Washington 0, at Pittsburgh 2

PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — Carmen Mlodzinski delivered a career-best performance out of the bullpen, and two first-inning runs proved sufficient as the Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Wednesday night at PNC Park. A crowd of 11,244 watched the Pirates secure their 10th victory in 14 games, improving to 11-7. Washington fell to 8-10. The game’s decisive moment arrived swiftly. After Nationals starter Jake Irvin struck out the first two Pirates batters in the bottom of the first, the inning unraveled. Bryan Reynolds worked a walk and scored when Ryan O’Hearn singled and Marcell Ozuna followed with an RBI… Read more...