• Trei Cruz reaches on a ball that Oneil couldn't get too, slide and all, in center. Did get to it fast after, though. Held him to a single.
• RUN: Callihan scores on a sac fly by Cruz. Slider on the inner part of the plate that Cruz is able to send into center. Does the job. Pirates 2, Tigers 0
• Griffin draws his first walk of the spring. Mize made it easy on him. Nothing anywhere close to the zone.
• RUN: Bart beats the shift for a single to right. Yorke scores from second. Pirates 1, Tigers 0
• Ashcraft's going to the curve often late in counts and benefitting from it. He's finished off all four of his strikeouts with it. Getting some favorable calls, but also generating a bit of swing and miss, too.
• Pirates get a walk by Lowe but nothing else. Strikeouts of Cruz and Reynolds.
• Oof. A pretty good at-bat by Cruz before that final swing. Just completely fooled on a 3-2 splitter. Can't get into this mode again. Three plate appearances, three strikeouts since that first AB single yesterday.
• Ashcraft goes slider, slider, curveball for another strikeout. Again, got a favor on that final pitch. Called strike and was well outside. Guess Dingler wants to ensure they get those calls, too.
• Beauty of a curveball located at the top of the zone for Ashcraft's second strikeout of the inning. Had to battle to finally put Greene away.
• Ashcraft with a nice sequence there to start. Sinker, sinker curveball for the strikeout. Got a favorable second strike call. Ball looked well low and out of the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 6:05 p.m., Braxton Ashcraft to Matt Vierling, 71 degrees, sunny
• Dennis Santana is expected to pitch here today, his first appearance since returning from the WBC.
THE ASYLUM
LIVE: Pirates 2, Tigers 0, third inning
• Who: Pirates (15-9) vs. Tigers (7-11)
• What: Grapefruit League Exhibition
• When: 6:05 p.m.
• Where: LECOM Park
• Weather: 69°, sunny, 0% rain
• Pitchers: RHP Braxton Ashcraft vs. RHP Casey Mize
• Radio: 100.1 FM/KDKA-AM 1020
• Satellite: SiriusXM
• Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Trei Cruz reaches on a ball that Oneil couldn't get too, slide and all, in center. Did get to it fast after, though. Held him to a single.
• RUN: Callihan scores on a sac fly by Cruz. Slider on the inner part of the plate that Cruz is able to send into center. Does the job. Pirates 2, Tigers 0
• Griffin draws his first walk of the spring. Mize made it easy on him. Nothing anywhere close to the zone.
• RUN: Bart beats the shift for a single to right. Yorke scores from second. Pirates 1, Tigers 0
• Ashcraft's going to the curve often late in counts and benefitting from it. He's finished off all four of his strikeouts with it. Getting some favorable calls, but also generating a bit of swing and miss, too.
• Pirates get a walk by Lowe but nothing else. Strikeouts of Cruz and Reynolds.
• Oof. A pretty good at-bat by Cruz before that final swing. Just completely fooled on a 3-2 splitter. Can't get into this mode again. Three plate appearances, three strikeouts since that first AB single yesterday.
• Ashcraft goes slider, slider, curveball for another strikeout. Again, got a favor on that final pitch. Called strike and was well outside. Guess Dingler wants to ensure they get those calls, too.
• Beauty of a curveball located at the top of the zone for Ashcraft's second strikeout of the inning. Had to battle to finally put Greene away.
• Ashcraft with a nice sequence there to start. Sinker, sinker curveball for the strikeout. Got a favorable second strike call. Ball looked well low and out of the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 6:05 p.m., Braxton Ashcraft to Matt Vierling, 71 degrees, sunny
• Dennis Santana is expected to pitch here today, his first appearance since returning from the WBC.
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Brandon Lowe, 2B
3. Bryan Reynolds, LF
4. Marcell Ozuna, DH
5. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
6. Nick Yorke, RF
7. Tyler Callihan, 3B
8. Joey Bart, C
9. Konnor Griffin, SS
• Tigers lineup:
1. Matt Vierling, DH
2. Kerry Carpenter, RF
3. Riley Greene, LF
4. Spencer Torkelson, 1B
5. Dillon Dingler, C
6. Kevin McGonigle, SS
7. Javier Baez, 2B
8. Zach McKinstry, 3B
9. Trei Cruz, CF
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