Pittsburgh Pirates leave Arizona with series victory over Diamondbacks

The Pirates rallied from down 6-2 with seven runs in the eighth inning to beat the Diamondbacks 9-6 on Tuesday night.

There was no need for a comeback with Skenes (4-5) on the mound.

Last year’s NL rookie of the year allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked none in 6ª innings. Skenes has not allowed more than six hits in an MLB-record 35 starts to open his career.

Pittsburgh took two of three from Arizona for its first road series win and second overall since April 22-24 against the Los Angeles Angels.

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Henry Davis (32) scores a run against the Arizona Diamondbacks on a ball hit by Ke’Bryan Hayes in the sixth inning on Wednesday in Phoenix.

The Associated Press

Arizona’s Zac Gallen (3-7) allowed six runs — five earned — on six hits with three strikeouts and three walks in five innings. Gallen walked the leadoff batter three times and all three scored.

Arizona has lost seven of eight.

Henry Davis hit a run-scoring single in the second inning after a leadoff walk and Pittsburgh scored two runs in the fifth on second baseman Jordan Lawler’s throwing error following a leadoff walk.

Gallen issued another leadoff walk in the sixth inning and was pulled after Ke’Bryan Hayes’ run-scoring single. Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run double off Juan Morillo and Bryan Reynolds made it 8-0 with a run-scoring triple.

Key moment

Kiner-Falefa broke the game open with his double in the sixth.

Key stat

Pittsburgh scored 19 straight runs against Arizona in two games before pinch hitter Tim Tawa’s leadoff homer in the ninth.

Reynolds shines

Reynolds had four hits, including a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth, and the Pirates overcame a six-run deficit in the 9-6 win on Tuesday night.

The Pirates, who entered the night 0-29 when trailing after seven innings, were down 6-2 before scoring seven times in the eighth against Arizona relievers Kevin Ginkel and Jalen Beeks.

The key blows were Kiner-Falefa’s three-run double, which tied the game and knocked out Ginkel (0-3). After Geraldo Perdomo’s error allowed Oneil Cruz to reach base, Reynolds followed with a homer to left-center off Beeks to make it 9-6.

Davis also homered for Pittsburgh. Joey Wentz (2-1) pitched 3ª innings of long relief for the Pirates. David Bednar retired the side in order in the ninth for his sixth save.

Corbin Burnes pitched seven solid innings, giving up six hits and striking out six. Davis’ homer with a man on in the sixth not only ended Burnes’ shutout bid, it was the first time the Pirates scored in the series after losing 5-0 Monday night.

The Diamondbacks built a 6-0 lead. Corbin Carroll homered leading off the first, then Arizona chased Pirates starter Mike Burrows in the fourth with five runs, including Perdomo’s bases-loaded single off Wentz.

Burrows, making his second start since being recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis, lasted 3• innings, giving up five hits and five runs, four earned.

Arizona’s All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte sat out the game due to illness.

Davis led off the eighth with a double against Ginkel and four of the next five batters reached, ending with Kiner-Falefa’s bases-clearing double.

The Pirates bullpen retired the last 17 Arizona batters of the game.

Injury updateNext

Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (1-6, 3.66 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-games series at San Diego on Friday. The Diamondbacks have not announced a starter for Friday’s opener of a three-game home series against Washington.