• IKF turns a perfect bunt into a hit. Two on for Horwitz.
• Bart leads off the fifth with a single over the glove of a leaping Winn at short. First Pirates hit since the first inning.
• Heaney does it again. Gets Contreras to ground out, Arenado to fly out and Gorman to pop out in shallow center. He's dealing. Only needed nine pitches to get through the fifth. He's at 67 pitches through five.
• End of fourth inning: Pham pops out to strand Cruz at second.
• Cruz to second on a 3-1 fielder's choice off the bat of Hayes.
• Gonzales is robbed of a hit on a nice running catch in center by Scott and Cruz draws a one-out walk.
• Heaney continues to roll along. Induces a weak pop out and two groundouts in a clean fourth. He's at 58 pitches through four innings.
• End of third inning: McCutchen draws a two-out walk, but the Pirates can't build on it.
• Heaney strikes out two -- Pages on a slider at the bottom of the zone and Scott on a curve -- in a 1-2-3 third. Leadoff walk was the lone blemish the first time through the Cardinals' order. Heaney at 43 pitches through three.
• End of second inning: Pirates retired in order.
• Heaney doing a much better job of commanding his fastball. Missed high a few times there to Gorman, but went right after him. Threw eight fastballs that at-bat.
• Heaney retires the Cardinals in order in the second. Finishes off the 13-pitch inning with a strikeout of Gorman.
• End of first inning: Cruz was hustling down the line, but he's retired 4-3. Cutch stranded at third.
• Gonzales hits a liner right at Fedde and he doubles Reynolds off first. Just like that, runner at third with two outs.
• McCutchen follows with a double to left. Reynolds then comes through with a single to right. Runners on the corners for Gonzales.
• HOME RUN: Horwitz leads off the home half with a solo shot to right-center. Second home run of the season. First career leadoff homer. Pirates, 1-0
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• Heaney gets Burleson to swing through a 2-2 sinker that runs inside on him. A 16-pitch first for Heaney.
• Heaney gets Winn to ground into a 4-3 double play.
• Kelly said pregame, and after Heaney's last start, that his struggles have stemmed from lacking fastball command. Well, he threw three fastballs out of the zone there to Donovan. Two within the first three pitches to fall behind 3-0.
• Donovan walks to lead off the game. Not the best start for Heaney, who has allowed 14 runs over his last two starts. Most over a two-start span in his career.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:51 p.m., Heaney to Donovan, 77 degrees, cloudy
• A lot of red in the crowd tonight. Mainly behind and next to the Cardinals' dugout.
• The Penguins' first-round draft picks -- BenjaminKindel, BillZonnon and WillHorcoff -- each threw out the ceremonial first pitch. All of the Penguins' draft selections are in attendance tonight.
• The tarp is coming off. Tonight's game is scheduled to begin at 7:50 p.m.
• The downpour has ended and the grounds crew is beginning to take the sand bags off the tarp. Forecast still doesn’t look great, but work on the field — particularly the puddles on the warning track — is beginning.
• Tonight's game will start in a weather delay due to current conditions and forecast. I'll provide updates on a potential start time when they're available.
• Tarp remains on the field less than an hour from first pitch. More rain is on the way, too.
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Nick Gonzales, 2B 5. Oneil Cruz, CF 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Tommy Pham, LF 8. Joey Bart, C 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Oliver Marmol's starting nine:
1. Brendan Donovan, LF 2. Masyn Winn, SS 3. Alec Burleson, RF 4. Willson Contreras, 1B 5. Nolan Arenado, DH 6. Nolan Gorman, 3B 7. Thomas Saggese, 2B 8. Pedro Pages, C 9. Victor Scott II, CF
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José Negron
8:18 pm - 06.29.2025North ShoreFinal: Pirates 7, Cardinals 0
• Who: Pirates (35-50) vs. Cardinals (47-38)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 86
• When: 7:50 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 80°, cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (3-7, 4.48 ERA) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (3-7, 4.11 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 180/858/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Cardinals
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Shugart strikes out Hampson and then gets Burleson to ground out to second. That's that. Final: Pirates 7, Cardinals 0
• José Fermin singles back up the middle. Gonzales was in the right spot but it looked like it took a weird bounce and ricocheted off his forearm.
• Scott II flies out to center. One away.
• Looks like Shugart is going to stay in to close it out.
• End of eighth inning: IKF misses on a sweeper that breaks away from him and out of the zone.
• Bart strikes out on a sinker at the bottom of the zone.
• Pham pops out to second. One away.
• Shugart works a quick inning as Pagés pops out to Bart.
• Gorman and Saggaese both line out to right.
• End of seventh inning: Hayes grounds out to short.
• Matt Svanson replaces King.
• Cruz singles through the middle and Marmol is going to go to the bullpen.
• Gonzales catches one square, but it's a flyout to center.
• King strikes out Reynolds with a pretty devastating slider.
• Shugart throws one pitch and gets Arenado to ground out to short. Can't tell you how many times I've seen Shugart do that this year.
