The Pirates blew the doors off Wednesday night at PNC Park, and Braxton Ashcraft led the way. Pittsburgh routed Seattle 11-1, pounding out fifteen hits as a team. Ashcraft was outstanding on the mound — six innings, just one run allowed, and ten strikeouts in a career-best outing.
Carmen Mlodzinski finished it off with three scoreless innings of relief. Offensively, Ryan O’Hearn led the way again — four for five with three doubles and three RBI. Endy Rodríguez added two hits and three RBI of his own, and Nick Gonzales scored twice.
Pittsburgh hit a blistering three-ninety-five as a team, going nine for fourteen with runners in scoring position. The Pirates wrap up the series with Seattle this afternoon before heading into a weekend set with Cincinnati.
Original reporting: WESB (Bradford) — read the source article.
