Pittsburgh Pirates Defeat Seattle Mariners 5‑1 at PNC Park
PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — Henry Davis homered and drove in two runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 Thursday afternoon at PNC Park before 24,367 fans in a game that lasted 2 hours, 35 minutes.
Pittsburgh (41-40) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Davis’ two-run shot in the third extended the lead to 3-0. Seattle (41-41) scored its lone run in the fifth on J.P. Crawford’s RBI single. The Pirates added two runs in the eighth on Brandon Lowe’s RBI single and Ryan O’Hearn’s run-scoring single.
Bubba Chandler (3-7) earned the win, allowing one run on five hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts. Bryce Miller (3-2) took the loss, giving up three earned runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings while striking out 11. Seattle managed six hits; Pittsburgh had eight.