With Gerrit Cole on the mound against fill-in starter Brad Hand, it looked like the Pirates would have a chance to coast to a sweep. They certainly didn’t coast, but a frustrating first six innings just made the end result even more satisfying.
The seventh inning rally – which came entirely with two outs, immediately after the deficit had grown from one to two, went like this:
- Chris Stewart single
- Jose Tabata pinch hit single
- Josh Harrison RBI single
- Pedro Alvarez pinch hit RBI single through the shift to tie it up
- Andrew McCutchen walk
- Starling Marte RBI, go ahead walk (!