Pirates @ Nationals

For the first game of the series against the Washington Nationals the Pirateswon the game 6-5! In the first inning, McCutchen got a home run with Marte on base earning the Bucs 2 points. Then, soon after, McCutchen got his 2nd home run of the game with Mercer on base, earning us another 2 points. To get the last point, Gaby Sanchez brought home Martin getting us the final point. In the 9th inning to score got up to 6-5 with 0 outs. Grilli was pitching, trying to earn his 31st save. For the first out, he got a K. He gave away a double to Spin. He struck out Ramos to get the second out. Lombardozzi was up and Grilli had to step out because he was in pain. Mazzaro came in for Grilli to try get the last out to win the game. Vin Mazzaro got his 1st Major League save by getting him out.