Stanton, Moore flex muscles as Marlins maul Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- The Miami Marlins pounded out 18 hits Friday night, including a monster homer by Giancarlo Stanton and two by Tyler Moore, in a 12-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.
Every starter had a hit for Miami (27-33), which is 11-4 in its past 15 games. The Marlins won the first two contests of a four-game weekend series by a combined 19-6.
Pittsburgh (26-35) lost its fourth straight to drop to a season-low nine games under .500.
The Pirates, who had 13 hits, clawed back from a five-run deficit to come within 7-4. Miami, however, tacked on three more in the sixth, Moore's second homer in the seventh and another run in the eighth for a 12-4 lead.
That rendered Pittsburgh's single run in the eighth and another two in the ninth relatively meaningless.
Pittsburgh right-hander Tyler Glasnow's struggles continued. Glasnow (2-6) gave up seven runs, six earned, on 10 hits over four innings, with one strikeout and no walks, before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter. Two of the hits were homers.
Miami starter Vance Worley, a former Pirate, wasn't a ton better. He gave up four runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings, with two strikeouts and no walks.
Dustin McGowan (4-0) followed Worley with 1 1/3 hitless, scoreless innings for the win.
Pittsburgh took a short-lived 1-0 lead in the first when David Freese doubled and scored on Josh Harrison's double.
Miami took a 2-1 lead in the second on Moore's sacrifice fly RBI and Worley's RBI infield single.
Stanton led off the Marlins third with his 16th homer, a 449-foot blast off the platform on top of the batter's eye in center for a 3-1 lead. With two outs that inning, Moore hit a two-run shot to left to make it 5-1.
Freese's bloop RBI single in the third brought the Pirates to within 5-2, but Stanton picked up a groundout RBI in the fourth for a 6-2 Miami edge, and Dee Gordon scored right after when he stole third and scored on catcher Jacob Stallings' throwing error to make it 7-2.
The Pirates scored twice in the fourth to cut it to 7-4. Adam Frazier drove in one with a groundout and Marcell Osuna scored on a wild pitch.
NOTES: Pittsburgh LHP Tony Watson was moved out of the closer role, manager Clint Hurdle announced before the game. LHP Felipe Rivero and RHP Juan Nicasio will share ninth-inning duties. Watson still pitched a perfect ninth, but in a mop-up role. ... IF Alen Hanson was claimed from Pittsburgh off waivers by the Chicago White Sox. ... Miami C A.J. Ellis started for C J.T. Realmuto. ... Pittsburgh has not announced a starter for Monday's game against Colorado, leaving open the possibility that RHP Jameson Taillon will return after being treated for testicular cancer.