The Pittsburgh Pirates have won four straight games in front of their home crowd. A big reason for that is outfielder Josh Harrison.
This past week, Harrison helped the Pirates to a 4-1 record, including a 3-2 win over the Washington Nationals Saturday when he drove in the go-ahead run.
With his team tied 2-2 with the Nats in the seventh inning, Harrison singled in Starling Marte to put Pittsburgh ahead. It was Harrison’s lone hit of the game, but he made it count when the team needed him the most.
Earlier in the week, in the team’s first game of the series with Washington, Harrison went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.
Overall for the week, the outfielder went 5-for-19 – a .263 average – and drove in two runs while recording three walks.
For the season, Harrison is hitting .293 with two home runs and seven RBIs.
For his strong performance, Harrison is this week’s Pittsburgh Sporting News athlete of the week.
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