Padres Break Open Pitchers’ Duel Late to Split Series With Pirates
PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — The San Diego Padres scored four runs in both the seventh and ninth innings to pull away from the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 on Wednesday at PNC Park.
A pitchers’ duel between San Diego’s Michael King and Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller unraveled for the Pirates in the seventh. Nick Castellanos hit a two-run double and Jake Cronenworth followed with a two-run homer to break a scoreless tie.
King earned the win, allowing two runs over six innings. Keller took a hard-luck loss, yielding no runs on three hits over six strong frames. Nick Yorke had three hits for Pittsburgh.
The Padres, who had 10 hits, added four unearned runs in the ninth. Attendance was 10,046. The game took 2 hours, 42 minutes. San Diego evened its record at 6-6, while Pittsburgh fell to 7-5.