Washington Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score on Sep 11, 2021

Bryan Reynolds and Ben Gamel homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates feasted on 10 walks Saturday in a 10-7 win over the visiting Washington Nationals.

Kevin Newman added an RBI double and Colin Moran smacked a pair of RBI singles for the Pirates (52-90), who have won four of five.

Pittsburgh starter Wil Crowe, in four innings, allowed three runs and four hits. He struck out six with two walks.

Kyle Keller (1-1) pitched a scoreless sixth and Chris Stratton picked up his fourth save.

Ryan Zimmerman homered, Keibert Ruiz hit a three-run double, Alcides Escobar stroked an RBI double while Juan Soto and Yadiel Hernandez each an RBI single for the Nationals (58-84), who have lost three straight.

Ruiz left the sixth after being hit in the helmet with a pitch.

Washington starter Josiah Gray pitched five innings, giving up five runs and three hits. He added four strikeouts but walked six.

Alberto Baldonado (0-1) allowed two runs in two-thirds of an inning.

Pittsburgh loaded the bases in the third on walks to Hoy Park, Yoshi Tsutsugo and Reynolds. Moran singled. Park scored and Tsutsugo was called out after not touching home, but the call was overturned upon a challenge under the "Buster Posey rule" and it was 2-0.

Washington loaded the bases in the fourth on singles by Escobar, Soto and Josh Bell. Two outs later, Ruiz hit a bases-clearing double for a 3-2 lead.

In the fifth, Escobar hit an RBI double and Soto drove him in with a single for a 5-2 Nationals lead.

In the bottom of the inning, Tsutsugo walked ahead of Reynolds' 23rd homer to right-center. An out later, Gamel hit his seventh homer, to right, to make it 5-5.

Against Baldonado in the sixth, Michael Perez and Park walked and advanced on Newman's bunt. Andres Machado replaced Baldonado and walked Ke'Bryan Hayes. Tsutsugo struck out before Reynolds walked to force in a run for a 6-5 Pittsburgh lead. Moran's infield single drove in Park, and Gamel reached on an error, bringing in two more for a 9-5 advantage.

Hernandez's RBI single in the seventh cut it to 9-6, but Newman answered in the bottom of that inning with an RBI double for a 10-6 lead.

Zimmerman hit his 13th homer, to center, in the eighth to complete the scoring.

--Field Level Media