Oneil Cruz powers Pirates to series win over Rockies

Oneil Cruz doubled and hit a two-run homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from an early deficit to beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-3 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday.Rowdy Tellez, Ke’Bryan Hayes and Jack Suwinski each drove in a run for Pittsburgh, which trailed 3-0 after two innings. The Pirates have won two straight following a five-game losing streak.Pirates starter Bailey Falter allowed three runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. Luis Ortiz (2-1) followed with 1 2/3 scoreless innings.Aroldis Chapman pitched the eighth inning before David Bednar worked around a two-out double in the ninth for his sixth save.Jacob Stallings and Sean Bouchard hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning for Colorado, which dropped to a National League-worst 8-26. Bouchard, Elias Diaz and Brendan Rodgers each had two hits.Colorado jumped on Falter for three runs in the second inning after hitting back-to-back homers for the first time this season. Stallings homered after Rodgers doubled with one out, and Bouchard followed with a solo shot.Pittsburgh cut into the lead with a run in the fourth inning against Ryan Feltner (1-3). Hayes hit a one-out single, moved to third on Cruz’s double and scored on Tellez’s groundout.