• HOME RUN: Junior Caminero welcomes Wilber Dotel to the Major Leagues with a solo home run to start the ninth inning. Pirates, 6-3
• Mangum grounds out to shortstop to finish the inning. Wilber Dotel is coming into the game to pitch and make his MLB debut.
• Griffin steals second base and the safe call is upheld after the Rays challenged.
• HOME RUN: Nick Yorke hits his first home run on a 3-1 count to extend the Pirates lead to 6-2 in the eighth inning.
• Mattson sets the Rays down in the eighth.
• Just as Cherington noted on the communication by Cruz, he can be heard yelling from the press box to call for the ball on Feduccia's fly out.
• Isaac Mattson is now pitching for the Pirates.
• Cruz facing the lefty Ian Seymour with two-outs and Reynolds at first base, strikes out swinging to end the seventh inning.
• Paid attendance: 13,439
• Keller strikes out DeLuca to end the seventh. He's thrown 89 pitches, that'll most likely end his day.
• Mullins is having himself a nice series, hits a one-out double to right.
• Mangum strikes out to end the sixth. Keller does run out to the mound to start the seventh.
• HOME RUN: Spencer Horwitz pinch-hitting for Billy Cook hits his second home run of the season on a 2-1 pitch. It is his second career pinch-hit homer. Pirates, 5-2
• Keller is through six innings and has thrown 50 of his 78 pitches for strikes. This is exactly the kind of outing the club needed with the bullpen going nine last night.
• Mason Englert took over on the mound for the Rays to strikeout Ozuna and get Cruz to force out at second base.
• RUNS: Bryan Reynolds delivers with a two-run single to left to score Billy Cook and Nick Gonzales to knock Shane McClanahan from the game. Pirates, 4-2.
• RUN: Nick Gonzales drops a RBI single to center in front of a diving Cedric Mullins to score Joey Bart from third base to tie the game at two.
• Bart doubles to center, advances to third on Cook's infield bunt single. Cook stole second but Mangum bounces back to the pitcher for the first out.
• RUN: A two-run single by Hunter Feduccia to right field scores Jonny DeLuca and Richie Palacios. Keller had retired 13 in a row before Palacios' two-out double. Rays, 2-1
• A two-out double by Palacios snaps Keller's 13 batters retired in a row.
• Cruz strikes out, Yorke grounded out to third, and Griffin popped up to waste a leadoff double.
• Ozuna is making everyone forget about his slow start, raking a 111 mph double off the wall in left to begin the bottom of the fourth.
• Keller pitched another 1-2-3 inning with three grounders, he's not retired 11 in a row.
• Reynolds strikes out.
• Gonzales pops up to Aranda near the mound. Now two-out magic needed from Reynolds.
• Mangum steals third without a throw. He had an outstanding jump.
• One-out bunt single by Mangum and advances to second based on McClanahan's throwing error.
• Another clean inning of work by Keller getting DeLuca to fly out, Feduccia retired on a nice charging play by Gonzales to field the slow chopper and quickly throw out the runner, and Keller plays a slow roller back to the mound by Walls.
• Both teams go down in order in the second inning.
• RUN: Bryan Reynolds hits a groundball for a force out at second to score Jake Mangum from third base. Pirates, 1-0.
• Gonzales lines a single to right that forces Mangum to advance to third and stay.
• Mangum is like a pest at the plate, works 10-pitch at-bat to double down the right field line to lead things off for the Pirates.
• Yorke double clutches running to his right at third base on ground ball by Aranda, who isn't the faster runner, has time to throw him out.
• Simpson leads off with a line single to left, erased attempting to steal second base on a strong throw by Bart.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rays, 1:38 p.m., Keller to Simpson, 50 degrees, partly cloudy
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Jake Mangum, LF 2. Nick Gonzales, 2B 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Marcell Ozuna, DH 5. Oneil Cruz, CF 6. Nick Yorke, 3B 7. Konnor Griffin, SS 8. Joey Bart, C 9. Billy Cook, 1B
• Kevin Cash's lineup:
1. Chandler Simpson, LF 2. Junior Caminero, 3B 3. Jonathan Aranda, 1B 4. Yandy Diaz, DH 5. Cedric Mullins, CF 6. Richie Palacios, 2B 7. Jonny DeLuca, RF 8. Huter Feduccia, C 9. Taylor Walls, SS
THE ASYLUM
Final: Pirates 6, Rays 3
• Who: Pirates (12-9) vs. Rays (12-8)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 22
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller (1-1, 2.86 ERA) vs. LHP Shane McClanahan (1-1, 3.95 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, Rays.TV
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Satellite: SiriusXM 175/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Rays
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Dotel closes it out
• HOME RUN: Junior Caminero welcomes Wilber Dotel to the Major Leagues with a solo home run to start the ninth inning. Pirates, 6-3
• Mangum grounds out to shortstop to finish the inning. Wilber Dotel is coming into the game to pitch and make his MLB debut.
