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Bryan Reynolds of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a single in the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, putting it in two runs against the San Francisco Giants. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bryan Reynolds hit three runs and made a jump catch against the wall that helped the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 9-4 and climb back above .500 on Wednesday.
Former Giants Andrew McCutchen and Connor Joe were each 3-4 with an RBI, while the Pirates (28-27) won straight games after falling below .500 for the first time since going 1-2. Pittsburgh is 8:19 after a 20-8 start.
Mitch Keller (7-1) went 4-0 in his last five starts, allowing four runs and ten hits in six innings with eight strikeouts. It was his seventh consecutive appearance with at least eight strikeouts.
Alex Wood (1-1) allowed six runs, eight hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings for a season-high as the Giants fell to .500 at 28:28.
Pittsburgh defeated San Francisco 14-12.
Reynolds hit a two-run single in the fourth and an RBI grounder in the sixth two-run. He made a spectacular jump catch atop the left field wall with two hits in the sixth round and pinned Casey Schmitt on a sacrificial flight.
Patrick Bailey’s RBI single put San Francisco ahead in the second set, but Pittsburgh took a 4-1 lead in the third when McCutchen hit an RBI double and scored with Rodolfo Castro’s single, and Ke’Bryan Hayes a three made across the left field line and scored the ball third when San Francisco left base exposed.
Wilmer Flores had a broken bat RBI single in the bottom half.
Keller threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the fifth round that cut Pittsburgh’s lead to 6-3. Joe had an RBI double in the sixth.
LONG-AWAITED DEBUT
Right-hander Luke Jackson hit a scoreless seventh inning with two strikeouts in his Giants debut after Tommy John’s surgery in April 2020 at Atlanta. In January, he signed a two-year, $11.5 million contract with San Francisco and was reinstated off the 60-day injured list.
TRAINING ROOM
Pirates: 1B Carlos Santana missed his third straight game due to muscle strains in his lumbar spine.
Giants: OF Michael Conforto was scheduled to undergo an MRI and X-ray after leaving Tuesday’s game with a bruise to his left heel.
NEXT
Pirates: RHP Roansy Contreras (3-4, 4.33 ERA) opens a three-game home series against St. Louis and RHP Jack Flaherty (3-4, 4.81) on Friday night.
Giants: RHP Logan Webb (4-5, 2.75) is looking to earn his fourth straight decision Friday night when San Francisco plays an opener against Baltimore and RHP Dean Kremer (5-2, 4.58).
