PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Brian Giles delivered a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Giles lined a 1-2 offering from closer Robb Nen to the left-center field gap, scoring Jason Kendall and Jack Wilson.
Nen (4-1) appeared in control, retiring the first two batters in the ninth. But he gave up three straight hits with two strikes on each batter.
Kendall kept the Pirates alive by lining an 0-2 pitch into left field and Wilson followed by slapping another 0-2 offering past shortstop Rich Aurilia.
Brian Boehringer (4-3) tossed a scoreless ninth to record his second win in as many nights.
The Giants grabbed a 5-4 lead in the seventh on Jeff Kent's solo homer off Sean Lowe.
Kent passed Jim Ray Hart and grabbed sole possession of eighth place on San Francisco's all-time list with his 157th homer.
Rob Mackowiak and Adam Hyzdu homered for Pittsburgh, which won for just the fourth time in 12 games.
Giants starter Livan Hernandez surrendered a solo homer to Mackowiak in the second, but Reggie Sanders gave San Francisco a 3-1 lead with a three-run shot in the fourth.
The Pirates answered with three runs in the bottom half, tying it on Hyzdu's two-run homer just inside the left field foul pole. Pokey Reese singled, moved up on pitcher Jimmy Anderson's sacrifice and scored on Kendall's single to make it 4-3.
Anderson could not hold the lead as the Giants scratched for the tying run in the sixth. Pedro Feliz led off with an infield single and moved up on Hernandez's sacrifice. After Kenny Lofton walked, Feliz advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Aurilia's single.
The Giants had two players thrown out on the bases on the play. Lofton was tagged out trying to get back to third and Aurilia was nailed at second attempting to stretch his single to a double.
