Pittsburgh Pirates’ Ke’Bryan Hayes scores against the New York Mets for the duration of the third inning in Pittsburgh on Friday. He tied a profession-higher with five hits.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates necessary just 1 day off to place a humbling series loss to lowly Oakland in the rearview mirror.
It could take far longer to repair what’s incorrect with the reeling New York Mets.
Ke’Bryan Hayes tied profession highs with 5 hits and 4 RBIs and the Pirates sent New York to a seventh straight loss with a 14-7 victory Friday evening.
Revitalized by a tweak to his strategy in the box for the duration of the finish of a West Coast trip final week — Hayes replaced a step forward with a mere toe tap for the duration of his swing in an work to boost his timing — the Pittsburgh third baseman has place with each other the hottest streak of his profession considering that his dazzling September debut in 2020.
Hayes had a two-run single in the third against Tylor Megill (five-four) and a two-run double in the fourth as element of a five-for-five evening. Hayes is hitting .558 (19 of 34) with 11 RBIs for the duration of an eight-game hitting streak that started when he was briefly dropped to seventh in the order with his batting typical languishing at .221.
It is at .266 now. And increasing. Speedily. Proof that his move adjustment — which was borne out of desperation following a 4-strikeout functionality in Seattle — is operating.
“I’ve been operating my butt off to attempt to figure out how to get back to how I was getting at-bats in (2020),” Hayes stated. “Just attempting to be aggressive up there, have my physique in the appropriate position and let athleticism take more than.”
The Pirates spent Thursday stewing just after back-to-back blowout losses to Oakland, which arrived at PNC Park early in the week with the worst record in the majors and left it with just its third series win of the season.
Pittsburgh definitely looked prepared to move on though jumping on the Mets, who didn’t arrive from Atlanta till four:30 a.m. following a draining series sweep at the hands of the rival Braves.
Jack Suwinski went three for four with his 12th dwelling run of the season. Carlos Santana had two hits, like his fourth dwelling run. Josh Palacios also had two hits for the Pirates. Andrew McCutchen singled in the third inning for his 1,999th profession hit.
Wealthy Hill (six-five) worked seven innings for his second straight victory. The 43-year-old Hill gave up two runs on seven hits with two walks and six strikeouts though throwing 119 pitches, the most by a Pirate considering that 2012.
“I’m not genuinely conscious of the pitch count,” Hill stated. “You are pitching till the manager requires the ball from your hands. Shelty let me go out there and let me finish that seventh inning which naturally I’m thankful for.”
MESSY METS
Francisco Lindor hit his 12th dwelling run of the season for New York. Starling Marte singled twice against the group he spent the very first eight years of his profession with (2012-19) but couldn’t cease the Mets’ freefall.
New York’s seven-game slide is its longest considering that it dropped seven straight in June 2019.
Mets manager Buck Showalter attempted to tension the good just after the group place Pete Alonso, whose 22 dwelling runs lead the majors, on the injured list Friday since of a bone bruise and a sprain in his left wrist. Nonetheless, even Showalter admitted it “looked like” New York took the field against Pittsburgh nevertheless stinging from a winless trip to Atlanta.
The Mets definitely seemed out if it for the duration of a sloppy sequence in the third that permitted the Pirates to take handle.
Lindor mishandled a routine grounder at shortstop with 1 out, turning a possible double play into runners on very first and second. Suwinski walked to load the bases and Hayes sent a sharp single to left to score two. Ji Hwan Bae followed by dropping a bunt down the third-base line that New York’s Eduardo Escobar threw into the appropriate-field corner. Hayes and Suwinski scored quickly though Bae raced all the way to third to make it 7-two and the Pirates had been on their way.
Lindor took duty for the error and is baffled by his team’s 16-27 slide considering that a promising 14-7 begin.
“I honestly do not know,” he stated. “I want to say it is element of the season but I’ve been saying that way as well extended. It is time to turn the web page. It is time to be improved.”
TRAINER’S Area
Pirates: RHP Vince Velasquez underwent surgery to repair a ligament in his appropriate elbow on Wednesday and is out for the season. Velasquez, who had Tommy John surgery in 2010, is anticipated to be out 11-to-12 months. Velasquez initially tweaked the elbow on Might four and spent 3 weeks on the injured list but lasted just 3 innings in his subsequent begin against Seattle on Might 27.
UP Subsequent
The series continues Saturday, with Pittsburgh’s Johan Oviedo (three-four, four.29 ERA) set to face Kodai Senga (five-three, three.75).
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