Cruz, in a 4-for-37 slump, used his speed to spark the Pirates. He was off and running for his 27th stolen base on a grounder by Andrew McCutchen. Cruz didn’t get the steal but he prevented a double play and later scored the go-ahead run.

The Texas Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Saturday.The Ranger's Corey Seager singled in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning and rookie Kumar Rocker won his second straight start. Seager’s sharp single to center field scored Josh Smith and put the Rangers ahead 2-1.

Tommy Pham went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs, Spencer Horwitz and Bryan Reynolds also had three hits, and the Pittsburgh Pirates used a five-run fifth inning to beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 and avoid