Jack Suwinski has hit two of Pittsburgh’s franchise records, making seven home when pirate beat the host Seattle Marines 11-6 Friday Night in the opening of the three-game interspersed series
Bryan Reynolds, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Tucupita Marcano, Andrew McCutchen and Carlos Santana also advanced piratewho failed two games
Pittsburgh right-hander Mitch Keller (6-1) wasn’t at his best but got plenty of backing to win the National League lead. Keller allows six runs with seven hits in six plus sets, with two walks and eight strikes.
Julio Rodriguez and JP Crawford are home to Seattle, a team on a four-game winning streak.
sailor Right-hander George Kirby (5-4) has had eight quality starts in a row. Kirby dropped seven runs with nine hits in 4 2/3 rounds, with one walk and four hits. Four host players he has surrendered more than once than he combined to allow in his first nine appearances this season
The pirate draw 2 all with the score of five games. Austin Hedges and McCutchen led in singles, and Reynolds hit a treble to the left. With two extra periods, Suwinski and Hayes engaged in close combat, first in the center and second on the left, ending Kirby’s night.
McCutchen started the game with a hit to the middle left, and Santana opened the fourth game with a bomb to the right.
Suwinski hit a 445-foot long shot into the center right with a shot wide in the seventh round against Juan Then. A minute later, Marcano went deep to the right.
Reynolds ended the home derby with a solo strike that knocked out Chris Flexen with an eighth inning goal that smashed the window of the Hit it Here Cafe on the second deck on the right side. Reynolds won 3 to 4 with four RBIs and scored two goals.
Rodriguez won 2 to 4 with three RBIs for Seattle. He hit a solo in the first round and a two-round single in the fifth round.
Crawford’s two-time homer in the seventh inning sent Keller into the shower.
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