PITTSBURGH - Bernard Pierce rushed five yards for a touchdown as the Baltimore Ravens lead the field goal happy Pittsburgh Steelers 10-9 after thirty minutes in their AFC Wild Card game on Saturday.
That despite the Steelers holding the ball for nearly 21 minutes to Baltimore's 9.
Pierce capped off an 80 yard drive for Baltimore at 12:28 in the second quarter. Owen Daniels caught for 18 yards into Steelers territory and Justin Forsett to the Pittsburgh 5.
Ben Roethlisberger is 18-of-24 for 183 yards passing for Pittsburgh (11-5), who are in the postseason for the first time in three seasons. He extended a play early after escaping a sure sack from DeAngelo Young, throwing his trademark pump-fake and rolling right for a 30 yard strike to Heath Miller.
But the Steelers are 4-for-9 on third-down plays and 0-for-1 inside the 20 as Shaun Suisham kicked from 45 and 22 yards. His 47 yard boot with 37 seconds left in the first half brought the home side within 1 of their rivals.
Josh Harris has carried 5 times for 6 yards in relief of starting back Le'Veon Bell, who was ruled out yesterday with a knee injury suffered in the team's regular season finale.
Ben Tate, signed this week from Minnesota, has 17 yards on 4 rushes for the Steelers, who are 9-0 against teams they play three times in a season.
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