WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brandon Lowe deed a tiebreaking homer successful the ninth inning, Bryan Reynolds went heavy from some sides of the sheet and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from an aboriginal four-run shortage to bushed the Athletics 6-5 connected Tuesday night.
Reynolds finished with 4 hits, 3 RBIs and 3 runs scored. Ryan O’Hearn besides had 3 hits for the Pirates (37-37), who had mislaid 8 of 10.
Zack Gelof went 3 for 3 with a homer and 2 RBIs for the A’s, extending his hitting streak to 20 games — the longest progressive tally successful the majors.
The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.
With the people tied 5-all, Lowe squared up a slider from Elvis Alvarado (2-1) and drove it implicit the right-field partition for his 18th homer, snapping a 1-for-18 slump.
Reynolds, batting right-handed, connected connected his archetypal homer of the nighttime successful the sixth, sending a flyball to straightaway halfway for a solo shot. Endy Rodríguez deed an RBI azygous aboriginal successful the inning, leaving Pittsburgh down 4-3.
Gelof launched a solo homer successful the bottommost fractional earlier Reynolds, batting left-handed this time, crushed his 2nd homer of the nighttime successful the seventh — a two-run changeable that tied it astatine 5 and gave him his ninth vocation multihomer game.
Reynolds extended his on-base streak to 23 games, the second-longest existent tally successful the majors.
Mason Montgomery (2-1) threw a hitless eighth, striking retired two, earlier Gregory Soto closed retired the ninth to gain his 11th save.
Pirates starter Mitch Keller gave up 5 runs — 4 earned — and 5 hits portion striking retired 7 successful 5⅓ innings.
Lawrence Butler deed an RBI treble that gave the Athletics a 4-0 pb successful the first. Gelof knocked successful a tally with an infield single, and 2 much scored connected a throwing mistake by archetypal baseman Spencer Horwitz.
A’s starter Jack Perkins struck retired six successful 5 innings. He allowed 3 runs and six hits.
Up next
Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (5-3, 3.30 ERA) faces RHP Aaron Civale (5-2, 4.20) successful the bid finale Wednesday.
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