He held his former team to one run and six hits while striking out seven and walking two. San Diego had won each of Musgrove's first eight starts. The Padres went ahead 2-1 when Trent Grisham singled home Luke Voit with two outs in the seventh. We executed some pitches and then we had some really good at-bats in the ninth.”Īnthony Banda (1-0) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth for the win and David Bednar worked a perfect ninth for his ninth save. The guy's leading the National League in saves and has really elite stuff. "Obviously, Ke with the big hit there at the end. “We did a lot of things well," manager Derek Shelton said. The Pirates had been 0-24 when trailing after eight innings. Just trying to look for something out over the plate.” I feel pretty comfortable with lefties, and even though he had gotten ahead 0-1, he's pretty much like a two-pitch guy, heater-slider guy, so I wasn't thinking too much. It stayed over the middle of the plate and was a little up. Hayes said he hit a slider “that didn’t really break. I was fortunate enough to hit it over the fence.” "I'd never faced him before so I was just trying to get a pitch up in the zone and keep the line moving. Rogers struck out Cal Mitchell but then served up Hayes' homer to center field, his first of the season. Summoned to protect a 2-1 lead, he struggled right away, allowing Michael Perez's double and walking Tucupita Marcano. It was the second blown save in 19 chances for Rogers (0-1). The big right-hander from suburban El Cajon pitched six strong innings against his former team. It was the first time the Padres lost in Joe Musgrove's nine starts this season. Hayes, battling a tight back all week, hit a three-run homer off major league saves leader Taylor Rogers with one out in the ninth inning and the Pirates beat the Padres 4-2 on Saturday night. SAN DIEGO - San Diego gave the Pittsburgh Pirates several chances to stick around, and Ke’Bryan Hayes finally made the Padres pay. MLB, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates Hayes' 3-run HR in 9th lifts Pirates to 4-2 win over Padres
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