Pirates Can’t Complete Sweep, Fall To Rockies

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Charlie Blackmon got three extra-base hits and keyed a two-run rally in the ninth inning that sent the Colorado Rockies past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. Blackmon hit two doubles and a triple as the Rockies ended a five-game losing streak. They were shut out in both games of a doubleheader against Pittsburgh on Saturday. After Pirates closer Richard Rodriguez walked Ryan McMahon with one out in the ninth, Blackmon hit an RBI double off the wall in center field to make it 3-all. Blackmon scored the go-ahead run on a two-out single from Matt Adams. The loss wasted the Pirates debut of Chase De Jong who allowed one run on three hits over five innings. De Jong was making his first western Pennsylvania pitching appearance since winning the title game of the 2008 PONY League World Series for Long Beach, CA.