The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the San Diego Padres on Friday night 3-2.
The Pirates got on the board first with Josh Bell hitting a sharp fly ball to left field for a double that scored Adam Frazier. Corey Dickerson had an RBI single in the third that would score Frazier a second time. In the fourth, Eric Hosmer hit an RBI double to score Travis Jankowski, and then would come in on a sacrifice grounder hit by Raffy Lopez. The Padres took the lead in the 6th as Franchy Cordero hit an RBI single to score Hosmer.
Pirates rookie Austin Meadows had a good debut with two singles and a stolen base, but the Pirates didn’t help their own effort as they stranded 13 runners on base.
The Pirates and Padres play again today starting at 6:40 on WCCS.
