Spencer Horwitz homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-5 win over the Colorado Rockies.

The Colorado Rockies fell behind 9-0 in the top of the first inning and faced another nine-run deficit, yet still managed to come back and walk-off the Pirates.

The Rockies are the third team in the last 50 years to win a game in which they surrendered nine or more first-inning runs

Pittsburgh leadoff hitter Spencer Horwitz did the most damage, belting two of the homers and driving in a career-high six runs.

The Pittsburgh Pirates had their best scoring output of the season, but had their worst pitching performance of the season, as they lost 17-16 agai

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