In a nail-biter finale at PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates clenched a much-needed win against the Colorado Rockies, courtesy of Jack Suwinski's late-game heroics and a shutdown performance by rookie sensation Jared Jones. Suwinski stepped up to the plate with the bases fully packed and finished things off with a sharp single to left-center, sending Connor Joe home to break the scoreless deadlock, as CBS Pittsburgh captured the climactic scene.

The pitching on both sides was tight, to say the least, but it was Jones who really snagged the spotlight; the 22-year-old steamrolled through the Rockies lineup, landing a career-high 10 Ks across seven innings, giving up just one lonesome hit and not a single walk, the game's tension mounted through a series of masterful innings where both offenses were totally stymied, the game teetering on the edge of a knife until that closing act, as per a report by The Anniston Star.

Manager Derek Shelton, who previously copped some flak for a quick hook on Jones in previous outings, loosened the leash this game, showing confidence in the rookie who carried a perfect game through four innings before Rockies' Elias Diaz cracked a double, but Jones was unflappable, he swiftly curtailed any momentum by retiring the next batters, a clean follow through to his season that's now ridden with a sterling 52 strikeouts against only five walks over seven starts according to a spotlight by The Rocky Mountain Outlook.

This string of promising performances from Jones, complemented by a ripe farm system, is giving Pirates fans something to buzz about, Jones linked with another up-and-comer, 21-year-old hurler Paul Skenes, who's currently tearing up Triple-A Indianapolis with a stupendous 0.39 ERA. "Both of those guys are pretty electric," catcher Yasmani Grandal spoke of the dynamic duo while reflecting on his time rehabbing in the minors, and coming into the fold to play battery-mate to Jones, in a statement obtained by The Rocky Mountain Outlook.