Bryan Reynolds and Jared Triolo each homered for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but they were defeated 3-2 by the Toronto Blue Jays at LECOM Park on Thursday evening.
Reynolds’ solo home run in the fourth inning broke up a Blue Jays’ no-hit bid and got the Pirates (11-15-1) on the board after falling into a three-run deficit. It was Reynolds’ fourth homer of the spring.
It took until the bottom of the ninth inning for the Pirates to find the scoreboard again. Jared Triolo hit a solo shot to center to bring Pittsburgh within a run.
The Pirates had the tying run on first base with one out in the ninth but were unable to even the score.
The Blue Jays (12-12-2) tagged Bailey Falter for three runs on a pair of home runs in the top of the first inning. Justin Turner connected on a two-run homer to left. Two batters later, Kevin Kiermaier added a solo home run to right-center.
UP NEXT
The Pittsburgh Pirates will hit the road to Sarasota to face the Baltimore Orioles on Friday evening. Prospect Jared Jones will look to keep his excellent spring going. The Pirates will be up against Corbin Burnes. First pitch: 3:05 ET.
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