SATURDAY’S PITTSBURGH PIRATES ACTION: Ashcraft wins 4th straight start as Pirates topple Nationals 7-1 | National Sports

WASHINGTON (AP) — Braxton Ashcraft won his fourth consecutive start and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Saturday.

Henry Davis and Brandon Lowe both drove in two runs for Pittsburgh, which got back to .500 at 45-45 after dropping three of its past four.

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