Athletics at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Athletics

73-81, 40-39 Away

Final
4 - 3

Pittsburgh Pirates

65-89, 42-37 Home

Butler and Kurtz homer to lead the Athletics past the Pirates, 4-3

Former Pirates SS Wilson recreates first pitch to his son

Mitch Keller didn't allow a baserunner until Kurtz, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, homered with two outs in the fourth to get the Athletics within 3-1.

It was the 33rd homer for Kurtz, who had plenty of family and friends in attendance as he tied Jose Canseco (1986) for the second-most home runs by an A's rookie. Mark McGwire hit 49 in 1987.

Carlos Cortes had a one-out single in the fifth and Zack Gelof walked with two outs before Butler launched his 21st homer, a 424-foot shot to right-center to put the Athletics up 4-3.

Spencer Horwitz, Bryan Reynolds and Nick Gonzales drove in first-inning runs against Luis Severino for a 3-0 lead.

Severino (7-11) allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in five innings. Michael Kelly retired Tommy Pham on a double-play grounder with one out and runners on the corners in the ninth for his second big league save.

Keller (6-15) gave up four runs on four hits in five innings.

Gelof left in the bottom of the fifth after re-injuring his right wrist diving for a ball between first and second. The second baseman underwent surgery on March 26 and has played just 30 games this season.

The Athletics (73-81) have won two straight and seven of eight, while the Pirates (65-89) have lost five in a row and 12 of 13.

Key moment A's rookie shortstop Jacob Wilson returned to PNC Park, where he spent a lot of time as a child, and even threw out a first pitch while his dad Jack Wilson played shortstop for the Pirates from 2001-09.

Key stat Kurtz, the Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani are the only players with an OPS (on base plus slugging) percentage above 1.000 this season.

Up next Athletics RHP Luis Morales (4-1, 3.08) starts Saturday. The Pirates haven't announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pham grounded into double play, third to second to first, McCutchen out at second.
	9th Inning	McCutchen walked.
	9th Inning	Reynolds grounded out to second, Canario to third.
	9th Inning	Canario ran for Flores
	9th Inning	Flores doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Kelly relieved Sterner

Statistics

ATH		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	16
7	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	24
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
17	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
122	Pitches	169
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	13
33	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
1.7	Runs Created	4.8
.129	Batting Average	.278
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.323	Slugging Percentage	.361
.258	Secondary Average	.222
.182	On Base Percentage	.341
.504	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.703
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
26.0	Batter Rating	29.0
15.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.70	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.12
.194	Isolated Power	.083
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.056
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
73.0	MLB Rating	81.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0