Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Arizona Diamondbacks

51-54, 25-26 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

43-62, 30-25 Home

Heaney, 5 Pirates relievers combine on 4-hitter, Cruz homers in 2-0 win over Diamondbacks

Randal Grichuk hugs teammates after trade

Heaney (5-9) pitched five innings and allowed two hits with four strikeouts and no walks. It might have been his last start for the last-place Pirates, with Heaney on an expiring contract and the trade deadline Thursday.

David Bednar worked a perfect ninth inning for his 100th career save and 16th this season.

Merrill Kelly (9-6) might have pitched his last game for the Diamondbacks, too, as he can become a free agent at the end of the season. Kelly gave up two runs — one earned — and six hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking one.

Cruz’s two-run homer in the second inning carried 410 feet to right-center field and accounted for all the scoring. It came after Tommy Pham reached base on third baseman Eugenio Suarez’s fielding error.

Suarez, who has 36 home runs, has topped trade speculation.

The Diamondbacks pulled outfielder Randal Grichuk in the fifth inning and traded him to Kansas City for reliever Andrew Hoffman. The move came two days after the Diamondbacks shipped first baseman Josh Naylor to Seattle for two pitching prospects.

The Diamondbacks were 10 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West entering play Saturday. They also were four games out of the third wild card position.

The Pirates won for the fourth time in five games and the Diamondbacks lost for the fourth time in five games.

Diamondbacks center fielder Alek Thomas missed his third game while on the bereavement list, but it expected to play Sunday.

Key moment The Diamondbacks had runners on first and second with two outs in the sixth inning, but Yohan Ramirez struck out Jorge Barrosa, who replaced Grichuk, to end the threat.

Key stat The Pirates have 12 shutouts this year.

Up next Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (5-8, 1.91) was set to face RHP Zac Gallen (7-11, 5.58 ERA) on Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Del Castillo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Del Castillo hit for English
	9th Inning	Barrosa lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Suárez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Santana
	8th Inning	Cruz grounded into fielder's choice to second, Pham out at second.

Statistics

ARI		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	15
9	Strikeouts	4
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
4	Total Bases	10
33	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.1	Runs Created	2.2
.129	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.129	Slugging Percentage	.333
.032	Secondary Average	.200
.182	On Base Percentage	.250
.311	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.583
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
-0.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.3
4.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.000	Isolated Power	.133
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
-.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
58.5	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0