WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning, Bryan Reynolds went deep from both sides of the plate and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Athletics 6-5 on Tuesday night.
Reynolds finished with four hits, three RBIs and three runs scored. Ryan O’Hearn also had three hits for the Pirates (37-37), who had lost eight of 10.
Zack Gelof went 3 for 3 with a homer and two RBIs for the A’s, extending his hitting streak to 20 games — the longest active run in the majors.
With the score tied 5-all, Lowe squared up a slider from Elvis Alvarado (2-1) and drove it over the right-field wall for his 18th homer, snapping a 1-for-18 slump.
Reynolds, batting right-handed, connected on his first homer of the night in the sixth, to straightaway center for a solo shot. Endy Rodríguez hit an RBI single later in the inning, leaving Pittsburgh down 4-3.
Gelof launched a solo homer in the bottom half before Reynolds, batting left-handed this time, crushed his second homer of the night in the seventh — that tied it at 5 and gave him his ninth career multihomer game.
Reynolds extended his on-base streak to 23 games, the second-longest current run in the majors.
Mason Montgomery (2-1) threw a hitless eighth, striking out two, before Gregory Soto closed out the ninth to earn his 11th save.
Pirates starter Mitch Keller gave up five runs — four earned — and five hits while striking out seven in 5 1/3 innings.
Lawrence Butler hit an RBI double that gave the Athletics a 4-0 lead in the first. Gelof knocked in a run with an infield single, and two more scored on a throwing error by first baseman Spencer Horwitz.
A’s starter Jack Perkins struck out six in five innings. He allowed three runs and six hits.
Up next
Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (5-3, 3.30 ERA) faces RHP Aaron Civale (5-2, 4.20) in the series finale Wednesday.
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