Pirates beat Rockies 5-1 with 2-run home runs from McCutchen and Triolo

PITTSBURGH AP Andrew McCutchen and Jared Triolo hit two-run home runs an inning apart to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a - win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle spoiled the shutout with a ninth-inning home run McCutchen opened the scoring in the second with his th home run of the season pulling it just inside the left-field foul pole Triolo hit his home run an inning later to make it - He added a triple in the fourth and scored on Bryan Reynolds s double The -for- championship lifted his batting average above for the first time this season and he finished the day with a average Doyle hit a two-out solo home run He entered with the third-highest OPS in baseball in August behind Shohei Ohtani and Brice Turang Rookie Mike Burrows led the Pirates pitching staff with four shutout innings of two-hit five-strikeout ball He was pulled after pitches Burrows underwent Tommy John surgery in April and has pitched more innings this season than any in his career since he was drafted out of high school in the th round in Carmen Mlodzinski - got the win with two shutout innings in relief of Burrows Colorado s Kyle Freeland - allowed five runs and seven hits over five innings He struck out six Key moment McCutchen s home run gave the Pirates a lead they never relinquished It was his first since Aug which also came against the Rockies Key stat Freeland s loss tied him with Arizona s Zac Gallen - for the third-most in the majors Only Washington s Mitchell Parker - and fellow Colorado starter Antonio Senzatela - have more Sunday s pitching matchup Rockies RHP McCade Brown MLB debut at Pirates RHP Paul Skenes - ERA a m Sunday PNC Park TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Trending The Rockies will break a franchise record when McCade Brown before the th player to make their MLB debut with Colorado this season A third-round selection in the draft out of Indiana the right-hander has slowly worked his way up the organization over the last four years He s split time between Single-A Spokane and Double-A Hartford this season posting a - record with a ERA over starts The last of those came with Hartford where he went - with a ERA He struck out and walked in his innings with the Yard Goats while posting a WHIP and batting average against Pitching probables Monday Off Tuesday Rockies TBA at Astros TBA p m