PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com.
Andrew Heaney did something he had not done since 2020 and Oneil Cruz did something he had not done since his final at-bat from the night before for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals at PNC Park on Thursday afternoon.
Cruz picked up right where he left off from Wednesday’s win. After hitting a grand slam in his final at-bat, the center fielder hit a laser over the right field wall to give the Pirates (8-12) an early lead. The 445-foot blast was the first-career leadoff home run for Cruz.
That was the lone run that was scored off former Pirates starter Trevor Williams (1-2), who allowed three hits and struck out five in 5.0 innings.
But the top pitching performance of the afternoon belonged to Heaney (1-1), who blanked the Nats (7-12) across a season-high 7.1 innings pitched.
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