VIDEO: Pirates Overcome Multiple 3-Run Deficits to Beat Padres on Bases-Loaded Walk in Extras
By Sam Dunn
The Pittsburgh Pirates were just about dead to rights down 7-4 to the Padres in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday at PNC Park. They somehow found a way to force extra innings, but were once again in a hole after San Diego plated three runs in the top of the 11th. And apparently, that was all the motivation the Buccos needed.
Down by 3 in the 9th. Down by 3 in the 11th.
— MLB (@MLB) June 23, 2019
Walk it off, @Pirates. pic.twitter.com/pclKWt1Woe
These guys are tenacious as it gets. Scratching and clawing for every last chance, the Pirates finished things up with a bases-loaded walk in to give them 11 runs for the game -- nearly triple what they had in their first eight innings -- and sealing the unlikely victory.
Heh pic.twitter.com/wt1R9FDdCK
— Dunn’kd On (@RealFakeSamDunn) June 23, 2019
Enjoy this one, Pittsburgh! The Iron City really showed its steel.