PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Interstat) — Braxton Ashcraft pitched eight strong innings Tuesday as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 at PNC Park. Ashcraft (13-5) allowed one earned run on five hits with four strikeouts. Mason Montgomery earned his fifth save with a scoreless ninth inning.

Detroit took a 1-0 lead in the fifth when Brett Callahan homered. Callahan went 2 for 3 with a homer and an RBI. Pittsburgh answered in the bottom half with three runs. Oneil Cruz hit a two-run homer, and Spencer Horwitz added an RBI single. Cruz finished 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Bryan Reynolds contributed an RBI single in the eighth to extend the lead.

Keider Montero (9-8) took the loss, allowing three earned runs on four hits with three strikeouts in five innings. Ty Madden gave up one run in two relief innings for Detroit, which fell to 62-65. Pittsburgh improved to 64-67. The Pirates outhit Detroit 6-5. Attendance was listed at 20,222, and the game took 2 hours, 2 minutes.