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Konnor Griffin has 4 hits as the Pirates rally past the Royals to reach .500 · Best of: Features

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  Konnor Griffin has four hits, as the Pirates rally past the Royals
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  to reach. Five zero zero. Written by Will Graves This article
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  is being read by an automated voice, generated by Everlet. Pittsburgh the
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  AP, rookie shortstop Connor Griffin had four hits, Brandon Lowe hit his
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  thirty-second homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates surged past the Kansas City Royals
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  eight five on Friday night. Pittsburgh churned out 15 hits against Kansas
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  City to overcome an early four-run deficit to move back to.500777
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  in its bid for the franchise's first winning season since 2018. The
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  twenty year old Griffin, who missed two months with a left hand
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  injury that coincided with a summer swoon that saw the Pirates playoff
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  hopes evaporate, posted the third four hit game of his young career.
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  His RBI single in the seventh off reliever Nate Pearson, two two,
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  capped a three run rally. Johan Ramirez, seven four, retired all four
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  batters he faced in relief to pick up the win. Gregory Soto
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  worked The ninth for his fifteenth save, but just his first since
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  august first. Vinnie Pasquantino and Michael Massey homered for the Royals, but
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  Kansas City couldn't take advantage of a so so performance by Pirates
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  ace Paul Skeens. The reigning NL Psi young winner scuffled at times
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  during his likely next to last start of the season. The twenty
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  four year old right hander was tagged for five runs in six
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  innings, with a walks and seven strikeout but found a rhythm late,
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  retiring nine of the final ten batters he faced. Still, his ERA
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  ticked up to three point nine one, nearly double the one point
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  nine seven he posted a year ago, while becoming the first pirate
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  to win pitching's biggest award since nineteen ninety two. Kansas City starter
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  Randy Dobnock, a Pittsburgh native, struggled in his second career start in
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  his hometown. The thirty one year old allowed four runs on seven
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  hits with two walks, and a strikeout in three and two thirds
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  innings, his shortest outing since making his debut with the Royals in
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  July. Up next. The series continues Saturday. Noah Cameron, 983.84
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  ERA, was set to start for the Royals against Pittsburgh's Bubba Chandler,
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  eight nine four point two eight, the AP MLB.