Thompson, who joined the Pirates in an offseason trade for catcher Jacob Stallings, walked three and struck out two. My slider was just a little sharper tonight than it has been the last couple of starts so I threw more punch-outs.”įacing his former team for the first time, Zach Thompson limited the Marlins to one run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings. “Got ahead often and stayed in the zone like I have been recently.

“It feels awesome,” Garrett said of his outing. Garrett allowed two hits, walked two and hit two batters. Marlins starter Braxton Garrett struck out a career-high 11 in six scoreless innings. Hamilton originally was called out on second baseman Kevin Newman’s relay throw to the plate, but a video review overturned the play. He was not in the original lineup but entered after Jon Berti left with an injury.īilly Hamilton hit a two-out single and scored from first on Wendle’s line drive to right. Wendle broke a scoreless tie with an RBI double in the fifth. “I definitely pride myself on my defense, so that’s something I have to keep working on and keep getting better at,” Anderson said. Anderson muffed Diego Castillo’s hard grounder and Tsutsugo raced home as the ball went into foul ground in left field. Tsutsugo reached on a two-out single against reliever Steven Okert. Pittsburgh tied it at 1 in the eighth on third baseman Anderson’s fielding error that scored Yoshi Tsutsugo from first. “Hanging in there, that’s what we’ve been talking about and keep fighting until the (All-Star) break,” Miami manager Don Mattingly said.īen Gamel’s RBI double against Richard Bleier (2-1) in the top of the 11th put the Pirates ahead 2-1.

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