O'Hearn's big night backs Jones' 1st win since Sept. '24

HOUSTON -- Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in three runs, Jared Jones threw five shutout innings while picking up his first win in 21 months and Pittsburgh defeated the Astros, 5-1, at Daikin Park on Thursday night for its fifth win in six games.

Jones scattered four hits with two walks and four strikeouts to pick up his first win since Sept. 9, 2024. Jones allowed five runs and struck out six in 4 1/3 innings in his first start of the season on May 29 against the Twins.

Jones, who missed all of last season with a right elbow UCL sprain that required surgery, had a bit of a scare to start his night. He spun around and fell to the ground on a throw to first on a weak grounder by Jeremy Peña to lead off the first. The right-hander uncorked a wild pitch and threw a ball in the dirt to Yordan Alvarez before manager Don Kelly and a trainer came to check him out.

Following a couple of warm-up pitches, Jones stayed in. He walked Alvarez but then struck out the next three batters to end the first.

The Bucs’ offense continued to produce, hitting a home run for the 11th straight game. It is the longest stretch for Pittsburgh since hitting a long ball in 12 straight games from Aug. 5-18, 2015.

O’Hearn had an RBI single in the first, then opened things up with a two-run homer as part of a four-run sixth inning. Bryan Reynolds’ RBI double preceded O’Hearn’s blast.

Isaac Paredes hit a solo home run in the sixth for his 100th career home run, becoming the fourth Mexican-born player to reach the milestone.