Pittsburgh Pirates at Colorado Rockies

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

48-64, 17-39 Away

Final
9 - 5

Colorado Rockies

30-81, 16-39 Home

Spencer Horwitz homers twice, drives in 6 runs to lead Pirates to a 9-5 win over Rockies

Horwitz hit a two-run homer in the second inning, added a three-run shot in the sixth and knocked in his sixth run with a ground out in the eighth. The Pirates' 27-year-old leadoff hitter has five homers and 31 RBI in 61 games this season.

Nick Gonzales knocked in a run with an infield single in the first inning before Tommy Pham hit a two-run homer, his fifth, for Pittsburgh.

Pirates starter Mitch Keller (5-10) worked five innings and allowed seven hits and five earned runs with four strikeouts.

Mickey Moniak (two RBI), Hunter Goodman and Jordan Beck (two RBI) hit consecutive homers in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Rockies closed within 8-5.

Colorado starter Bradley Blalock (1-3) allowed seven earned runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings, with two strikeouts and four walks.

Key moment The Rockies seemingly found some momentum in the third inning when Yanquiel Fernández doubled. He jumped off the base when he got up from the slide, but was called safe. The Pirates challenged the call, which was overturned.

Key stat Entering Sunday, Colorado had scored 21 runs in the fourth inning or later in the series. The Rockies scored one run in the fourth and four in the sixth in the loss.

Up next The Rockies will send RHP Tanner Gordon (2-3, 4.85 ERA) in their home series opener against Toronto on Monday. The Blue Jays will start LHP Eric Lauer (6-2, 2.68).

The Pirates open a home series against San Francisco on Monday. RHP Justin Verlander (1-8, 4.53 ERA) will start for the Giants. Pittsburgh has not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Doyle lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Goodman grounded out to third, Freeman to second.
	9th Inning	Moniak lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Freeman hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Mattson
	9th Inning	Peguero grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

PIT		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	7
5	Strikeouts	9
9	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	36
3	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	19
42	Plate Appearances	40
486.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
7.4	Runs Created	6.5
.250	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.556	Slugging Percentage	.528
.417	Secondary Average	.389
.357	On Base Percentage	.325
.913	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.853
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
7.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.5
58.0	Batter Rating	41.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.306	Isolated Power	.278
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
.167	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.139
18.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
99.5	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0