Bucs Dugout · Jun 25, 2022
Rays edge Pirates in walk-off fashion
Isaac Paredes delivered a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-5 walk-off win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday at Tropicana Field.
It was the Bucs’ second walk-off loss to the Rays in as many days.
Paredes’ base hit made a loser out of Pirates closer David Bednar, who suffered his third blown save of the season.
Bednar struggled with his command throughout the ninth, going to three-ball counts on the first four hitters but managing to retire the first two .
Bednar then walked Ji-Man Choi and Vidal Brujan – the latter of who was hitting well under .200 entering the game – to put runners at first and second.