Game 1 of Wednesday\u2019s doubleheader in New York set the Pittsburgh Pirates on a collision course with two familiar faces now playing for the Yankees.<\/p>\n
Gerrit Cole, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Pirates, started at Yankee Stadium, while Mars native and former closer David Bednar came into a tie game in the ninth.<\/p>\n
Cole struck out 11 in seven innings and Bednar pitched a scoreless frame, but the Pirates prevailed 5-3 in 10 innings.<\/p>\n
Jared Triolo had the game-winning RBI single for the Pirates, scoring automatic runner Nick Gonzales.<\/p>\n
Triolo entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and two innings later, broke the 3-3 tie with a base hit off of Fernando Cruz.<\/p>\n
Jake Mangum then padded the lead with an RBI single to score pinch-runner Billy Cook from second, making it 5-3.<\/p>\n
Up by two in the bottom of the 10th, Gregory Soto hung on to earn his 13th save.<\/p>\n
The Pirates (53-49) led 3-0 in the seventh inning, but Carmen Mlodzinski, replacing starter Mitch Keller, allowed a game-tying three-run homer to Ben Rice in the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n
Cole opposed Keller on the hill for the Yankees (56-45) taking a perfect game into the fifth inning.<\/p>\n
Keller was solid over five innings in his first post-All-Star break start, allowing no runs while escaping a few jams.<\/p>\n
Cole allowed a pair of homers to Jacob Gonzalez and Gonzales, which allowed the Pirates to take a 3-0 lead into the seventh.<\/p>\n
Both Keller, who struck out six with a pair of walks, allowing three hits, and Cole (three runs, four hits, no walks) took no-decisions.<\/p>\n
Cole was sharp from the jump, striking out the side in the second and punching out two more in the third.<\/p>\n
Keller also had a smooth first three frames, aside from plunking Austin Wells in the third.<\/p>\n
Bryan Reynolds then got the Pirates out of the inning by laying out for a diving grab of a Rice fly ball.<\/p>\n
With Cole perfect through four, Keller\u2019s command failed him in the bottom of the inning, as he walked Spencer Jones and Cody Bellinger to begin the frame.<\/p>\n
But Keller battled back, striking out Jazz Chisholm and Jose Caballero back to back, keeping the game scoreless.<\/p>\n
Cole struck out the first two men he faced in the fifth, Esmerlyn Valdez and Ryan O\u2019Hearn, but from there, his perfect game came crashing down.<\/p>\n
Gonzales became the Pirates\u2019 first baserunner of the afternoon, hitting a two-out single, and Gonzalez followed by roping a two-run homer into right field to put his club up 2-0.<\/p>\n
The home run was Gonzalez\u2019s fourth on the year and second since being traded from the White Sox to Pittsburgh on July 11.<\/p>\n
Keller had another jam to work out of in the fifth, as Wells and Trent Grisham got aboard with base hits.<\/p>\n
But Keller struck out Rice and got Jones to fly out, extinguishing the fire.<\/p>\n
To protect the Pirates\u2019 two-run lead, manager Don Kelly inserted Mlodzinski in the sixth inning, ending Keller\u2019s afternoon at 75 pitches.<\/p>\n
Mlodzinski struck out a pair in his first inning, maintaining the score.<\/p>\n
In the seventh, O\u2019Hearn narrowly missed a home run to right field, the wind at Yankee Stadium allowing Jasson Dominguez to make a catch at the warning track.<\/p>\n
But Gonzales, the Pirates\u2019 next batter, made contact and sent a fly ball to a similar area.<\/p>\n
This time, it had enough carry to leave the yard, as the Pirates took a 3-0 lead in Cole\u2019s final inning.<\/p>\n
In the seventh, the Yankees tied the game, as Rice jacked Mlodzinski for a three-run homer, his 30th of the season.<\/p>\n
Rice scored McMahon, who led off with a double, and Wells, who walked.<\/p>\n
Bednar allowed a single and walk in the ninth but didn\u2019t allow the Pirates to take a lead, while in the bottom of the ninth, Montgomery delivered a clean frame to send the game to extras.<\/p>\n
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