Josh Harrison, Neil Walker Lead Comeback | Pirates 5 Mets 1

Josh Harrison is a career .307 hitter in the minor leagues. After tonight, he's a career .500 hitter in the major leagues.

The Pittsburgh Pirates looked like they were going to go down without a fight after being shut out by R.A. Dickey for 7 innings. However, they finally showed some life late, scoring 3 runs in the 8th and 2 runs in the 9th to win their 25th game of the year.

Ronny Cedeno set the table in the 8th with a lead off single, he was followed by 2 quick outs as Dusty Brown popped out and Matt Diaz struck out. Jose Tabata got on after being hit by a pitch which brought up Harrison with 2 on and 2 outs. Harrison seized the opportunity and singled in Cedeno. After that, Andrew McCutchen walked and Neil Walker put the Pirates up for good with 2-RBI single. Brandon Wood made his case to stay relevant with a 2-RBI single of his own in the 9th with the bases loaded.

This was all made possible by a great outing from James McDonald. The second best "Mc" on the team went 6 innings giving up only 1 run and striking out 5. McDonald has been very good recently and is following the rest of the rotation's lead keeping his team in almost every ballgame he pitches. The offense didn't come soon enough to earn J-Mac a win, but I'm sure he'll gladly accept the no decision knowing his Buccos won the game.

It was the Pirates first win ever at Citi Field, which moves them to 1-9 all time there.

It'll be interesting to watch Harrison and Wood have a mini-battle for playing time at third base while Pedro Alvarez rehabs. I would fully expect to see Harrison starting at third pretty much every day until then, but Wood only helped his chances with his hit tonight (granted it was a bloop).

We've got 2 more with the Mets coming up, Kevin Correia will look for his National League leading 8th win tomorrow and then Paul Maholm will head out to finish the series on Thursday.