Pittsburgh rallies again, beats reeling White Sox

The Pittsburgh Pirates are making a habit out of coming from behind to win. The Chicago White Sox are losing every which way.

Colin Moran hit a two-run homer that capped a four-run rally against Nate Jones in the ninth inning, leading the Pirates over Chicago 6-5 on Wednesday and sending the last-place White Sox to their ninth loss in 10 games.

Pittsburgh trailed 4-0 for the second straight night before rebounding for its 10th comeback victory.

“We’ve got each other’s backs,” Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer said. “We created that chemistry in spring training. And we’ve got nothing to lose. Everybody picked us to be last and tank and not be good. So we just go out and have fun and play.”

Chicago took a 5-2 lead into the ninth behind Reynaldo Lopez, who allowed two runs and three hits in a career-high 7 1/3 innings.

Jace Fry struck out the final two batters of the eighth, but Jones (2-1) blew a save for the second time in three chances as the White Sox lost their fifth in a row and fell to 9-25. Chicago is off to its second-worst 34-game start behind an 8-26 opening in 1948.

NEW BRAVES RECORD >> Nick Markakis hit a three-run homer and the Braves set a franchise record for consecutive shutout innings on the road in a 5-2 win over the Rays.

Wilson Ramos’ two-run single with two outs in the eighth ended a string of 34 straight shutout innings for the Braves, who won for the seventh straight time on the road. That is the longest streak for the Braves in the modern era (after 1900), according to the Elias Sports Bureau, surpassing the 30 consecutive innings by Atlanta’s staff in July 1992.

Ramos’ hit extended his hitting streak to 16 games, the longest active streak in the majors.