Pittsburgh Pirates at Colorado Rockies

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Pittsburgh Pirates

38-38, 18-19 Away

Final
3 - 4

Colorado Rockies

29-47, 15-20 Home

Fulford's pinch 2-run double in 8th lifts Rockies past Pirates 4-3, Freeland reaches 1,000 Ks

Rockies starter Kyle Freeland got his 1,000th career strikeout, the second player in franchise history to reach the milestone.

The Pirates took a 3-2 lead in the eighth on an RBI double by Jared Triolo off Freeland and a run-scoring single by pinch-hitter Bryan Reynolds and an RBI triple by Nick Gonzales against Jaden Hill.

But the Rockies came right back in their half of the eighth when Tyler Freeman and Cole Carrigg had consecutive two-out singles against Mason Montgomery (2-2). Fulford came in to pinch hit for Sterlin Thompson and doubled into the gap between left and center field to put Colorado up 4-3.

Senzatela (7-0) gave up a leadoff single in the ninth to Marcel Ozuna and Brandon Lowe singled on a ball that bounced off the leg of shortstop Ezequiel Tovar and into the outfield, putting the tying run at third base. Senzatela then walked Endy Rodríguez to load the bases. But he struck out Tyler Callihan and got Triolo to ground into a double play to end the game.

Freeland, who struck out Ozuna in the seventh to reach 1,000 strikeouts and then fanned Lowe, trails only Germán Márquez (1,069) on the Rockies' career list. Freeland finished with eight strikeouts and allowed two runs and four hits in 7 1/3 innings.

The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the third on an RBI double by Willi Castro. TJ Rumfield hit a solo homer in the fourth to make it 2-0.

Up next RHP Paul Skenes (6-6, 2.85 ERA) will start for the Pirates on Saturday in the middle game of the series. RHP Tomoyuki Sungano (7-4, 4.54) will start for the Rockies.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Triolo grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Rodríguez out at second. Pittsburgh Pirates challenged call on the field was upheld
	9th Inning	Callihan struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Callihan hit for Valdez
	9th Inning	Rodríguez walked, Lowe to second.
	9th Inning	Lowe grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Davis to second, Davis safe at third on fielding error by shortstop Tovar.
	9th Inning	Davis ran for Ozuna

Statistics

PIT		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
8	Ground Balls	13
9	Strikeouts	2
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
110	Pitches	104
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	15
35	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
2.6	Runs Created	5.0
.212	Batting Average	.290
.500	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.484
.182	Secondary Average	.258
.257	On Base Percentage	.371
.621	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.855
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
28.5	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	2.97
.152	Isolated Power	.194
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.8	MLB Rating	86.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0