But, after Hicks wriggled out of a seventh-inning spot by getting a double play with the bases loaded, he allowed the tying run to score in the eighth and after his pitch count rose, Norris was summoned. Norris would face only one hitter, Francisco Cervelli, who smacked a three-run homer off a Norris cutter to put the Pirates ahead by three.
But Hicks, who got Dickerson to ground into a double play started by Munoz to end the seventh, allowed the tying run in the eighth on a single by Colin Moran and Polanco’s second double. He walked pinch hitter Adam Frazier and retired Harrison on a deep fly to right before Norris was brought in to face Cervelli.