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Phils drop Keystone Series finale as Bucs erupt
- Updated: September 16, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Returning to the Pirates’ rotation and pitching less than an hour away from his hometown, Chad Kuhl was bursting with energy Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park. But Andrew McCutchen and the rest of the Bucs’ bats provided the power, crushing five home runs en route to a 15-2 win over the Phillies that secured a four-game series split.
McCutchen went deep twice, his third multi-homer game of the season, and drove in three runs. John Jaso, Sean Rodriguez and Jordy Mercer also homered for Pittsburgh, fighting to keep its nearly nonexistent postseason hopes alive. That proved to be plenty of support for the well-rested Kuhl, the Delaware native who grew up coming to Phillies games, after he skipped his last start. Kuhl threw four perfect innings and exited after allowing two runs on four hits while striking out five in six innings.
Four of the Pirates’ home runs came off Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff, who yielded only one other hit in 6 2/3 innings. Philadelphia scraped together two runs off Kuhl in the …
