Acuna Helps Braves Beat Pirates 5-1
The NL East-leading Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Sunday.
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The NL East-leading Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Sunday.
The NL East-leading Atlanta Braves rallied to snap a three-game skid and beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Saturday night.
Gregory Polanco's eighth-inning single drove in Adam Frazier with the tiebreaking run, and the Pittsburgh Pirates recovered after blowing a two-run lead to beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday night.
The playoff-contending New York Yankees have acquired former NL MVP Andrew McCutchen from the San Francisco Giants for two prospects.
Harrison Bader and John Gant hit back-to-back home runs, Gant pitched into the sixth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Thursday night.
Trevor Williams pitched six strong innings, Starling Marte had an RBI single in the sixth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 Wednesday night.
Jose Martinez and Tyler O'Neill homered, rookie Jack Flaherty pitched seven innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Tuesday night in Mike Shildt's first game since being promoted to full-time manager.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 on Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 on Saturday night.
Control issues from Pirates reliever Clay Holmes leads to the Brewers' Orlando Arcia's walk-off single in the 15th inning, ending the 5-hour, 36-minute contest on Friday night.
Ronald Acuna Jr. hit another leadoff home run and Freddie Freeman had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to lift Julio Teheran and the Atlanta Braves over the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Wednesday night for a three-game sweep.
The Pittsburgh Pirates released their 2019 schedule on Wednesday.
Dansby Swanson had two homers and four RBIs, Kevin Gausman breezed through eight innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Tuesday night.
Bryse Wilson worked five solid innings, becoming the third 20-year-old pitcher to start in his big league debut for Atlanta this season in the Braves' 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Archer has left his start with left leg discomfort.
