PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – AUGUST 18: Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners celebrates with Victor Robles #10 and Luke Raley #20 after the final out in a 10-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates during the game at PNC Park on August 18, 2024 in Pitt (Justin Berl / Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH – George Kirby pitched six solid innings and the Seattle Mariners ended a five-game losing streak with a 10-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
Kirby (9-9) pitched five scoreless innings, allowing two runs and four hits while allowing five strikeouts and two walks. The 26-year-old right-hander rebounded after allowing 11 runs and 12 hits in 3 2/3 innings in his last outing, a 15-1 loss at Detroit on Aug. 13.
The Mariners, who had scored a total of nine runs in their last five games, scored in four of the first five innings to hand the Pirates their 13th loss in 16 games.
Cal Raleigh gave Seattle the lead with a two-run home run to opposite field in the first inning, hitting his 27th home run of the season 367 feet over the Clemente Wall and deflecting it to right of Jake Woodford (0-5).
Victor Robles scored two more runs in the second with a double down the left field line.
Josh Rojas opened the three-run fourth inning with a 408-foot home run to center. Leo Rivas scored when third baseman Jared Triolo threw a potential double-play ball off the bat of Julio Rodríguez into right field. Robles scored on a sacrifice fly by Luke Raley.
Woodford played four innings, allowing seven runs on nine hits, before Ryder Ryan allowed a solo home run to Dominic Canzone with one out in the fifth inning.
Pittsburgh didn’t get close to Kirby until the sixth inning. Joey Bart hit a 430-foot fastball to right-center field for a two-run home run, cutting the Pirates’ deficit to 8-2 and hitting his 12th home run of the season, a career-best effort.
Rivas scored the second of two runs for the Mariners in the seventh inning with a two-out single.
TRAINING ROOM
Pirates: RHP Jared Jones (right lat strain) will spend at least one more rehab outing at Triple-A Indianapolis, general manager Ben Cherington said during his weekly radio appearance. The 23-year-old rookie was 5-6 with a 3.56 ERA in 16 appearances before going on the 15-day injured list on July 4.
Next
Mariners: RHP Bryan Woo (5-1, 2.06) will be on the mound Monday in Los Angeles, opposite Dodgers RHP Gavin Stone (10-5, 3.63).
Pirates: RHP Luis Ortiz (5-3, 3.41) will start Monday at Texas. The Rangers have not yet announced a starter.
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