Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates @ PNC Park
April 12-15, 2021
Sometimes things can get a little fuzzy after an entire year of watching baseball from anywhere other than the ballpark. The occasional memory refresher can come in handy. Here’s a reminder of what we may have missed while most of us were still staying at home.
This is The Hangover.
Game 11
Padres 6, Pirates 2
Winning Pitcher: Yu Darvish (1-0, 3.06)
Losing Pitcher: Luis Oviedo (0-1, 11.57)
The Padres (8-3) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 6-2 in the first game of four at PNC Park. Yu Darvish (1-0, 3.06) allowed one run on three hits and a walk with six strikeouts over seven innings. Adam Frazier came in to score on a Phillip Evans double in the third inning. Wilmer Difo scored on Frazier’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning.
Trevor Cahill (0-1, 8.00) gave up one run on three hits and two walks while striking out eight in five innings. Wil Myers‘ single in the first inning drove in Jake Cronenworth. Myers hit a two-run home run with Manny Machado on base and Tommy Pham scored on a double by Victor Caratini in the sixth inning. Jurickson Profar and Machado scored on a Myers single in the seventh inning.
Media
Darvish dominates, Myers powers Padres past Pirates 6-2 – Will Graves, Associated Press
Myers, Darvish power Padres’ win over Bucs – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com
Cahill’s 8 K’s not enough vs. Padres – Jake Crouse, MLB.com
