The Pirates continued the trend Sunday behind starting pitcher Trevor Williams, who delivered seven innings of one-run ball in his bid to remain a part of Pittsburgh's rotation. Allowing the only run against him to score on a double-play ball, Williams scattered seven hits and two walks, inducing three double plays against a Mets club that hit into four of them on the afternoon.
Mets starter Tyler Pill was not so fortunate on a drizzly afternoon, allowing five runs -- three earned -- over five innings, before Andrew McCutchen put things well out of reach with a three-run homer off Josh Smoker in the ninth.