Pittsburgh Pirates Make History with Power Display on Friday

The Pittsburgh Pirates clobbered seven home runs on Friday against the Seattle Mariners, leading to some new baseball history.

The Pittsburgh Pirates put on a major power display on Friday night at T-Mobile Park against the Seattle Mariners.

The Pirates won the game, 11-6, to move to 26-24 overall while the loss the dropped the Mariners to 26-25.

The Pirates hit an astonishing seven home runs in the 15-hit attack. The power barrage was surprising considering the Mariners have been the best in baseball at home run suppression.

The Twitter account @OptaSTATS had more perspective:

Entering Friday, the Mariners had allowed an MLB-low 34 HR this season. 

The @Pirates then proceeded to hit 7 against them on Friday night. That's the most HR any team has ever hit in a game against a team that came into the day allowing the fewest HR in MLB.

Entering Friday, the Mariners had allowed an MLB-low 34 HR this season. The @Pirates then proceeded to hit 7 against them on Friday night.

That's the most HR any team has ever hit in a game against a team that came into the day allowing the fewest HR in MLB. pic.twitter.com/c5wv41edQm

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) May 27, 2023

The Pirates hit four home runs off of Mariners starter George Kirby and added two more off of reliever Juan Then before getting to Chris Flexen in the eighth inning for one more.

PIRATES HOME RUNS on FRIDAY NIGHT:

1st inning: Andrew McCutchen off of George Kirby (8)

4th inning: Carlos Santana off of George Kirby (3)

5th inning: Jack Suwinski off of George Kirby (8)

5th inning: Ke'Bryan Hayes off of George Kirby (2)

7th inning: Jack Suwinski off of Juan Then (9)

7th inning: Tucupita Marcado off of Juan Then (3)

8th inning: Bryan Reynolds off of Chris Flexen (7)

The ball was jumping out of T-Mobile Park in general on Friday. Even in the loss, the Mariners got home runs from Julio Rodriguez and JP Crawford as well.

The two teams play on Saturday afternoon at 4:10 p.m. ET.