PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pitcher Roansy Contreras allowed two hits in six innings while Ji Hwan Bae and Jason Delay each had three hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Dodgers 8-1 on Wednesday night. of the Angels.
Contreras (3-1) went hitless into the sixth before Austin Wynns and Freddie Freeman singled to break the double zero. Contreras escaped trouble and preserved a 2-0 lead by forcing both Jayson Heyward and James Outman to fly out.
The Dominican struck out five batters and issued two walks.
Batting in the bottom two positions in the offensive order, Bae had three steals and Delay drove in three runs. Bae brought his number of stolen bases to 10 so far this season.
The last Pirates player to steal multiple bases in two consecutive games was Starling Marte in 2017.
The Pirates posted their eighth win in nine games, improving to 17-8. Pittsburgh boasts the best record in the National League after losing at least 100 games in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
Tony Gonsolin made his season debut starting for the Dodgers, snapping a three-game winning streak. He sprained his left ankle during spring training after going 16-1 with the Dodgers, who posted a 111-win record last season.
The Pirates went deep in the fifth inning on back-to-back singles by Bryan Reinolds and Andrew McCutchen off Phil Bickford (0-1).
For the Pirates, Dominican Rodolfo Castro batted 2-4, with two RBIs, and two runs scored; Venezuelan Carlos Santana 4-1, with a run scored, and Tucupita Marcano scored a run.
For the Dodgers, Cuban Miguel Vargas and Venezuelan David Peralta batted 3-0.
