The Pittsburgh Pirates blew an early lead, losing the series opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates opened up with an early lead, but would not hold on to it, allowing the Arizona Diamondbacks to come back and win, 4-3, on the road at Chase Field in Phoenix Friday night.
Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen then hit Pirates first baseman Rowdy Tellez to load the bases for the Pirates. McCutchen smashed a ball into deep right-center field of Chase Field, that bounced off the wall, giving him a double and Bart the chance to score all the way from first base to increase Pittsburgh's advantage to 3-0.
The Diamondbacks began the bottom of the third inning with right fielder Corbin Carroll hitting it into right field and speeding into third base for a triple. Marte would hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Carroll to cut the deficit to 3-1.Taylor doubled in the top of the forth inning and then stole third base with two outs. McCutchen would fly out, ending a chance for the Pirates to extend their lead.
Mlodzinski then put a slider into the dirt that Bart couldn't control, allowing Gurriel to score and give the Diamonbacks a 4-3 lead.The Pirates started off the seventh inning with two walks from Bart and Taylor, forcing Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo to take out Gallen after 100 pitches. Thompson held the Pirates scoreless, getting left fielder Jack Suwinski to ground into a fielder's choice and then Bart to strikeout.
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