PITTSBURGH -- Bryan Reynolds recorded eight hits across four games against the Cubs to start the Pirates' homestand. On Friday night against the Twins at PNC Park, he continued that hot streak -- this time with a walk-off.
Trailing by one in the bottom of the ninth, Pittsburgh got the tying run on board with a single from Spencer Horwitz. The speedy Tyler Callihan pinch-ran for Horwitz.
Callihan’s speed didn’t matter much as Bryan Reynolds -- with one out -- hammered a sinker from Minnesota closer Taylor Rogers a Statcast-projected 422 feet to left field to secure the 6-5 walk-off win. The ball left Reynolds' bat at 110 mph, his hardest-hit homer of the year (previously 108.1 mph on May 1 vs. the Reds).
The Pirates had trailed 5-4 since the bottom of the third inning, going scoreless across five innings before Reynolds played hero to give Pittsburgh the series-opening victory.