Pittsburgh’s Pedro Florimon drove in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 15th inning to give the pirate a 9-8 win against Arizona on Tuesday.
Florimon’s triple brought home Francisco Cervelli to seal a win that moved the pirates within five games of national League Central leader St Louis, which were shut out at home by San Francisco.
There were also victories for both New York teams, which lead the respective East divisions. The Mets ended a run of three successive losses by winning at Baltimore, while the Yankees rallied to beat Minnesota thanks to an Alex Rodriguez grand slam homer.Pittsburgh’s Cervelli singled off Keith Hessler (0-1) for his fourth hit of the game and had to time to dash home on Florimon’s high flyball that hit the wall in right field.
It was a reprieve for the pirates after having blown a late five-run lead, sending the game to extra innings. The Diamondbacks missed a succession of scoring opportunities, leaving 11 men on base.
San Francisco’s Ryan Vogelsong pitched six scoreless inning to guide the Giants to a 2-0 win at St Louis (9-8) struck out five and walked just one while throwing 101 pitches.
His fellow pitcher Madison Bumgarner did his best work at the plate, notching his first career pinch hit which keyed a seventh-inning rally.
The Cardinals suffered only their 19th home loss this season.
The Mets won 5-3 at Baltimore, with Jacob deGrom holding the Orioles scoreless into the eighth inning. DeGrom(12-6) gave up one run and one walk in 72/3 innings while striking our six, lowering his season ERA to 1.98; second-best in the National League behind the Dodgers’ Zack Greinke
Curtis Granderson hit a solo home on the game’s second pitch and repeated the feat in thr fifth to help New York extend their run of wins against the Orioles to nine.
The Yankees came from three runs down to win 8-4 at home against Minnesota, with Alex Rodriguez hitting a slump-busting grand slam in the seventh inning.
A-Rod extended his major league record for grand slams, hitting the 25th of his career off JR Graham (0-1) to put New York up 5-4. That snapped his 0-for-18 slump and earned a curtain call from the crowd.