Bae Ji-hwan (Pittsburgh Pirates) came in as a pinch-hitter and scored the game-winning run to lift the Pirates to their fourth straight win.
Bae came off the bench in the bottom of the sixth inning to score a run and help the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on 4 April. His batting average remained at .268 for the season.
After being left out of the starting lineup, Bae entered the game in the bottom of the sixth inning with the score tied 1-1 and leadoff hitter Mark Matthias reaching on a fielding error.
Bae moved to second on Jason Delay’s sacrifice bunt to put runners in scoring position.
Pittsburgh had Andrew McCutchen ground out to short, but Brian Reynolds drew a walk to put runners on first and second. Connor Cho then doubled to drive in Bae and Reynolds.
It was Bae’s second game in as many days with a run scored against the San Francisco Giants. It was Bae’s 27th run of the season 토토사이트.
Pittsburgh took a 3-1 lead before Carlos Santana followed with an RBI single to make it 4-1.
Bae had his only at-bat of the night in the bottom of the seventh. With the bases loaded and one out, Bae laid down a sacrifice bunt to move first baseman Tucupita Marcano to second, but Pittsburgh was unable to capitalise as the next batter was stranded.
Pittsburgh trailed 4-3 in the top of the eighth when reliever Colin Holder gave up a two-run single to Nolan Gorman.
But there was no comeback. Yoenis Ramirez and David Bednar pitched ⅔ and one scoreless inning, respectively, to secure the one-run victory.
With their fourth straight win, the Pirates improved to 30-27 on the season and closed to within half a game of the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers (31-27).