Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates Match Player Stats On Jun 05, 2019

Joe Musgrove pitched into the ninth inning, and Elias Diaz and Colin Moran homered Wednesday as the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the visiting Atlanta Braves 7-4 to end a three-game losing streak.

Gregory Polanco was 3-for-4 with an RBI double and two steals, and Starling Marte was 3-for-3 for the Pirates.

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Dansby Swanson homered for the Braves, who had won three straight.

Musgrove (4-6), who had lost two consecutive starts and five of seven, allowed three runs and five hits in eight-plus innings. He struck out six, and he retired 14 batters in a row before issuing his lone walk with one out in the eighth.

Musgrove also was 2-for-4 with a run to aid a Pittsburgh offense that racked up 14 hits.

Felipe Vazquez gave up a run but got the final three outs after Musgrove served up the home runs to Acuna and Swanson to open the ninth.

Atlanta starter Kevin Gausman (2-5) got roughed up for seven runs and 12 hits in five innings, with three strikeouts and no walks.

The Braves took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Josh Donaldson led off with a double, moved to third on Nick Markakis' flyout and scored on Austin Riley's single.

In the bottom of the second, Polanco hit a one-out single and stole second ahead of Diaz's first homer of the year, a shot to left that gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead.

Four straight singles by Musgrove, Kevin Newman, Bryan Reynolds and Marte produced two more runs, and Josh Bell's RBI double made it 5-1.

Pittsburgh added another in the third when Moran and Polanco opened with back-to-back doubles.

Moran led off the fifth with his seventh homer, to center, to increase the lead to 7-1.

After the home runs knocked out Musgrove in the ninth, Vazquez gave up a walk to Freddie Freeman and a one-out RBI double to Markakis to cut the margin to 7-4.

The start of the game was delayed for 2 hours, 4 minutes due to rain.

--Field Level Media