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Colorado Rockies\u2019 Jake McCarthy slides safely across home plate to notch an inside-the-park home run off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes in the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

DENVER \u2014 Jake McCarthy hit a leadoff inside-the-park home run off Paul Skenes and the Colorado Rockies survived another tense ninth inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>

Read more Ure\u00f1a and 3 Angels relievers silence Athletics in a 7-0 victory<\/a><\/p>\n

Skenes (6-7) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against Colorado on May 12, and hasn\u2019t won since that outing.<\/p>\n

Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4) went six innings, and Jaden Hill picked up his second save.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh, as it did Friday night, had the tying run on third with less that two outs in the ninth. Hill came on and hit Nick Gonzalez to load the bases before striking out Tyler Callihan. Jake Mangum then hit a grounder to third baseman Kyle Karros, and the game ended when umpires determined Karros was interfered with by Billy Cook.<\/p>\n

The game started with matching leadoff home runs. Spencer Horowitz blasted a 434-footer into the second deck in right field to start the night, his fifth career leadoff homer, and McCarthy answered with more flare.<\/p>

Read more Ayase Ueda scores twice in Japan\u2019s 4-0 win against Tunisia in 1,000th men\u2019s World Cup match<\/a><\/p>\n

McCarthy drove a liner to center field that got by the diving Mangum and rolled to the wall. Callihan had trouble picking it up, allowing McCarthy to race around the bases and beat the relay throw home.<\/p>\n

It was the franchise\u2019s second inside-the-park homer to lead off the first inning \u2013 the last by Eric Young Jr. on Aug. 8, 2012 \u2014 and the 20th inside-the-park home run in team history and first since Ian Desmond\u2019s on June 14, 2019.<\/p>\n

McCarthy\u2019s hustle double in the third led to Colorado\u2019s second run.<\/p>\n

Pirates RHP Jared Jones (1-1, 6.23) was set to face RHP Michael Lorenzen (2-8, 7.13) on Sunday in the series finale.<\/p>

Read more Phillies rout Mets 15-3: Kyle Schwarber belts 3 homers, Bryce Harper hits for cycle<\/a><\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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