DETROIT — Phillip Evans kept Akil Baddoo’s drive to left field in the park in the seventh inning to help Pittsburgh escape a jam, and the Pirates scored twice in the eighth to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Thursday.

Colin Moran and Erik Gonzalez hit RBI singles with two outs in the eighth.

With the score tied at 2, Baddoo nearly put the Tigers ahead, but Evans reached above the fence in left, and the ball bounced off his glove and back into the field of play. Baddoo wound up with a double, and he didn’t end up scoring.

Adam Frazier had three hits for the Pirates, including a one-out single off Jose Cisnero (0-1) in the eighth.