(2-2), Chasen Shreve and Chris Stratton – who earned his second career save afte retiring the final 11 batters over 3 2/3 innings – combined to pitch seven scoreless innings. ![]() Shelton was forced to turn to his bullpen, and Duane Underwood Jr. He just didn’t look good, so we got him out.” “Just made the decision after looking at him in the second. “He just got overheated and didn’t feel well and just didn’t feel like he can continue to go from where he was at,” Shelton said. The high-scoring game offset Pirates starter Mitch Keller leaving the game after the second inning with what the club called “heat illness.” The game-time temperature was 79 degrees. “It’s one of those things that you start to get them, you really start to see runs continue to mount up, and we’ve done a nice job. “We had been lacking that,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. The nine runs were the most scored by the Pirates (22-34), who had eight three times this season. Gregory Polanco had an RBI single in the third and, after his bases-clearing double led the Pirates to a 5-3 win on Thursday night, Jacob Stallings added a two-run single in the sixth. The Pirate got all nine runs from their top five hitters. Yeah, that’s pretty good protection with those two hitting behind me.” “That’s kind of my job, just get on base for them and if we can continue that, I think we’ve got a lot better chance of winning ballgames and the opportunity to put up a lot of runs. “Especially with them swinging the way they are now,” Frazier said. Frazier went 2 for 3 and scored three runs, as Hayes went 2 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs and Reynolds 2 for 5 with a run-scoring double. The trio combined to drive in six runs as the Pirates pounded the Miami Marlins, 9-2, Friday night before a season-high 8,044 at PNC Park. ![]() There was hope that the return of Ke’Bryan Hayes to the lineup would reverse that trend, providing a boost to the top of the batting order between leadoff man Adam Frazier and No. ![]() For the first two months of the season, the storyline for the Pittsburgh Pirates was an anemic offense that struggled to produce runs and ranked among baseball’s worst in several categories.
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