Angels rally but can’t pull ahead vs. Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Well-struck home runs by Gregory Polanco and Matt Joyce punctuated a five-run seventh inning for the Pirates, who held on for an 8-7 win over the Angels on Saturday at PNC Park.

With the score tied at 3 in what was very much a seesaw game through the first six innings, Polanco led off with a prodigious blast to right field off Angels reliever Fernando Salas. Josh Harrison contributed an RBI single later that inning and Joyce launched a pinch-hit, three-run homer deep into the grass in …

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