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Pirates rally to beat Tigers 8-7
By: Mike Stiles - Thursday, June 20, 2019

Harold Castro hits a homer for Detroit against Pittsburgh (photo courtesy of Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

(PITTSBURGH) – Coming off a hitless night, Bryan Reynolds told his teammates he felt pressure to produce. Reynolds had three hits, including a three-run homer in the sixth inning to complete the Pirates' rally from a six-run deficit, and Pittsburgh beat the Detroit Tigers 8-7, splitting their two game series. With the Pirates trailing 7-5, Reynolds sent a knuckle curve from Nick Ramirez (3-2) 421 feet to left-center for his sixth homer of the season. Filipe Vzquez retired the side in order in the ninth for his 17th save. The Pirates trailed 7-1 after Detroit scored five times before recording an out in the third. Brandon Dixon took Trevor Williams deep for his eighth homer of the season, and Harold Castro followed with his first in the majors. It was the fourth time this season the Tigers have hit back-to-back home runs. Ramirez allowed five runs on six hits in 1 1/3 innings in relief of Jordan Zimmermann, who also came off the 10-day injured list Wednesday. Zimmermann gave up three runs on five hits in four innings after last pitching April 25 because of a UCL sprain.

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