PITTSBURGH -- With highlight-reel plays in center field and the game-winning hit in the ninth inning, Bryan Reynolds stole the show for the Pirates in their 6-5 win over the Marlins on Wednesday night at PNC Park.

Not that any of it came as a surprise to anyone in Pittsburgh’s dugout. Since the moment he arrived in the Majors on April 20, the Pirates have seen Reynolds consistently do things like this -- “Bryan Reynolds things,” as starter Trevor Williams put it.

Is there a strict definition for Bryan Reynolds Things?

“Tonight was really everything that we were seeing all year really coming to manifestation,” Williams said.

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So a multi-hit game, the rookie’s 39th of the season, is a Bryan Reynolds Thing. The two-run flare that found grass in shallow left field, his first Major League walk-off hit, is a Bryan Reynolds Thing. And the two diving catches in center field, where Reynolds hadn’t started since June 16?

Yes, Bryan Reynolds Things.

“Center field’s always been my natural position, so I wasn’t too worried about it,” Reynolds said. “I’ve always had a lot of fun out there because you get truer reads on the ball and more chances to dive. A lot of fun.”

In the sixth inning, Reynolds sprinted 71 feet in 4.4 seconds, left his feet and made a spectacular diving catch to snag Magneuris Sierra’s line drive off Williams to the gap in left-center field. He ended the seventh inning with another diving grab, this one coming in to catch a sinking liner hit by Lewis Brinson.

“He handled himself really well out there, handled himself very well,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “Did a nice job. Looked like he’d done it before.”

That’s been the case for just about everything Reynolds has done this season. He ended the night with a .332 average, second in the National League behind only the Nationals’ Anthony Rendon (.338). Reynolds said he tries not to think about the batting race, even though he’s reminded in every interview that no NL rookie has ever won the batting title.

“Can’t really get away from it,” said Reynolds, a man of few words but many hits. “Lot of baseball left.”

The Pirates are trying to salvage what’s left of a disappointing season that has seen them sink down the standings in the second half. They’ve won nine of their last 12 games, and Reynolds’ walk-off hit capped their sixth victory of the year when trailing after eight innings.

“I feel like we’ve always been picking each other up. If something happens, the next guy up is going to find a way to get the job done and score some runs,” Reynolds said. “We’re never out of the game mentally. We keep fighting. I think it speaks to who we are as individuals.”

So it went in the ninth inning against hard-throwing Marlins right-hander Jose Urena. The Pirates whiffed on plenty of opportunities earlier in the game, nearly wasting another quality start from Williams, and entered the ninth down by two runs.

Catcher Elias Diaz, starved for the same power he showed in 2018, began the rally with his second home run of the season. Diaz hit 10 homers last year, and that may have been the last time his swing felt as good as it did on his 387-foot blast to right-center.

“That’s as good a swing as he’s put on a ball in a long time, and we’ve seen that swing before -- to drive a ball and blister a ball that way to right-center field off a quality arm,” Hurdle said. “That gave us a little life for sure. It definitely pepped him up.”

Up came pinch-hitter Kevin Kramer, who was called up late Wednesday afternoon to replace the injured Jason Martin. The rookie took Urena's full-count slider to work a walk. He was quickly replaced by pinch-runner Erik Gonzalez, who dashed to third base on Adam Frazier's double to center.

Reynolds dug in and swung at the first pitch he saw, a slider down in the zone, and dropped it in front of Marlins left fielder Austin Dean to bring home Gonzalez and Frazier, which then set off a celebration near second base.

“I always like to be in those situations,” Reynolds said. “I’ve had it a few times this year and haven’t gotten the job done, so it was nice to finally get it done this time.”

The ball came off his bat at only 65.2 mph, according to Statcast, with just a 40 percent chance of landing for a hit. Call it good luck or good placement for the rookie who could finish the season among the all-time leaders in single-season batting average on balls in play.

Or you could just call it another Bryan Reynolds Thing.

“He’s going to continue to hit the ball,” Williams said. “It’s a great year for him to build on, especially considering when he was called up, why he was called up and really emerging as a future superstar.”