Pirates get past Diamondbacks, 5-3

PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates rarely hit the ball out of the infield and still found a way to get to Randy Johnson. Mark Reynolds hit the ball over the wall, or at least thought he did, and didn’t get a home run. The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t need much more than that to explain their 5-3 loss to the Pirates on Monday.

The Pirates took advantage of a rattled Johnson and a reversed home run call to gain a split of the four-game series. The left-hander limited them to six singles and struck out three in 5 2/3 innings but was hurt by three errors, one by the pitcher himself that visibly irritated Johnson.

Reynolds’ drive to right field in the second appeared headed for the top of the 21-foot high wall, but a fan wearing a glove leaned several feet over the railing and caught the ball. First base umpire Rob Drake initially ruled it a home run, but, after Pirates Manager John Russell argued, the umpires huddled briefly and reversed the call, sending Reynolds back to second with a double.