Bucs Dugout · Jun 6, 2023
Andrew McCutchen leads Pirates to nail-biting win over A’s
Nothing is easy in the game of baseball and Monday night proved that statement for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their 5-4 win over the Oakland Athletics.
Oakland, who entered the game with the worst record in baseball at 12-49, jumped out to an early lead in the first after a RBI single by Ryan Noda. Prior to the hit, a catcher’s interference call by Austin Hedges allowed Esteury Ruiz to reach base and he later stole his league-leading 29th base to move into scoring position.
In the third, Seth Brown doubled home an insurance run and Carlos Perez followed with a sacrifice fly.