Bucs outlast rallying D-backs in 13 innings

PHOENIX — Pirates infielder Sean Rodriguez drove home Josh Harrison with a double to left field in the 13th inning to propel his team to a 12-10 win and a series victory against the D-backs on Sunday at Chase Field.

Harrison led off the 13th with a double to right field. Rodriguez scored on a pinch-hit single by Jonathon Niese.

Pirates third baseman David Freese hit a double in the 12th inning that scored center fielder Andrew McCutchen from first base to put his team ahead, and the Bucs added another run for a two-run lead.

But Arizona answered with two runs, one coming on a double by David Peralta and another coming on a single by Jean Segura.

D-backs first baseman Paul Goldschmidt tied the game at 8 with a two-run home run, his second home run in the game, with one out in the ninth inning.

Goldschmidt hit his first of two home runs in the game in the first inning off Pirates starter Francisco Liriano to give the home team an early 1-0 lead. The game was the eighth career multi-home run game for Goldschmidt in his career.

But the Pirates roared back with three runs in the third inning off D-backs starter Robbie Ray — two on a triple by first baseman Jason Rogers — to pull ahead, 3-1.

The D-backs answered in the bottom half of the frame with a three-run home run by catcher Welington Castillo, his third home run of the series, to give the D-backs a 4-3 advantage, but the lead did not last.

Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer led off the eventful fourth inning with a single, and McCutchen followed with a single to mark the end of Ray’s afternoon. In all, the Pirates racked up five hits while scoring five times in the frame, two coming on Gregory Polanco’s single scoring Starling Marte and John Jaso.

Liriano gave up four runs on five hits in six innings. Ray was charged with five runs — four earned — on eight hits in three innings. He struck out …

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