Overview
- The Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 11-1 at PNC Park in an interleague game on Wednesday night, with Pittsburgh scoring five runs in the fourth to seize control.
- Braxton Ashcraft settled after a rough first inning to throw six innings, allow one run on five hits, strike out 10 and issue no walks while retiring the game's final batters.
- Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three doubles and three RBIs and Endy Rodríguez had a two-run double plus an RBI single in a multi-run fourth and seventh inning push.
- Reliever Carmen Mlodzinski threw multiple scoreless innings to close the game but sources disagree on whether he pitched three or four innings, and first baseman Spencer Horwitz left with left hamstring discomfort.
- The win evened Pittsburgh’s record at 40-40 and capped a strong stretch for Ashcraft, whose two 10+ K/no-walk starts this season put him alongside a small group of Pirates pitchers in modern franchise history.