Pirates ring up 16 hits in rout of Giants
Field Level Media
25 Jul 2021, 15:19 GMT+10
Gregory Polanco and Kevin Newman drove in three runs apiece Saturday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates roughed up San Francisco Giants ace Kevin Gausman en route to a 10-2 victory over the National League West leaders.
Newman collected four hits while Ben Gamel contributed a double and two singles to a season-best 16-hit attack that propelled the Pirates to a second straight win in the three-game series.
Gausman (9-4), who began the day with the NL s best ERA, couldn t finish the fifth, charged with six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked four and struck out two.
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SAN FRANCISCO Kevin Gausman was one of the most dominant pitchers in the Majors in the first half, but he hasn’t looked like the same guy since returning from the All-Star break.
Gausman was charged with a season-high six runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings as the Giants dropped their second straight game to the last-place Pirates, 10-2, at Oracle Park on Saturday. The defeat, coupled with the Dodgers’ 1-0 win over the Rockies, cut the Giants’ lead in the National League West to two games.
LaMonte Wade Jr. blasted his 10th home run of the year, but the Giants’ lineup seemingly feeling the absence of injured veterans Brandon Crawford, Evan Longoria, Brandon Belt and Tommy La Stella was held to only four hits by Pirates right-hander Wil Crowe, who struck out nine over 5 1/3 innings.
MLB roundup: Angels Patrick Sandoval loses no-hit bid in 9th
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25 Jul 2021, 16:40 GMT+10
Patrick Sandoval pitched 8 1/3 no-hit innings and Shohei Ohtani had two doubles and scored a run to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night in Minneapolis.
Sandoval, who entered the contest with a 3-13 career mark, kept the Twins off-balance with achangeup while registering a career-high 13 strikeouts. Brent Rooker lined a first-pitch slider down the right field line to break up the no-hitter in the ninth and then came around to score one out later when Josh Donaldson lined a double to left off reliever Raisel Iglesias.
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Pirates manufacture big seventh inning to beat Giants 6-4
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24 Jul 2021, 15:40 GMT+10
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored three seventh-inning runs without the benefit of a hit to break a tie en route to a 6-4 victory over the host San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night.
After the Giants had used home runs by Steven Duggar and Alex Dickerson to erase a 3-0 deficit, the Pirates pieced together three walks and two infield grounders for their go-ahead rally in the seventh to snap a four-game losing streak.
Jacob Stallings drew a walk from Giants reliever Dominic Leone (2-1) to open the inning, after which San Francisco shortstop Thairo Estrada threw late to second base on Kevin Newman s grounder, putting two aboard.