{"id":14,"date":"2024-05-25T08:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T08:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/?p=14"},"modified":"2024-06-02T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:07:18","slug":"nick-gonzales-drives-in-4-pirates-beat-braves-11-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/2024\/05\/25\/nick-gonzales-drives-in-4-pirates-beat-braves-11-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Gonzales drives in 4, Pirates beat Braves 11-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Nick Gonzales drove in a career-high four runs and Bailey Falter carried a shutout into the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 11-5 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Falter (3-2) had a 20-inning scoreless streak over three starts halted in the eighth when Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a three-run home, helping the Braves avoid their first shutout of the season. The 24-year-old left-hander allowed six hits, striking out four and walking one in his first victory since April 23.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales opened the scoring by lining a two-out, two-run single to center field in the first inning. He also drove in two runs with a double in the sixth that extended the Pirates\u2019 lead to 10-0.<\/p>\n<div class=\"s2nFriendlyFrame k k-8Y5cYYkZ\" data-type=\"float\" data-s2n-api=\"setupS2NApi\"><\/div>\n<p>Edward Olivares had three of the Pirates\u2019 14 hits and Andrew McCutchen, Connor Joe and Gonzales had two apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run double in the third inning to make it 5-0 and Jared Triolo\u2019s two-run home run to left-center increased the lead to 7-0. Olivares had RBI singles in the third and sixth innings.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Kerr (1-1) gave up five runs and seven hits in four innings in his first major league start following 33 career relief appearances. The left-hander was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett Friday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr1_ab-mr1_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[768,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[641,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]]],&quot;size&quot;:[300,250]}\" data-unit=\"\/5678\/lin.wkbn\/sports\" data-fbonly=\"false\" data-refids=\"\" data-not-refids=\"\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;nick-gonzales-drives-in-4-pirates-beat-braves-11-5&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;atf&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;sports&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Pirates bounced back after consecutive losses to San Francisco in which they blew a five-run lead on Tuesday and a four-run advantage on Wednesday. The Braves had won three of their previous four games, allowing just six runs.<\/p>\n<p>Acuna\u2019s three-run homer was his fourth of the season in 47 games. He hit 41 last year when he was the NL MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Travis d\u2019Arnaud added a two-run double later in the eighth to get the Braves within 11-5. Acuna, d\u2019Arnaud and Michael Harris II had two hits apiece.<\/p>\n<p>TRANSACTIONS<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr2_ab-mr2_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[768,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[641,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]]],&quot;size&quot;:[300,250]}\" data-unit=\"\/5678\/lin.wkbn\/sports\" data-fbonly=\"false\" data-refids=\"\" data-not-refids=\"\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;nick-gonzales-drives-in-4-pirates-beat-braves-11-5&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr2_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;atf&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;sports&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Braves: Signed INF Joey Wendle to a major league contract and optioned INF Luke Williams to Gwinnett. Wendle hit .222 with one RBI in 18 games with the New York Mets before being released on May 20.<\/p>\n<p>TRAINER\u2019S ROOM<\/p>\n<p>Braves: RHP AJ Smith-Shawyer (strained left oblique) was placed on the 15-day injured list one day after making his season debut and pitching 4 1\/3 scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs. The move opened a roster spot for Kerr. \u2026 3B Austin Riley (left intercostal strain) missed his 11th straight game and is not likely to play until at least Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Pirates: Grandal (strained right groin) returned to the lineup after missing two games.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr3_ab-mr3_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[768,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[641,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]]],&quot;size&quot;:[300,250]}\" data-unit=\"\/5678\/lin.wkbn\/sports\" data-fbonly=\"false\" data-refids=\"\" data-not-refids=\"\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;nick-gonzales-drives-in-4-pirates-beat-braves-11-5&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr3_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;atf&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;sports&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>UP NEXT<\/p>\n<p>Braves RHP Reynaldo Lopez (2-1, 1.54 ERA) will face RHP Mitch Keller (5-3, 3.84 ERA) on Saturday. Lopez\u2019s only win against the Pirates came on Sept. 24, 2016, when he helped Washington clinch the NL East title. Keller is 0-3 with a 9.97 ERA against the Braves in five career starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Nick Gonzales drove in a career-high four runs and Bailey Falter carried a shutout into the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 11-5 on Friday night. Falter (3-2) had a 20-inning scoreless streak over three starts halted in the eighth when Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a three-run home, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5,9,13,11,18,7,14,1,6,10,8,16,4,12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-literature","category-chittagong","category-economy","category-editorial","category-entertainment","category-health-and-medicine","category-international","category-job","category-national","category-politics","category-religion","category-sports","category-technology","category-the-whole-country","category-video","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facfltd.com\/portaldemo-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}