Pirates Drop Heartbreaker to Nationals

On April 16th, the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped an 8-7 heartbreaker to the Washington Nationals

in 10 innings at PNC Park on Thursday.

Afternoon.

Too many defensive miscues piled up, letting the Nats pull out the win despite the bucks

fighting back hard all game.

Nats loaded the bases in the top of the fifth and cast in four runs on wild throws and

errors.

Pirates answered right back in the bottom half, with O'Neill crews ripping a 119-mile

per hour double and Marcel O'Zuna crushing a 3 run.

Homer to tie it at 4.

The lead changed hands three more times through seven innings, as pinch hitter Joey Weemer

doubled ahead for the Nats, then Conor Griffin tripled and Nick Gonzalez singled to put

Pittsburgh up, a hit batter and wild pitch flipped it back to Washington 7-6.

Pirates fans held their breath through all the chaos.

Down to their last strike in the ninth, Brandon Lowe's infield single with bases loaded.

Noted it at seven, but in the top of the tenth, James Wood singled home the go-ahead

run against Dennis Santana.

Pirates sit at 11 and 9 now, shaking off those errors as they gear up for the next series.

That's your update from Washington Nationals News today, powered by AI.

I'm Corey with the story.