San Francisco 12, at Pittsburgh 13

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Interstat) — Oneil Cruz had four hits and drove in four runs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 13-12 on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at PNC Park when Brandon Lowe scored on a throwing error in the bottom of the ninth. Lowe homered in the seventh and came around on Rafael Flores Jr.’s grounder, which third baseman Osleivis Basabe threw away, capping a back-and-forth game. The Pirates trailed 5-2 but broke open the game with nine runs in the third, keyed by Cruz’s three-run single. San Francisco answered with two in the sixth and five in… Read more...