Giants leave Pittsburgh with series win but no sweep after Jack Suwinski’s 3rd HR gave Pirates walk-off win.
PITTSBURGH — Before Sunday’s series finale here at PNC Park, Giants pitching coach Andrew Bailey was looking for Alex Cobb. When he found him, Bailey paid him a compliment — “your hair looks great today” — and a reminder: “game’s at 1:35 today.”Making his first start since May 29, the somewhat unconventional first pitch time, 30 minutes later than usual, was just one thing Cobb had to reorient himself around.
In the bigger picture, though, the Giants will happily take two of three to open their seven-game swing and a rotation that — for the first time in nearly two months — is almost whole again. Cobb’s return came Sunday, while Anthony DeSclafani’s is expected to come Tuesday. Cobb, however, allowed two home runs in a game for only the second time since the start of last season. Hoy Park took advantage of a sinker up in the zone to pull the Pirates within 2-1 in the third, then Suwinski turned on a similar pitch in the fourth for his first of three solo shots.
“Sometimes we’re hitting into double plays, sometimes we’re just not getting a good pitch to hit,” Kapler said. “There’s no question that we’re going to start driving in those runs in bunches. The most important thing is that we’re getting base runners and that’s really a sign of a good offensive team.”
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