Miguel Andujar's tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning lifted the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday.
Andujar went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, while Connor Joe went 1-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs for Pittsburgh. Rodolfo Castro added two hits for the Pirates, who won for the 10th time in their past 11 games.
Riley Adams went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Luis Garcia went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs and Alex Call also collected two hits for the Nationals, who dropped their second straight game. The Pirates plated two more runs in the eighth after loading the bases with no outs. Reliever Anthony Banda walked Austin Hedges to force home pinch-runner Jack Suwinski before reliever ErasmoPittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on Andujar's single to left that scored Joe, who led off to walk and took second on Castro's base hit.
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