Giants Snap Eight-Game Skid with 5-2 Win Over Pirates

San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray delivered six strong innings and Rafael Devers homered as the Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Friday night in San Francisco, snapping an eight-game skid in their last nine contests.

The Pirates struck first in the second inning when Marcell Ozuna led off with a solo home run, his fourth of the season and 300th of his career, putting Pittsburgh ahead 1-0. Devers answered immediately in the bottom half with his own solo shot against starter Carmen Mlodzinski, his fourth homer of the year and just the 24th for San Francisco, tying the score at 1-1.

Ray, improving to 3-4, steadied from there despite loading the bases with three straight walks in the third inning. He struck out Oneil Cruz with two outs to escape the jam and went on to allow four hits, four walks and one run while striking out seven over 93 pitches, ending a personal three-game losing streak.

The Giants took a 2-1 lead in the fifth when Devers singled and scored on a two-out RBI single by Heliot Ramos. Pittsburgh's Mlodzinski, falling to 2-3, permitted two runs and seven hits over six innings with one strikeout and no walks.

San Francisco broke it open in the seventh...