• Griffin steals second base and the safe call is upheld after the Rays challenged.
• HOME RUN: Nick Yorke hits his first home run on a 3-1 count to extend the Pirates lead to 6-2 in the eighth inning.
• Mattson sets the Rays down in the eighth.
• Just as Cherington noted on the communication by Cruz, he can be heard yelling from the press box to call for the ball on Feduccia's fly out.
• Isaac Mattson is now pitching for the Pirates.
• Cruz facing the lefty Ian Seymour with two-outs and Reynolds at first base, strikes out swinging to end the seventh inning.
• Paid attendance: 13,439
• Keller strikes out DeLuca to end the seventh. He's thrown 89 pitches, that'll most likely end his day.
• Mullins is having himself a nice series, hits a one-out double to right.
• Mangum strikes out to end the sixth. Keller does run out to the mound to start the seventh.
• HOME RUN: Spencer Horwitz pinch-hitting for Billy Cook hits his second home run of the season on a 2-1 pitch. It is his second career pinch-hit homer. Pirates, 5-2
• Keller is through six innings and has thrown 50 of his 78 pitches for strikes. This is exactly the kind of outing the club needed with the bullpen going nine last night.
• Mason Englert took over on the mound for the Rays to strikeout Ozuna and get Cruz to force out at second base.
• RUNS: Bryan Reynolds delivers with a two-run single to left to score Billy Cook and Nick Gonzales to knock Shane McClanahan from the game. Pirates, 4-2.
• RUN: Nick Gonzales drops a RBI single to center in front of a diving Cedric Mullins to score Joey Bart from third base to tie the game at two.
• Bart doubles to center, advances to third on Cook's infield bunt single. Cook stole second but Mangum bounces back to the pitcher for the first out.
• RUN: A two-run single by Hunter Feduccia to right field scores Jonny DeLuca and Richie Palacios. Keller had retired 13 in a row before Palacios' two-out double. Rays, 2-1
• A two-out double by Palacios snaps Keller's 13 batters retired in a row.
• Cruz strikes out, Yorke grounded out to third, and Griffin popped up to waste a leadoff double.
• Ozuna is making everyone forget about his slow start, raking a 111 mph double off the wall in left to begin the bottom of the fourth.
• Keller pitched another 1-2-3 inning with three grounders, he's not retired 11 in a row.
• Reynolds strikes out.
• Gonzales pops up to Aranda near the mound. Now two-out magic needed from Reynolds.
• Mangum steals third without a throw. He had an outstanding jump.
• One-out bunt single by Mangum and advances to second based on McClanahan's throwing error.
• Another clean inning of work by Keller getting DeLuca to fly out, Feduccia retired on a nice charging play by Gonzales to field the slow chopper and quickly throw out the runner, and Keller plays a slow roller back to the mound by Walls.
• Both teams go down in order in the second inning.
• RUN: Bryan Reynolds hits a groundball for a force out at second to score Jake Mangum from third base. Pirates, 1-0.
• Gonzales lines a single to right that forces Mangum to advance to third and stay.
• Mangum is like a pest at the plate, works 10-pitch at-bat to double down the right field line to lead things off for the Pirates.
• Yorke double clutches running to his right at third base on ground ball by Aranda, who isn't the faster runner, has time to throw him out.
• Simpson leads off with a line single to left, erased attempting to steal second base on a strong throw by Bart.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rays, 1:38 p.m., Keller to Simpson, 50 degrees, partly cloudy
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Jake Mangum, LF
2. Nick Gonzales, 2B
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Marcell Ozuna, DH
5. Oneil Cruz, CF
6. Nick Yorke, 3B
7. Konnor Griffin, SS
8. Joey Bart, C
9. Billy Cook, 1B
• Kevin Cash's lineup:
1. Chandler Simpson, LF
2. Junior Caminero, 3B
3. Jonathan Aranda, 1B
4. Yandy Diaz, DH
5. Cedric Mullins, CF
6. Richie Palacios, 2B
7. Jonny DeLuca, RF
8. Huter Feduccia, C
9. Taylor Walls, SS
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