The Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from a five-run deficit on June 10, 2026, to secure a stunning 9-8 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at PNC Park. Los Angeles appeared to be in complete control of the matchup early, but a late pitching collapse erased their lead and handed a rare defeat to the visitors.
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani stumbled in his bid to secure his seventh win of the 2026 season. The usually masterful two-way superstar faced severe resistance from the Pittsburgh lineup, giving up season highs in runs, earned runs, and hits during his time on the mound.
Ohtani pitched 6.2 innings, allowing four runs, three earned runs, and six hits. The uncharacteristic outing marginally elevated his dominant season ERA to 1.06. While Ohtani struggled to suppress the Pirates from the mound, he continued to produce offensively, blasting his 12th home run of the season—a 412-foot, 103-mph solo shot—in the ninth inning to pull the Dodgers within a single run.
Pittsburgh rookie utility player Tyler Callihan delivered a breakout performance, hitting the first two home runs of his Major League Baseball career to dismantle the Dodgers. Callihan launched a 427-foot solo shot directly off Ohtani in the fourth inning to kickstart the Pirates’ offense. He later sealed the comeback victory by hitting a go-ahead, three-run blast off Los Angeles reliever Kyle Hurt in the eighth inning, according to game analytics tracked by MLB Game Center.
The Dodgers had previously built a commanding 6-1 lead, aided by early offensive production and a strong defensive play by Bryan Reynolds. However, the Pittsburgh bullpen kept the game within reach, allowing the offense to chip away at the lead before Callihan’s decisive eighth-inning blast. Additional play-by-play metrics from the night match the official scoring logs published by Field Level Media, confirming the late-inning rally.
Los Angeles was unable to recover in the final frame despite Ohtani’s late home run. The performance goes down as Ohtani’s least effective pitching start of the 2026 campaign, as detailed in the game synopsis by The Bradford Era. The Pirates closed out the top of the ninth inning immediately following the home run to finalize the one-run victory.