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Pirates' top plays of 2022

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Apr. 30: Marisnick lays out to rob Kim

Jake Marisnick only played 31 games for the Pirates but had no shortage of defensive gems. On this night, he laid out full extension to take extra bases away from Ha-Seong Kim

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June 19: Suwinski's walk-off completes three-homer game

It’ll be difficult for Jack Suwinski to ever top this performance. With his dad in the stands on Father's Day, Suwinski launched three home runs versus the Giants -- the last of which was a walk-off against Tyler Rogers

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June 30: Perez helps Bucs make HR history

Along with Jack Suwinski and Bryan Reynolds, Michael Perez also had a three-homer game during June. Thus, the Pirates became the first team to have three different players accomplish the feat in the same month

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July 14: Cruz records hardest-thrown assist by infielder

Oneil Cruz didn’t just break records with his bat. Before setting a record for hardest-hit ball, Cruz broke the record for hardest-thrown infield assist with a 97.8-mph dart

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July 19: Bednar pitches clean inning in ASG

David Bednar represented the Pirates nicely at the Midsummer Classic, pitching a scoreless ninth inning for the National League in his All-Star debut

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Aug. 3: Reynolds hits walk-off HR

Coming into the bottom of the ninth inning, the Brewers’ Devin Williams had not allowed a homer all season. Bryan Reynolds changed that in dramatic fashion, homering off the All-Star reliever for his first walk-off dinger

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Aug. 4: Hayes saves game with DP

Ke’Bryan Hayes compiled enough phenomenal plays to warrant his own list, but the 5-3 double play he turned against Milwaukee was arguably his best gem. With the game on the line, Hayes made an incredibly difficult play look routine, setting the stage for a walk-off win

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Aug. 24: Cruz records hardest-hit ball

Unsurprisingly, Oneil Cruz appeared a couple of times on this list. In his 54th career game, Cruz broke the Statcast record for hardest-hit ball with a 122.4-mph single off the Clemente Wall