Brandon Lowe Drives In Four In Pirates' 13-3 Win
Brandon Lowe drove in four runs on Saturday, and the Pirates turned that production into a 13-3 win over the Giants. The second baseman doubled, tripled, walked and added a sacrifice fly as Pittsburgh kept getting the kind of extra-base output it has leaned on since a December trade brought him in.
Lowe Opens the Scoring
Lowe drew a one-out walk in the first inning before settling into the middle of the game’s key sequences. He later drove home Joey Bart with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning for the game’s first run, then kept extending the gap with a two-run triple in the seventh.
Three Extra-Base Hits
The final line was built on contact that kept stacking pressure on San Francisco. Lowe added an RBI double in the ninth inning, giving him three extra-base hits and a team-high four runs batted in on the day.
It was his third game of the year with at least four RBIs. Through 34 games, Lowe was hitting.269/.368/.585 with 10 home runs and 27 RBI, and he led the club with nine doubles, 10 home runs, a.585 slugging percentage and a.953 OPS.
December Trade Pays Off
The Pirates received Lowe in a three-team trade back in December, and Saturday’s game showed why that move has mattered. He has become a run producer at the top of the team’s power list, and this win was built around the same profile: extra bases, traffic on the bases, and a lineup that finished with 13 runs instead of settling for one big inning.
