It was looking like it was going to be another one of those games. The Pittsburgh Pirates were virtually ineffective at the plate through six innings of play against the Cleveland Indians. But then the improbable happened, and the Buccos got two three-run homers in the seventh inning — one from Michael Perez and another from Bryan Reynolds — after having just one total on the entire year, that lifted the Pirates to a 6-3 win over Cleveland for their second straight victory.
It appeared last night’s 11-run outburst by Pittsburgh was to be a one-and-done type of deal, as the Indians clung to a 2-0 lead on the strength of a solo homerun in the top of the second by Harold Ramirez off of Wil Crowe and another solo shot off of Crowe by Rene Rivera in the third.