• Heaney allows a two-out single to Contreras and that'll be it for him. What a night. Well-deserved ovation as he exits. Chase Shugart enters.
• Burleson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
• Winn leads off the seventh with a single to right.
• End of sixth inning: Pirates down in order.
• Heaney gets Donovan swinging to end the sixth. He's up to seven strikeouts and 89 pitches through six.
• Scott breaks up Heaney's no-hit bid with a two-out single in the sixth. Nice ovation for Heaney.
• End of fifth inning: Bart grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Pirates strike for six runs on seven hits.
• Bart's up again. Led off the inning with a single.
• RUN: Pham drives in another with a single to left. Pirates, 7-0
• RUNS: Hayes drives in two with a single over Saggese. Pirates, 6-0
• Cruz intentionally walked to load the bases for Hayes. One out.
• RUN: Honey, the boys are boppin' again. Gonzales plates McCutchen with a double to right. Runners on second and third. Pirates, 4-0
• Single to center for Reynolds. Another multi-hit night for him.
• Not a good decision there by Horwitz. Gets thrown out at third on a ground ball to Winn at short. Cutch reaches. One out.
• RUNS: Horwitz goes the other way for a two-run double that goes over the head of Donovan in left. Pirates, 3-0
• IKF turns a perfect bunt into a hit. Two on for Horwitz.
• Bart leads off the fifth with a single over the glove of a leaping Winn at short. First Pirates hit since the first inning.
• Heaney does it again. Gets Contreras to ground out, Arenado to fly out and Gorman to pop out in shallow center. He's dealing. Only needed nine pitches to get through the fifth. He's at 67 pitches through five.
• End of fourth inning: Pham pops out to strand Cruz at second.
• Cruz to second on a 3-1 fielder's choice off the bat of Hayes.
• Gonzales is robbed of a hit on a nice running catch in center by Scott and Cruz draws a one-out walk.
• Heaney continues to roll along. Induces a weak pop out and two groundouts in a clean fourth. He's at 58 pitches through four innings.
• End of third inning: McCutchen draws a two-out walk, but the Pirates can't build on it.
• Heaney strikes out two -- Pages on a slider at the bottom of the zone and Scott on a curve -- in a 1-2-3 third. Leadoff walk was the lone blemish the first time through the Cardinals' order. Heaney at 43 pitches through three.
• End of second inning: Pirates retired in order.
• Heaney doing a much better job of commanding his fastball. Missed high a few times there to Gorman, but went right after him. Threw eight fastballs that at-bat.
• Heaney retires the Cardinals in order in the second. Finishes off the 13-pitch inning with a strikeout of Gorman.
• End of first inning: Cruz was hustling down the line, but he's retired 4-3. Cutch stranded at third.
• Gonzales hits a liner right at Fedde and he doubles Reynolds off first. Just like that, runner at third with two outs.
• McCutchen follows with a double to left. Reynolds then comes through with a single to right. Runners on the corners for Gonzales.
• HOME RUN: Horwitz leads off the home half with a solo shot to right-center. Second home run of the season. First career leadoff homer. Pirates, 1-0
• Heaney gets Burleson to swing through a 2-2 sinker that runs inside on him. A 16-pitch first for Heaney.
• Heaney gets Winn to ground into a 4-3 double play.
• Kelly said pregame, and after Heaney's last start, that his struggles have stemmed from lacking fastball command. Well, he threw three fastballs out of the zone there to Donovan. Two within the first three pitches to fall behind 3-0.
• Donovan walks to lead off the game. Not the best start for Heaney, who has allowed 14 runs over his last two starts. Most over a two-start span in his career.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:51 p.m., Heaney to Donovan, 77 degrees, cloudy
• A lot of red in the crowd tonight. Mainly behind and next to the Cardinals' dugout.
• The Penguins' first-round draft picks -- Benjamin Kindel, Bill Zonnon and Will Horcoff -- each threw out the ceremonial first pitch. All of the Penguins' draft selections are in attendance tonight.
• The tarp is coming off. Tonight's game is scheduled to begin at 7:50 p.m.
• The downpour has ended and the grounds crew is beginning to take the sand bags off the tarp. Forecast still doesn’t look great, but work on the field — particularly the puddles on the warning track — is beginning.
• Tonight's game will start in a weather delay due to current conditions and forecast. I'll provide updates on a potential start time when they're available.
• Tarp remains on the field less than an hour from first pitch. More rain is on the way, too.
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Nick Gonzales, 2B
5. Oneil Cruz, CF
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Tommy Pham, LF
8. Joey Bart, C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Oliver Marmol's starting nine:
1. Brendan Donovan, LF
2. Masyn Winn, SS
3. Alec Burleson, RF
4. Willson Contreras, 1B
5. Nolan Arenado, DH
6. Nolan Gorman, 3B
7. Thomas Saggese, 2B
8. Pedro Pages, C
9. Victor Scott II, CF
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