the New York Yankees 4-2 on Friday night. The Yankees have already clinched the AL East, but are still chasing after the top overall seed for home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Through the first four and a half innings, Jared Jones and Carlos Rodon were in quite the pitchers' duel. In the bottom half of the fifth, Jones ran into a bit of trouble and was yanked by manager Derek Shelton in favor of Joey Wentz with the bases loaded. Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled back up the middle on a cutter catching way too much of the plate, scoring the first two runs of the game.
It didn't take long for the Pirates to strike back as Nick Gonzales and Bryan Reynolds hit back-to-back jacks off of Rodon to tie things up at two apiece. Fast-forwarding to the eighth, Reynolds came through again, belting a two-run shot for his second homer of the game. which would end up being the difference.3. C Joey Bart 1-47. 1B Connor Joe 0-0, 2 BB1. 2B Gleyber Torres 1-45. RF Alex Verdugo 0-49.
The Pirates will send out Paul Skenes tomorrow for his final start of the season. First pitch is set for 1:05 p.m. EST
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