Pirates hammer Mets, finish three-game sweep with 30 runs

Oneil Cruz hit two home runs and had four RBIs, Henry Davis had four hits and the host Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the New York Mets with a 12-1 rout on Sunday afternoon.Ke’Bryan Hayes continued his torrid hitting with three more hits and two RBIs as the Pirates recorded their first sweep over the Mets since Aug. 14-16, 2015. It was just their second series sweep of the season.Over three days, the Pirates poured 30 runs on the Mets, who lost their third in a row and have dropped 13 of their past 16 games.According to the Pirates’ broadcast, it was the first time Pittsburgh won all three games in a series by seven or more runs since May 13-15, 1935 against the Philadelphia Phillies.Cruz hit his 14th and 15th home runs of the season, and got the Pirates started quickly with a five-run first inning when he homered off Mets starter Frankie Montas (0-1). Tommy Pham added his second home run of the year in the first.Montas made his second start in a Mets uniform and surrendered six runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over four innings.Cruz logged his second two-homer game of the season and first since May 23.

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