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Giants Strike Twice in the 10th to Edge Pirates 5-4 at PNC Park
San Francisco erased Pittsburgh’s late advantage with two runs in the 10th inning, turning a tied game into a one-run road victory.
Final: San Francisco Giants 5 — 4 Pittsburgh Pirates
The San Francisco Giants scored twice in the 10th inning and held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 at PNC Park, converting a tied game into their 58th win of the season. Pittsburgh had taken a 4-3 lead across the seventh, eighth and 10th innings, but San Francisco answered with the decisive two-run frame. Rafael Devers supplied the Giants’ biggest individual hit with a home run, while Bryce Eldridge and Turner Hill each drove in two runs.
The starting pitching was even on the surface. San Francisco’s Landen Roupp and Pittsburgh’s Bubba Chandler each worked five innings and struck out four, keeping opposing hitters off balance through pitch variety. Pittsburgh’s Carmen Mlodzinski covered three relief innings with two strikeouts, but the Pirates could not protect their late lead. Dylan Smith added a scoreless one-inning relief appearance with two strikeouts for San Francisco as the Giants completed the comeback.
The result gives San Francisco a road win in a game decided by late-inning execution rather than sustained control, while Pittsburgh drops to 68-72 after failing to close out a one-run game at home. The Giants leave PNC Park with the clearer takeaway: their lineup produced in the 10th when the margin disappeared. For the Pirates, the immediate priority is sharper leverage-inning defense and pitching execution, because a late lead is no longer enough without the final three outs.
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