The Pittsburgh Pirates made historical past all around the ballpark on Friday night time in a 14-2 drubbing of the New York Mets.
First, there’s the truth that the Pirates tied a staff file by hitting seven residence runs within the sport. Then, there’s that rookie Paul Skenes grew to become the primary pitcher since 1901 to strike out seven batters or extra in not less than 9 of his first 10 begins. And there is additionally this one: The Pirates hit two grand slams within the sport, tying a staff file and doing it for the primary time since 1996.
Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com on social media:
the Pirates’ 2 grand slams are tied for essentially the most in a sport in franchise historical past, with:
4/16/1996
9/14/1982
5/1/1933
6/22/1925
Slugger Rowdy Tellez and outfielder Bryan Reynolds had been liable for the grand slams, which helped transfer Pittsburgh to 42-45 on the season. Tellez now has seven homers for the season whereas Reynolds has 16. Each gamers had multi-homer nights within the win.
On the mound, Skenes struck out eight batters over 7.0 innings. He gave up two earned runs and two walks. He is now 5-0 on the season with a 2.12 ERA and there is loads of chatter about him presumably going to the All-Star Recreation, regardless of not making his debut till Could.
The Pirates will play the Mets once more on Saturday afternoon with first pitch coming at 4:05 p.m. ET. Left-hander Bailey Falter will pitch for Pittsburgh towards lefty David Peterson for the Mets. Falter is 4-6 with a 3.87 ERA whereas Peterson is 3-0 with a 3.51.
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