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Pittsburgh Falls 13-4 to New York - Recap

Pittsburgh pitchers gave up 2 home runs to Jonathan Villar and it cost them dearly in a 13-4 loss on Friday at Citi Field.

New York was favored by -195 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 8.

Aaron Loup earned the victory for the Mets, throwing 1 innings of work, striking out 1, walking 1, and allowing 0 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 4 RBIs from Francisco Lindor in the win.

Pittsburgh got a 0.1-inning outing from Sam Howard in the loss. He gave up 5 earned runs, 3 walks and 1 hits in his time on the mound, while John Nogowski had 3 hits in the loss for the Pirates.

New York outhit their counterparts 10-9 in the game.