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Polanco’s pinch-hit 2B snaps skid at Miller Park
- Updated: August 28, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Miller Park has been a house of horrors for many of Pittsburgh’s top hitters, including Gregory Polanco.
Given a blow from the starting lineup Saturday after consecutive 0-for-5 games dropped his career batting average to .138 (8-for-58) in Milwaukee, Polanco delivered a pinch-hit, bases-clearing double in the sixth inning to lift the Pirates to a 9-6 win.
“That was one of the best swings I’ve seen him put on anything in this park,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “He picked up three quick runs.”
Having started 104 of Pittsburgh’s 127 games, Polanco was making just his fifth pinch-hit appearance of the season. It was Polanco’s first hit off the bench in 2016 and the first pinch-hit extra-base hit of his career.
With the game tied at 6, Sean Rodriguez led off the sixth with a single to center and moved to third on a double down the …
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