A Phillip Evans seventh-inning grand slam was one of seven homers hit by the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 19-13 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays in Grapefruit League play Friday.
A 27-year-old nonroster invitee with 34 games of major league experience, Evans homered and added a single among three at-bats during the victory in Dunedin, Fla.
PHILLIP EVANS GRAND SLAM ?
— Pirates (@Pirates) March 6, 2020
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Ke’Bryan Hayes, Colin Moran, Cole Tucker, Bligh Madris, Will Craig and Jared Oliva also homered for the Pirates, who scored more runs than they had in any spring-training game since 2014.
Making his spring debut, Chris Archer had four strikeouts and allowed one hit in two shutout innings. Williams Jerez, Edgar Santana and Blake Cederlind combined for 2 2/3 perfect innings.
Joe Musgrove allowed two of Toronto’s four home runs and was charged with seven runs on six hits while recording just two outs.
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— Pirates (@Pirates) March 6, 2020
Evans, Craig, Oliva, Andrew Susac and Guillermo Heredia had two hits each for the Pirates, who improved to 3-11-1 this spring.
Chris Stratton, Robbie Erlin, Richard Rodriguez, Michael Feliz, Dovydas Neverauskas, Cody Ponce and James Marvel are scheduled to pitch for the Pirates at 1:05 p.m. Saturday against the New York Yankees at Bradenton’s LECOM Park.
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