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PITTSBURGH — Yusei Kikuchi was able to pitch through traffic and keep the Pittsburgh Pirates off the plate Saturday at PNC Park, tossing six scoreless frames to set the pace for a 6-1 Angels win.
Kikuchi earned his first win of the season and the Angels emerged victorious in one of his starts for the first time since March 27, the second game of the season. A trip to the 60-day injured list in May for left shoulder inflammation stretched out that streak, which totaled eight starts.
Kikuchi opened with three perfect innings, but the Pirates were able to get the leadoff man on in each of the next three innings.
That included being able to open the sixth by putting runners on the corners with nobody out, but Kikuchi was able to strike out Oneil Cruz before Nick Gonzales and Rafael Flores Jr. made unproductive outs to end the inning.
Saturday was Kikuchi’s second quality start in his three outings since returning from the injured list on Aug. 23.
He worked around five hits and three walks and struck out six.
Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft got off to a hot start, tossing three scoreless frames while striking out seven of his first 12 batters faced, but a fourth-inning double by Wade M eckler and a Moisés Ballesteros base hit got the Angels on the board.
Josh Lowe, who was seeing his first game action since being scratched from Wednesday’s lineup with neck stiffness, homered to the bushes in center to open the fifth, and Zach Neto plated Denzer Guzman with a single later in the inning.
Ashcraft was chased after just 67 pitches over five innings, allowing three runs on seven hits. He struck out nine.
The Angels tacked on a trio of runs in the seventh on a Mike Trout single and a two-run Meckler double. The Pirates’ lone run came on a Bryan Reynolds solo home run off Luke Murphy in the eighth.
José Fermin worked around a walk and a hit to close the contest. Trout was hit in the left hand by a Yohan Ramírez sweeper in the ninth inning and was lifted for pinch-runner Jose Siri.
He went 2 for 4 with a run scored, an RBI and that hit by pitch. Meckler went 2 for 5 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run scored.
The Pirates and Angels will play the series rubber match Sunday when Walbert Ureña (9-9, 2.85 ERA) takes on Paul Skenes (9-11, 3.97 ERA). First pitch is set for 10:35 a.m.
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