Ashcraft Fires Eight as Pirates Top Tigers 4-1
Pirates beat the Tigers 4-1 at PNC Park as Braxton Ashcraft pitched eight strong innings before Mason Montgomery finished the ninth. Detroit grabbed a 1-0 lead on Callahan’s first-career homer, but Pittsburgh answered with Oneil Cruz’s two-run homer to take a 2-1 lead. Spencer Horwitz then lined an RBI single to score Flores to make it 3-1, and Jake Reynolds added a two-out RBI single in the ninth to seal the win. Attendance: 20,222.