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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Matt Olson homered in the third inning and scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the 11th inning as the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Saturday.
Chase Shugart (1-3) got Sean Murphy to ground to short for the second out in the 11th with Olson on third. He intentionally walked Michael Harris II to bring up Eli White. Shugart nearly hit White in the head with a pitch that went to the backstop, allowing Olson to score.
Pittsburgh’s Ke’Bryan Hayes started the 10th by moving automatic runner Henry Davis to third on a sacrifice bunt. Davis was thrown out at home after Matt Gorski grounded to third. Scott Blewett (2-0) then got Alexander Canario to fly out.
Joey Bart hit his fourth single of the game with one out in the eighth for the Pirates. Ji Hwan Bae entered as the pinch runner, stole second, advanced on a groundout and scored to tie it 2-all when Gorski sent a dribbler down the line to third.
Don Kelly, in his second game as Pirates manager since Derek Shelton was fired on Thursday, was tossed in the sixth inning after plate umpire Clint Vondrak called two balls to start Olson´s at bat.
Murphy and Harris hit back-to-back doubles in the second inning to put Atlanta ahead before Olson hit a sinker from Andrew Heaney 431 feet for a 2-0 lead.
Atlanta Braves’ Matt Olson, left, scores from third base on a wild pitch by Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chase Shugart, right, during the 11th inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Canario went to third on Jared Triolo’s bunt to start the 11th for Pittsburgh. Blewett went on to strike out Liover Peguero and force Tommy Pham to ground to second.
The Pirates scored fewer than five runs in a 16th straight game. Their longest streak since at least 1901 is 17 games from Aug. 12-29, 1908.
Braves LHP Chris Sale (1-3, 4.07 ERA) will take the mound in the series finale Sunday against Pittsburgh RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 6.16).
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Atlanta Braves’ Matt Olson, right, is greeted by Ozzie Albies (1) as he returns to the dugout after hitting a solo home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly, left, makes his point to umpire Clint Vondrak after being ejected during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Pirates’ Matt Gorski singles off Atlanta Braves pitcher Daysbel Hernández, driving in a run, during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Atlanta Braves’ Michael Harris II celebrates as he stands on second base after driving in a run with a double off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney during the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
