Jack Suwinski put the Pirates up 3-2 with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.ĭavies allowed three runs on five hits with five strikeouts in 5 1/2 innings. The long ball hurt him again on Sunday when Choi hit his third homer of the season out to center. We didn’t.”ĭavies gave up four runs on two homers in a no-decision against the New York Mets in his last start. “We had some opportunities to score some runs. “Probably a little more of a frustration day for me,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. Arizona has lost five of seven, but still heads into the All-Star break tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers atop the NL West at 52-39.
“They did a really nice job.”Īlek Thomas homered for the second straight game for the Diamondbacks, who failed to score a runner from third three times. “We played a really good game against one of the better teams in baseball and I’m proud of the way our group finished in this road trip going in the All-Star break,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. All-Star closer David Bednar worked around a walk in the ninth inning for his 17th save in 18 chances after giving up the winning hit the night before. Osvaldo Bido (1-1) allowed a hit in 1 1/3 innings for his first big league win and Jared Triolo hit a run-scoring single in the ninth inning for a two-run lead.
