PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen took within the second on Friday. He fought again the tears he knew would come and settled in for his first at-bat at PNC Park with Pittsburgh in additional than 5 years.

The veteran outfielder might see properly sufficient to lash a single to proper discipline, the beginning of a 19-hit barrage by the Pirates in a 13-9 victory over the Chicago White Sox that served as an emotional homecoming for McCutchen and — Pittsburgh hopes — an indication of issues to return.

Particularly if the group McCutchen was introduced in to mentor can maintain taking steps ahead.

“We know what we’re capable of,” McCutchen stated. “We’ve just got to keep believing in each other.”

Bryan Reynolds continued his torrid begin by driving in six runs. The left fielder is now the most effective participant on the crew the way in which McCutchen was a decade in the past. Yet he had by no means performed in entrance of a crowd that enormous at PNC Park, a lot of them sporting black at McCutchen’s request in a nod to the crew’s transient run of three straight playoff appearances from 2013-15.

“It was fun to play in front of a stadium like that,” Reynolds stated. “Hopefully, we’ll keep rolling and it’ll be like that more often.”

Reynolds hit a two-run homer within the third and a bases-clearing triple within the fifth. Reynolds popped up and raced dwelling when the relay throw from Chicago second baseman Elvis Andrus skipped by third baseman Yoan Moncada. Reynolds’ 5 dwelling runs this season are probably the most by a Pirate by seven video games since Hall of Famer Willie Stargell in 1971.

“It’s special anytime you’re in same sentence with somebody like that,” Reynolds stated.

McCutchen, who signed a one-year deal in January to rejoin the crew he starred for earlier in his profession, went 2 for five in his first recreation at PNC Park as a member of the Pirates since September 2017.

The five-time All-Star and 2013 National League MVP obtained a loud ovation when he stepped to the plate within the first because the designated hitter. Home plate umpire Ryan Wills, making an exception to MLB’s new pitch-clock guidelines, allowed the 36-year-old McCutchen to understand a day he had been anticipating since he rejoined the membership.

“It’s a special moment, special day for me,” McCutchen stated. “It’s one I’m going to remember.”

Connor Joe tied a profession excessive with 4 hits. Reynolds, Ji Hwan Bae and Jason Delay had three hits every for Pittsburgh. Dauri Moreta (1-0) labored two scoreless innings for his first main league win.

Luis Robert hit a pair of two-run homers for the White Sox. Oscar Colás added the primary dwelling run of his profession within the ninth. Tim Anderson collected 4 hits and scored 4 occasions however Chicago was undone by one other shaky pitching efficiency. The White Sox have allowed 12 or extra runs in three of their final 4 video games, dropping all three.

“I don’t have concern with the pitching, I really don’t,” Chicago supervisor Pedro Grifol stated. “These guys have done it before, they’ve done it for a while now. It’s just one of those stretches. Obviously there are adjustments to be made.”

Lucas Giolito, who no-hit the Pirates in 2020, allowed seven runs and a career-high 12 hits in 4 innings.

“It was not good,” Giolito stated. “We hit their starter really well. We were given leads and I kept giving them up, so it’s not good.”

Jake Diekman (0-1) fared no higher in reduction. He retired the primary batter he confronted within the fifth earlier than letting the following 4 batters attain, together with a go-ahead single by Delay.

Jimmy Lambert got here on to face Reynolds, who laced a shot to the right-field nook to ship the Pirates to their fourth straight victory.

Pittsburgh starter Rich Hill struggled because the White Sox pounded the 43-year-old’s number of breaking pitches, most of which didn’t break 75 mph. Hill gave up seven runs and eight hits — three of them homers — in four-plus innings.

ON THE MOVE

The White Sox designated longtime reliever Jose Ruiz for project and known as up right-hander Jesse Scholtens from Triple-A Charlotte.

Ruiz, 28, struggled in 4 appearances with Chicago this season. He gave up a number of runs in every of his final three outings as his ERA ballooned to 22.04.

The 29-year-old Scholtens allowed one run in three innings in his main league debut.

UP NEXT

The sequence continues Saturday when Chicago’s Mike Clevinger (1-0, 0.00 ERA) faces Vince Velasquez (0-1, 5.79 ERA). Clevinger threw 5 shutout innings towards Houston in his debut with the White Sox final Sunday.

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