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The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the Washington Nationals 8-7 in a thrilling 10-inning game, marred by costly errors. Key miscues allowed the Nationals to capitalize and secure the victory at PNC Park.
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PITTSBURGH â The Pittsburgh Pirates battled with the Washington Nationals but too many miscues proved insurmountable in an 8-7 loss in 10 innings at PNC Park on Thursday afternoon.
Top 5th, 4-0 WSH: With the bases loaded and one out, Luis GarcĂa Jr. hit a slow grounder to shortstop Konnor Griffin. Nasim Nuñez won a foot race to second base and Griffin spiked a throw towards first, which allowed two more runs to score. Later in the inning, GarcĂa broke from second to third base and Ashcraft threw behind him in a pickoff attempt, but the throw ended up in center field. GarcĂa trotted in to score the fourth run of the inning.
Bottom 5th, 4-4: The Pirates (11-8) immediately responded with four runs off Nats starter Foster Griffin. Oneil Cruz plated Billy Cook with a 119 mph rocketed double to right field. Marcell Ozuna followed with a towering three-run shot to left field that hit the rotunda.
Top 6th, 5-4 WSH: The Nationals (9-10) reclaimed the lead when Joey Wiemer hit a pinch-hit RBI double off Evan Sisk to right field. The ball was just out of reach of the diving Jake Mangum, whose throw went towards second base.
The Pirates made several costly errors, including a spiked throw from shortstop Konnor Griffin and a failed pickoff attempt by Ashcraft, which allowed multiple runs to score.
The Nationals scored four runs in the fifth inning, capitalizing on Pirates' errors, and the game concluded with an 8-7 victory for the Nationals in 10 innings.
The final score was 8-7 in favor of the Washington Nationals after 10 innings.
The game took place at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
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Bottom 6th, 6-5 PIT: Konnor Griffin tied the game with an RBI triple high off the wall in center off Paxton Schultz. Later in the inning, Nick Gonzales plated the go-ahead run with an RBI single to right field off PJ Poulin but was thrown out trying to advance to second base to end the inning.
Top 7th, 7-6 WSH: After the Pirates intentionally walked CJ Abrams to load the bases, Yohan RamĂrez hit Jacob Young to force across the tying run. RamĂrez then threw a wild pitch to give the Nationals the lead after Daylen Lile scored from third.
Bottom 9th, 7-7: Down to their last strike, the Pirates tied the game off Gus Varland when Brandon Lowe reached on an infield single with the bases loaded.
Top 10th, 8-7: With two outs, James Wood singled home automatic runner Jorbit Vivas against Dennis Santana (2-1) to put the Nationals ahead for good.
Both of RamĂrezâs misfires in the seventh inning happened with two strikes. He plunked Jacob Young on an 0-2 offering and was ahead 1-2 when he bounced a breaking ball, allowing a go-ahead run to score.
On Brandon Loweâs RBI infield single in the ninth, third base coach Tony Beasley gave Oneil Cruz the send sign when the ball trickled away from the Nats middle infield duo, but Cruz stayed put at third on a miscommunication.
The Pirates had runners on the corners with no outs in the 10th but came up empty. Bryan Reynolds struck out and Jake Mangum grounded into a game-ending double play. Nats reliever Orlando Ribalta earned his first-career save.
James Wood had a pair of hits and pushed across the game-winning run with an RBI single in the 10th.
Oneil Cruzâs 119 mph is the hardest hit ball in MLB this season.
The homestand continues on Friday night with the Tampa Bay Rays coming to PNC Park this weekend. RHP Bubba Chandler (0-1, 3.86 ERA) will start for the Pirates on Friday night opposite RHP Nick Martinez (0-0, 2.16 ERA). First pitch: 6:45 p.m. ET.
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