Patrick Bailey hit the first of three RBI singles in a four-run 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for a 9-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
Bailey led off with a single to right off Carmen Mlodzinski (0-1) to score automatic runner Thairo Estrada, before Jorge Soler followed with one up the middle to bring in Matt Chapman. A sacrifice fly by Brett Wisely put Bailey in front of another RBI single by Luis Matos.
Ryan Walker (4-2) struck out one in a perfect ninth for San Francisco, which blew a 6-2 lead in the ninth inning on Tuesday before losing 7-6 in 10 innings to open the three-game series.
Chapman hit a two-run home run off Pittsburgh rookie Jared Jones in the sixth, followed by an RBI single by Soler an inning before, cutting a five-run deficit to 5-3 in the sixth.
Aroldis Chapman walked the first three Giants batters in the eighth before being pulled for Colin Holderman. After Bailey struck out, LaMonte Wade Jr. scored. from third on a fielder’s choice just in front of Soler’s plate before Heliot Ramos went down swinging to end the threat.
Holderman gave up a two-out single in the ninth to Matos, who took second on an error by Bryan Reynolds in left. Wade made it 5-all with an RBI single to right.
Reynolds gave the Pirates the 5-0 cushion with his second grand slam in the Majors, sending a hanging 3-2 knuckle curve from reliever Sean Hjelle 350 feet to right just after starter Blake Snell hit Andrew McCutchen with the bases loaded.
Snell, the 2023 NL Cy Young winner, came off the 15-day injured list and used 87 pitches (45 strikes) and allowed four runs on four hits with five strikeouts and four walks. He had been out since April 19 due to a left adductor strain.
Jones pitched six innings and gave up three runs on six hits with five strikeouts.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: C Yasmani Grandal was not in the lineup due to left groin discomfort suffered while running in the ninth inning on Tuesday.
NEXT ONE
Pirates rookie RHP Paul Skenes (1-0, 2.70 ERA) will make his third start in the Majors on Thursday to close the series against the Giants, who have not announced a starter. Skenes, drafted first overall in 2023, didn’t allow a hit with 11 strikeouts and one walk over six innings last time out, a 9-3 win at the Cubs on May 17.
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