McCutchen, Pirates rally past Phillies again, 5-4


April 8, 2012 at 5:45p.m.

McCutchen, Pirates rally past Phillies again, 5-4

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen singled home pinch-runner Josh Harrison with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

McCutchen finished with three hits, none bigger than his smash off the center-field wall against reliever David Herndon (0-1), allowing Harrison to waltz home from third.

Joel Hanrahan (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for Pittsburgh, which beat the five-time defending NL East champions in its final at-bat for the second time in less than 24 hours. The Pirates won 2-1 in 10 innings Saturday.

Pedro Alvarez homered and Casey McGehee hit two doubles for the Pirates.

Hunter Pence hit his first home run of the season and drove in two runs for Philadelphia.