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04/04 18:36 CDT Nick Yorke's walk-off single lifts the Pittsburgh Pirates past
the Baltimore Orioles 3-2
Nick Yorke's walk-off single lifts the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Baltimore
Orioles 3-2
By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Nick Yorke singled home Bryan Reynolds in the bottom of the
ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore
Orioles on Saturday.
Reynolds doubled against Ryan Helsley (0-1) with one out. Baltimore then
intentionally walked Ryan O'Hearn to bring up Yorke, who had entered as a pinch
runner in the eighth. Yorke worked the count to 2-2 and fouled off a couple of
pitches before Helsley delivered a 99 mph fastball that home plate umpire Dan
Iassogna ruled a ball.
Helsley tapped his head to initiate an ABS challenge but the Orioles were out
of them after failing on a pair of challenges earlier in the game. Yorke took
the next pitch and lined a shot over the head of Baltimore left fielder Dylan
Beavers to lift the Pirates to their fourth straight victory.
Reynolds had two of Pittsburgh's eight hits. Jake Mangum delivered a game-tying
run with an infield single in the eighth.
Dennis Santana (2-0) pitched a perfect ninth to set the stage for Yorke.
Adley Rutschman had two hits for Baltimore. Beavers and Leodys Taveras each
drove in a run for the Orioles, who have dropped four of five. Orioles first
baseman Pete Alonso went 0 for 4 and is now hitless in his last 11 at-bats.
The Pirates tied it in the eighth thanks to some shaky glove work by the
Orioles. Designated hitter Marcell Ozuna reached when Baltimore third baseman
Colby Mayo couldn't wrangle a soft tapper. Yorke came on to run for Ozuna and
made it to third via two groundouts and scored when Orioles second baseman
Blaze Alexander couldn't cleanly field Mangum's chopper to the left side of the
infield.
Shane Baz limited the Pirates to just one unearned run over 5 2/3 innings. The
right-hander --- a former first-round pick by the Pirates in 2017 --- missed
out on his first victory with the Orioles since being acquired in a trade with
Tampa Bay when Baltimore's defense faltered late.
Up next
The series wraps up on Sunday. Chris Bassitt (0-1, 8.31 ERA) starts for
Baltimore against Pittsburgh's Braxton Ashcraft (0-1, 3.00).
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