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“It was a dream come true,” Olivares said. “Coming in a game where Mitch pitched so well and we had a good defensive game, it felt good to put some runs up on the scoreboard.”

Before hitting a ball into the Allegheny River in the ninth inning of a 3-2 series-opening loss Friday, Cruz had two doubles in 17 games between homers.

Pinch-hitter Jack Suwinski singled home Connor Joe with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.

The Pirates lost for the eighth time in 11 games, dropping to 6-4 in games started by an opposing lefty.

The Pirates missed a chance to score in the fourth inning when the A’s made a pair of errors after Cruz’s leadoff single.

Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer for Pittsburgh, but the Pirates managed just four hits against five relievers in a bullpen game that favored the Brewers.

Andrew McCutchen led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the second straight game, Bailey Falter took a shutout into the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night.

The 22-year-old rookie Jared Jones struck out seven and has 39 strikeouts through five starts, with at least seven in each.

Ke'Bryan Hayes had two of Pittsburgh's seven hits and drove in the Pirates' only run with a first-inning sacrifice fly.

Pittsburgh, which needed walk-off wins to beat Baltimore twice over the weekend, made quick work of the Tigers.