The Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a one-run victory. Bae Ji-hwan scored the winning run.
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 in their 2023 Major League Baseball home opener at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, on Thursday (4 April).
Bae came off the bench to score one run in the win. His batting average remained at 2.668 for the season. It was the second time in two games that Bae has scored a run, as he did against the San Francisco Giants on the 1st.
Trailing 1-0 through four innings, Pittsburgh tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth.
After leadoff hitter Mark Matzis reached on a fielder’s choice, Bae moved to second on Jason Delay’s sacrifice bunt.
Bae moved into scoring position. Andrew McCutchen grounded into an infield single and Brian Reynolds drew a walk. With runners on first and second, Connor Cho doubled to drive in Bae and Reynolds.
Pittsburgh, down 3-1, added an RBI single from Carlos Santana to make it 4-1.
Bae laid down a sacrifice bunt with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to move pinch-runner Tucupita Marcano to second. However, he was stranded at second base.
Pittsburgh gave up a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to cut the deficit to one run, but barely held on for the one-run win. 토토사이트