• Bednar closes it out with a 1-2-3 inning. Final: Pirates 5, Marlins 2
• David Bednar enters and Alexander Canario takes over in left.
• End of eighth inning: Davis grounds out to short.
• RUN: After Gonzales walked, Frazier hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Reynolds. Pirates, 5-2
• Pirates are going to try and add some insurance here. McCutchen strikes out but Reynolds walks and Horwitz doubles into the right-field corner, putting runners on second and third.
• Norby singles into center and then Sanchez grounds out to second.
• Caleb Ferguson enters and strikes out Lopez before getting some help from IKF on a Wagaman ground out.
• End of seventh inning: Some bad luck right there. IKF took off for second and Cruz smoked one up the middle. As Lopez came over to cover the base, he fielded it and turned the double play.
• A: 16,709
• IKF then gets hit.
• Hayes strikes out to start the bottom half.
• Santana works a 1-2-3 inning as he strikes out Ramirez and then gets Hernandez to fly out to right.
• 3-1, Edwards.
• End of sixth inning: Davis pops out to short.
• Frazier flies out to right.
• Gonzales lines out to center.
• Lake Bachar takes over for the Marlins.
• Santana gets out of it as he strikes out Kyle Stowers, who pinch-hit for Sanoja, on a foul tip.
• That's going to end Ashcraft's day and Kelly is going to go to Dennis Santana.
• Ashcraft struggling with his location today as he walks Hicks, who was hitting for Fortes.
• RUN: Horwitz botches a clean ground ball that could've been a double play. He still gets the out at first but Wagaman scores. Pirates, 4-2
• Norby singles through the right side and Wagaman goes first to third.
• Six straight balls for Ashcraft and that brings Oscar Marin from the dugout.
• Ashcraft walks Wagaman.
• Falter retires Lopez and that's gonna be it for him. His final line: 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K. Braxton Ashcraft enters.
• HOME RUN: Hernandez responds with a solo shot to the Marlins' bullpen. Pirates, 4-1
• Cruz walks on an outside cutter for ball four. Runners on first and second.
• Edwards' throw beats IKF to first by a step but Hayes' advances.
• Hayes singles into center.
• And there it is. Looked like Falter took a pretty deep breath as he came off the mound following Ramirez's lineout to right field.
• Falter walks Edwards to load the bases here. Big jam for the lefty.
• Sanoja doubles just inside the third-base bag. Runners now on second and third with two away.
• Fortes singles into left. Went up and out of the zone to chase a slider from Falter.
• WOW. Falter catches a comebacker to the mound. Quick reaction time there. Two away.
• Falter strikes out Norby with an inside slider.
• Davis and Hayes now get that double steal taken away from them. It's ruled as a caught stealing with a throwing error by the catcher.
• End of fourth inning: Davis watches a called third strike but it was below the zone.
• Quantrill gets Frazier with an up-and-away cutter.
• Gonzales grounds out to third to start the bottom half.
• Wagaman flies out to center. That's Falter's second 1-2-3 inning. He's at 38 pitches.
• Two up, two down, in the fourth as Lopez flies out to center.
• Falter catches Hernandez looking with a inside curveball.
• End of third inning: Horwitz grounds out to first.
• Reynolds strikes out on a cutter up and out of the zone. Two away.
• McCutchen grounds out to third to start the bottom half.
• Falter strands another runner in scoring position with a groundout to second.
• 6-3, Edwards. Fortes advances to third.
• Sanoja grounds out to Horwitz.
• Fortes singles into left field.
• End of second inning: Cruz strikes out on a foul tip.
• Hayes steals third and IKF walks.
• RUN: Hayes goes to steal second and pauses midway, but the ball went into center field and Davis scored. Both were credited with a steal on the play. Pirates, 1-0
• Hayes flares one into right and Davis goes first to third with two outs.
• Davis singles into the right-center gap. Those are the type of hits you want to see from him. He needs to use the whole field.
• Frazier grounds into a 6-3 double play.
• Gonzales sends one right back up the middle for a single.
• It's a 1-2-3 inning for the lefty as Myers flies out to left.
• Norby flies out to center. That's two gone for Falter.
• Wagaman grounds out to third.
• End of first inning: Horwitz strikes out on an up-and-away 3-2 fastball, stranding Cruz at second, who stole his major-league leading 24th base.
• Reynolds lines out to left field.
• McCutchen with a loud pop off the bat, but it dies in the air for a flyout to center field.
• Cruz singles into left field. Shortened up and just poked one over Lopez's outstretched glove.
• Falter strands Hernandez by striking out Lopez. He threw nine pitches.
• Hernandez squares up a high fastball and doubles into left.
• Edwards grounds out to third on Falter's first pitch and Ramirez flies out to right. Two quick outs for Falter.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Marlins, Bailey Falter to Xavier Edwards, PNC Park, 12:37 p.m., 73 degrees, clear
• For Don Kelly’s Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 5. Nick Gonzales, 2B 6. Adam Frazier, LF 7. Henry Davis, C 8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Clayton McCullough's visitors:
1. Xavier Edwards, 2B 2. Agustín Ramírez, DH 3. Heriberto Hernández, RF 4. Otto Lopez, SS 5. Eric Wagaman, 1B 6. Connor Norby, 3B 7. Dane Myers, CF 8. Nick Fortes, C 9. Javier Sanoja, LF
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
4:19 am - 06.11.2025NORTH SHOREFinal: Pirates 5, Marlins 2
• Who: Pirates (27-41) vs. Marlins (25-40)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 69
• When: 12:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 79°, clear
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (4-3, 3.49 ERA) vs. RHP Cal Quantrill (3-6, 5.63 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 175/855/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Marlins
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Bednar closes it out with a 1-2-3 inning. Final: Pirates 5, Marlins 2
• David Bednar enters and Alexander Canario takes over in left.
