Pittsburgh 11, Seattle 6
When: 10:10 PM ET, Friday, May 26, 2023
Where: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
77°
Umpires:
Home -
John Tumpane, 1B -
Ryan Blakney, 2B -
Marvin Hudson, 3B -
Hunter Wendelstedt
Attendance:
32209
By Field Level Media
Jack Suwinski hit two of Pittsburgh's franchise record-tying seven home runs as the Pirates defeated the host Seattle Mariners 11-6 Friday night in the opener of a three-game interleague series.
Bryan Reynolds, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Tucupita Marcano, Andrew McCutchen and Carlos Santana also went deep for the Pirates, who snapped a two-game skid.
Pittsburgh right-hander Mitch Keller (6-1) wasn't at his best but got plenty of support to move into a tie for the National League lead in wins. Keller allowed six runs on seven hits in six-plus innings, with two walks and eight strikeouts.
Julio Rodriguez and J.P. Crawford homered for Seattle, which had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Mariners right-hander George Kirby (5-4) had a run of eight consecutive quality starts snapped. Kirby gave up seven runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings, with one walk and four strikeouts. The four homers he surrendered were one more than he had combined to allow in his first nine appearances this season.
The Pirates broke a 2-all tie with a five-run fifth. Austin Hedges and McCutchen led off with singles, and Reynolds hit a two-run triple to left. With two outs, Suwinski and Hayes hit back-to-back homers, the first to center and the latter to left, ending Kirby's night.
McCutchen led off the game with a homer to left-center, and Santana opened the fourth with a bomb to right.
Suwinski hit a 445-foot blast to right-center with one out in the seventh off Juan Then. An out later, Marcano went deep to right.
Reynolds capped the home-run derby with a solo shot off Chris Flexen with one out in the eighth that struck the windows of the Hit it Here Cafe in the second deck in right field. Reynolds went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and scored twice.
Rodriguez went 2 for 4 with three RBIs for Seattle. He hit a solo shot in the first inning and a two-run single in the fifth.
Crawford's two-run homer in the seventh sent Keller to the showers.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
15 |
7 |
40 |
.366 |
13 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Seattle
|
7 |
2 |
15 |
.206 |
8 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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