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Jared Jones and Carmen Mlodzinski were knocked around, and the Pirates fell below .500 for the first time since March after being pummeled 11-2 by the Athletics on Monday night at Sutter Health Park.
Scoring Plays
Bottom 2nd, 3-0 ATH: Jared Jones (1-1) escaped a jam in the first, but the Athletics (36-36) tagged him for three runs in the second. Jeff McNeil plated a run with a single to left field, and Nick Kurtz hit an opposite-field two-run home run to left.
Top 4th, 3-1 ATH: With runners on second and third and one out, Jake Mangum got the Pirates (36-37) on the board with a single to left field off J.T. Ginn (5-3).
Bottom 4th, 5-1 ATH: McNeil delivered again for the Athletics by lining a two-run home run to right field. It was only his third homer of the season.
Bottom 5th, 6-1 ATH: Zack Gelof lined a one-out single up the middle off Carmen Mlodzinski with runners on second and third to tack on another run for the A’s.
Bottom 7th, 11-1 ATH: Lawrence Butler doubled home a run before McNeil delivered an RBI single to right field. Kurtz followed with his second homer of the game, a three-run shot to left field.
Top 8th, 11-2 ATH: Endy Rodríguez hit his third homer of the season. The Pirates catcher lined a solo home run to left-center field off Athletics reliever Mason Barnett.
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