Andrew McCutchen and Nick Yorke each hit two-out, two-run singles with two outs in the eighth inning to lift the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 win against the Washington Nationals on Saturday, snapping a seven-game losing streak.

Jared Triolo added a solo homer in the ninth.

Pirates starter Bubba Chandler, in his second MLB start, was perfect through five innings before allowing a single to Dylan Crews leading off the sixth.

Pinch hitter Spencer Horwitz walked leading off the Pittsburgh eighth and pinch runner Liover Peguero, running on the pitch, went to second on a ground out. After Tommy Pham walked, PJ Poulin came on to face Bryan Reynolds, who hit a comebacker off Poulin to load the bases. Nick Gonzalez popped out, but McCutchen lined a single to right center, scoring two ru

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