• End of eighth inning: Davis grounds out to short.
• RUN: After Gonzales walked, Frazier hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Reynolds. Pirates, 5-2
• Pirates are going to try and add some insurance here. McCutchen strikes out but Reynolds walks and Horwitz doubles into the right-field corner, putting runners on second and third.
• Norby singles into center and then Sanchez grounds out to second.
• Caleb Ferguson enters and strikes out Lopez before getting some help from IKF on a Wagaman ground out.
• End of seventh inning: Some bad luck right there. IKF took off for second and Cruz smoked one up the middle. As Lopez came over to cover the base, he fielded it and turned the double play.
• A: 16,709
• IKF then gets hit.
• Hayes strikes out to start the bottom half.
• Santana works a 1-2-3 inning as he strikes out Ramirez and then gets Hernandez to fly out to right.
• 3-1, Edwards.
• End of sixth inning: Davis pops out to short.
• Frazier flies out to right.
• Gonzales lines out to center.
• Lake Bachar takes over for the Marlins.
• Santana gets out of it as he strikes out Kyle Stowers, who pinch-hit for Sanoja, on a foul tip.
• That's going to end Ashcraft's day and Kelly is going to go to Dennis Santana.
• Ashcraft struggling with his location today as he walks Hicks, who was hitting for Fortes.
• RUN: Horwitz botches a clean ground ball that could've been a double play. He still gets the out at first but Wagaman scores. Pirates, 4-2
• Norby singles through the right side and Wagaman goes first to third.
• Six straight balls for Ashcraft and that brings Oscar Marin from the dugout.
• Ashcraft walks Wagaman.
• Falter retires Lopez and that's gonna be it for him. His final line: 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K. Braxton Ashcraft enters.
• HOME RUN: Hernandez responds with a solo shot to the Marlins' bullpen. Pirates, 4-1
• Falter back out for more.
• End of fifth inning: Reynolds grounds out to first and Horwitz strikes out.
• Cutch gets an ovation as that home run (No. 241) moves him into third place on the Pirates' all-time home run list, passing Roberto Clemente.
• HOME RUN: Cutch sends a 1-1 splitter from Quantrill over the wall in left for his sixth of the season. Pirates, 4-0
• Cruz walks on an outside cutter for ball four. Runners on first and second.
• Edwards' throw beats IKF to first by a step but Hayes' advances.
• Hayes singles into center.
• And there it is. Looked like Falter took a pretty deep breath as he came off the mound following Ramirez's lineout to right field.
• Falter walks Edwards to load the bases here. Big jam for the lefty.
• Sanoja doubles just inside the third-base bag. Runners now on second and third with two away.
• Fortes singles into left. Went up and out of the zone to chase a slider from Falter.
• WOW. Falter catches a comebacker to the mound. Quick reaction time there. Two away.
• Falter strikes out Norby with an inside slider.
• Davis and Hayes now get that double steal taken away from them. It's ruled as a caught stealing with a throwing error by the catcher.
• End of fourth inning: Davis watches a called third strike but it was below the zone.
• Quantrill gets Frazier with an up-and-away cutter.
• Gonzales grounds out to third to start the bottom half.
• Wagaman flies out to center. That's Falter's second 1-2-3 inning. He's at 38 pitches.
• Two up, two down, in the fourth as Lopez flies out to center.
• Falter catches Hernandez looking with a inside curveball.
• End of third inning: Horwitz grounds out to first.
• Reynolds strikes out on a cutter up and out of the zone. Two away.
• McCutchen grounds out to third to start the bottom half.
• Falter strands another runner in scoring position with a groundout to second.
• 6-3, Edwards. Fortes advances to third.
• Sanoja grounds out to Horwitz.
• Fortes singles into left field.
• End of second inning: Cruz strikes out on a foul tip.
• Hayes steals third and IKF walks.
• RUN: Hayes goes to steal second and pauses midway, but the ball went into center field and Davis scored. Both were credited with a steal on the play. Pirates, 1-0
• Hayes flares one into right and Davis goes first to third with two outs.
• Davis singles into the right-center gap. Those are the type of hits you want to see from him. He needs to use the whole field.
• Frazier grounds into a 6-3 double play.
• Gonzales sends one right back up the middle for a single.
• It's a 1-2-3 inning for the lefty as Myers flies out to left.
• Norby flies out to center. That's two gone for Falter.
• Wagaman grounds out to third.
• End of first inning: Horwitz strikes out on an up-and-away 3-2 fastball, stranding Cruz at second, who stole his major-league leading 24th base.
• Reynolds lines out to left field.
• McCutchen with a loud pop off the bat, but it dies in the air for a flyout to center field.
• Cruz singles into left field. Shortened up and just poked one over Lopez's outstretched glove.
• Falter strands Hernandez by striking out Lopez. He threw nine pitches.
• Hernandez squares up a high fastball and doubles into left.
• Edwards grounds out to third on Falter's first pitch and Ramirez flies out to right. Two quick outs for Falter.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Marlins, Bailey Falter to Xavier Edwards, PNC Park, 12:37 p.m., 73 degrees, clear
• For Don Kelly’s Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
5. Nick Gonzales, 2B
6. Adam Frazier, LF
7. Henry Davis, C
8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Clayton McCullough's visitors:
1. Xavier Edwards, 2B
2. Agustín Ramírez, DH
3. Heriberto Hernández, RF
4. Otto Lopez, SS
5. Eric Wagaman, 1B
6. Connor Norby, 3B
7. Dane Myers, CF
8. Nick Fortes, C
9. Javier Sanoja, LF
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