"With runners on the corner and one out, prospect Josh Rivera hit an RBI single to cut the Pirates' lead in half. Then with the bases loaded, Nathan Lukes hit a grand slam for his first home run of Spring Training, giving the Jays a 5-2 lead."
"With the replacements on the field, the Blue Jays hit back-to-back home runs, as prospect Yohendrick Piñango hit two run blast in the bottom of the eighth to make it 8-2. Next up was fellow prospect Eddie Micheletti, who also hit his first home run of Spring Training, which gave the Blue Jays a 9-2 lead."
"In the bullpen, Jeff Hoffman pitched in his first outing since game, pitching a scoreless inning with a strikeout. Following Hoffman was Jorge Alcala, who struck out two and allowed two hits in his inning of work. Tyler Rogers struck out two in his inning, picking up his second hold of Spring Training."
The Blue Jays defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2 in Grapefruit League action, improving to 3-8 in Spring Training. The Pirates scored first with a run in the second inning and added a solo home run by Dominic Fletcher in the fourth. The Blue Jays mounted a comeback in the bottom of the fourth, with Josh Rivera driving in a run on a single before Nathan Lukes hit a grand slam to give Toronto a 5-2 lead. Additional runs came from a sacrifice fly by Geovanny Planchart and back-to-back home runs by prospects Yohendrick Piñango and Eddie Micheletti in the seventh and eighth innings. The Blue Jays' bullpen performed well, with multiple relievers recording strikeouts and limiting Pirates scoring.
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