Henry Davis did it again. The 2021 first-overall pick belted his third home run of spring training, one of three home runs in the game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday in Port Charlotte.
Davis’ two-run home run in the third inning off of Aaron Civale extended the Pirates’ lead to 5-0. It was their third homer in as many innings against the Rays’ starter.
Henry Davis just keeps crushing homers this #SpringTraining! pic.twitter.com/GpxB2vNlap
— MLB (@MLB) March 4, 2024
Jack Suwinski slugged his first round-tripper of spring training, a solo shot in the opening inning to give the Pirates an early 1-0 lead. In the second inning, Canaan Smith-Njigba connected on a long home run to right field to give Pittsburgh two more runs.
The Rays (2-6) carved into the Pirates’ lead in the third on a Yandy Díaz RBI single. Amed Rosario added a run on a solo homer off of Paul Skenes the following inning.
Jared Triolo got the Pirates (4-6) one of those runs back in the sixth inning with a base hit to center, which plated Jake Lamb. Tampa responded in the home half of the inning on Francisco Mejía’s run-scoring single.
In the top of the ninth, Ji Hwan Bae followed Grant Koch’s double with a base hit to give the Pirates a 7-3 lead.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will be back at LECOM Park on Tuesday when they host the Toronto Blue Jays. Prospect Jared Jones will make his first start of spring training. The right-hander has thrown 2.2 scoreless innings this spring. Right-hander José Berríos will go for Toronto. First pitch: 1:05 ET.
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