Pirates stun Dodgers with Ninth-inning rally

LOS ANGELES — For nearly all of Tuesday night at Chavez Ravine, fireworks have been intermittently fired on and off someplace within the Dodger Stadium parking zone. A increase right here, a blast there.

As the night progressed, as day formally gave technique to night time, the standard and amount of the explosives amplified. By the ninth inning, a plume of smoke started to engulf the stadium.

There have been some fireworks contained in the ballpark, too.

The Pirates scored three runs within the prime of the ninth inning on the Fourth of July, turning a one-run deficit into a 9-7 win over the Dodgers to snap a three-game shedding streak.

Pittsburgh trailed by one run heading into the highest of the ninth inning, and after Carlos Santana struck out swinging to start the body, the black and gold stood two outs away from their fourth consecutive loss. Then, the rally.

Jack Suwinski and Nick Gonzales drew back-to-back walks to place the tying runner in scoring place. Jared Triolo laced a single up the center that allowed Suwinski to simply rating from second base and superior Gonzales to 3rd base. Josh Palacios got here off the bench and flipped an opposite-field double down the left-field line; Gonzales trotted residence whereas Triolo, who received an excellent learn on the ball, motored across the bases to formally flip a one-run deficit right into a two-run lead.

In the underside half of the inning, the Dodgers put runners on the corners towards just lately anointed All-Star David Bednar, however Bednar slammed the door by putting out Miguel Vargas wanting, inciting a cacophony of boos among the many residence crowd.