TAMPA, Fla. -- Paul Maholm, Ross Ohlendorf and two other Pirates pitchers no-hit the world-champion New York Yankees through four innings today, on the opening day of spring-training play, but the Yankees scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to jump-start their 6-3 victory before 9,278 at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Non-roster invitee Colin Curtis, wearing No. 98, hit a walk-off, three-run home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth off Virgil Vasquez to win it for New York.

While two of the Pirates' starters and bullpen candidates Brian Bass and D.J. Carrasco -- previously relievers in the Yankees' same American League -- blanked the hosts, Andrew McCutchen mustered the only Pirates hit through six innings. His came in the game's first at-bat, on an infield grounder he beat out.

In the fifth, Chris Jakubauskas allowed a lead-off single to Alex Rodriguez and plunked the next batter, Marcus Thames. The runners advanced a base, but Jakubauskas retired the next three batters to escape.

New York's Ramiro Pena homered to right where the wind was blowing, and the Yankees added two more runs off Steven Jackson on an Eduardo Nunez infield single to substitute second baseman Delwyn Young, a Nick Johnson double to score Nunez, and an error by sub shortstop Argenis Diaz to score Johnson.

Erik Kratz, the day after a home run against a local junior college, helped to power the Pirates to a 3-3 tie in the top of the next inning, the seventh. Young was hit by a pitch, Jose Tabata singled and Kratz scored both with his double to the left-center field warning track. Kratz moved to third on the play via an error. Ryan Church's ensuing groundout to first scored Kratz.

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