Giants snap six-game skid; blank Pirates 5-0

Bombers beat up on A’s

PITTSBURGH – With a 10-game road trip coming to a close and a cross-country flight on their evening itinerary, the Giants arrived at PNC Park on Mother’s Day 0-for-pennsylvania.

Thanks to the work of veteran starter Derek Holland and a sixth-inning outburst from the Giants’ offense, the club ensured the journey home will be a happy one as it snapped a six-game losing streak.

Holland became the first Giants starter to record a quality start in more than a week as the Giants downed the Pirates 5-0 to cap off a 4-6 road trip that featured four losses in Philadelphia and two more to begin the weekend in Pittsburgh.

“This was huge,” Holland said. “When we were out in the bullpen, (pitching coach) Curt Young reminded me, ‘We need you today, you’ve got to really step up.”

After forcing Pirates outfielders to race all over the grass at PNC Park for the first five innings of Sunday’s contest, the Giants finally hit a few balls where Pittsburgh players couldn’t track them down.

Former Pirate Gorkys Hernandez broke a 0-0 tie with his second home run of the year, a 402-foot shot that barely sailed over the outstretched glove of left Nick Hundley, center, of the San Francisco Giants celebrates his three run home run with teammates during the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on May 13 in Pittsburgh, PA.