{"id":834518,"date":"2026-07-29T21:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834518\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T21:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:35:11","slug":"eduardo-rodriguez-goes-8-innings-gabriel-moreno-hits-2-run-homer-as-arizona-diamondbacks-blank-pittsburgh-pirates-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834518\/","title":{"rendered":"Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez goes 8 innings, Gabriel Moreno hits 2-run homer as Arizona Diamondbacks blank Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez pitched eight shutout innings, Gabriel Moreno<\/a> hit a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> beat the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> 3-0 on Wednesday, clinching the three-game series.<\/p>\n

Arizona (57-52) now sits two games up on the Pirates (55-54) for the final NL wild card.<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez (10-3) struck out two while giving up five hits on 105 pitches before Brandyn Garcia<\/a> closed out a hitless ninth inning for his second save of the year.<\/p>\n

The loss marked the fifth straight against a left-handed opener for Pittsburgh, while Diamondbacks starters gave up zero earned runs in 20 2\/3 innings pitched this series.<\/p>\n

Moreno scored the game\u2019s first runs, smashing a slider 407 feet into the lawn past the center-field wall. With the hit, he extended his on-base streak to 26 consecutive games.<\/p>\n

Max Kepler<\/a> drove in the only other score with an RBI single in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n

Despite three consecutive three-up, three-down innings to start the game, Jared Jones<\/a> (2-2) surrendered all three runs and struck out five in six innings for the Pirates. <\/p>\n

The Pirates have been shut out in three of their last seven games. They lost 2-0 to the Yankees a week ago and 11-0 to the Cubs on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks: After an off day, LHP Mitch Bratt<\/a> (0-1, 6.32 ERA) takes the mound for Game 1 of a weekend series at the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

Pirates: Yet to announce a starter for Thursday\u2019s opener of a four-game series at the Cincinnati Reds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez pitched eight shutout innings, Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and the Arizona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-834518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}