• Final: Canario with a fine running catch out in right field to retire McNeil, Vientos with an easier play for Canario with a lazy pop fly, and Baty strikes out. Pirates, 12-1.
• End of eighth inning: Hayes with a merciful grounder for the 5-4-3 double play.
• RUN: Canario walks to force in a run and Horwitz sac fly. Pirates, 12-1.
• Cutch singles to left, runners are held. Bases loaded for Alexander Canario, pinch-hitting for Reynolds.
• Davis greets him with a single to left, now Frazier is hit by pitch.
• Outfielder Travis Jankowski will pitch for the Mets.
• Alonso grounds out sharply to Triolo who makes a sliding grab at shortstop.
• Lindor lines out to Reynolds, Nimmo grounds out to second, and Tyrone Taylor pinch-hitting for Soto doubles to center.
• End of seventh inning: Triolo strikes out.
• Pham strikes out.
• RUN: Cruz launches his second home run, 15th of season, to right field. 2-run blast was second career multi-homer game. Pirates, 10-1.
ONEIL CRUZ WITH HIS 2ND NO-DOUBTER OF THE DAY!!
101.1 MPH exit velocity, 366 feet, HR in 29/30 ballparks (except for maybe Coors Field) pic.twitter.com/qBvRrx7Wcd
• Mets pitching change: Richard Lovelady will take over for Montas.
• Mauricio grounds out to Frazier and Lindor pops up to Frazier in shallow left.
• RUN: Baty ground out to Frazier, Torrens hits a home run on the first pitch and that'll end the start for Burrows, Genesis Cabrera takes over on the mound. Pirates, 6-1
• End of fourth inning: Cutch strikes out.
• Mets' bullpen is stirring with 3-2 count on Cutch
• Down goes Frazier... a strikeout, not the boxer.
• Davis pushes a fly to right field that Soto doesn't go back on that well, ball goes off his glove for a double. Pham had to hold, so he's held at third base.
• Triolo strikes out.
• Pham reaches first as Mauricio can't field it cleanly.
• Vientos goes down swinging. Burrows is up to 63 pitches through his four innings of work. He threw 31 pitches in his relief appearance on Wednesday in Milwaukee.
• McNeil singles to right field, Soto advances to third base.
• Burrows throws a high inside fastball, Alonso goes down... great stuff to throw a low outside fastball and then another high fastball to strike him out.
• Nimmo pops out to Hayes in foul territory and Soto singles to right field.
• End of third inning: Nothing doing this inning as Horwitz grounds out up the middle to Lindor at shortstop, Hayes with another line drive, this one right to Mauricio at second base, and Cruz strikes out.
• Lindor isn't having the best series against the Pirates, flies out to Reynolds.
• Baty grounds out to Hayes, who was shifted way over to shortstop and Torrens strikes out before Mauricio walks.
• End of second inning: Reynolds bounces to second base for the 4-6-3 double play.
• RUN: Cutch sac fly to wall in left. Pirates, 6-0
• Davis goes from first base to third base on the single to right field by Frazier.
• Davis gets into the action with a single to right field.
• Burrows with a quick inning as he gets Vientos to bounce into the inning ending 6-4-3 double play.
• Alonso lines out to Cruz and McNeil singles to right.
• End of the first inning: Triolo strikes out.
• RUN: Pham goes back-to-back, second home run of season. Pirates, 5-0.
Tommy Pham says might as well have another meeting after this one too
• No Isiah Kiner-Falefa or Nick Gonzales today for Don Kelly, as Triolo is at short and Frazier is at second. Cruz also slots in at the No. 6 hole:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Oneil Cruz, CF 7. Tommy Pham, LF 8. Jared Triolo, SS 9. Henry Davis, C
• For Carlos Mendoza’s visitors:
1. Francisco Lindor, SS 2. Brandon Nimmo, LF 3. Juan Soto, RF 4. Pete Alonso, 1B 5. Jeff McNeil, CF 6. Mark Vientos, DH 7. Brett Baty, 3B 8. Luis Torrens, C 9. Ronny Mauricio, 2B
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
3:24 am - 06.29.2025NORTH SHOREFinal: Pirates 12, Mets 1
• Who: Pirates (34-50) vs. Mets (47-36)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 85
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 80°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Mike Burrows (1-2, 4.45 ERA) vs. RHP Frankie Montas (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 180/858/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Mets
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Canario with a fine running catch out in right field to retire McNeil, Vientos with an easier play for Canario with a lazy pop fly, and Baty strikes out. Pirates, 12-1.
• End of eighth inning: Hayes with a merciful grounder for the 5-4-3 double play.
• RUN: Canario walks to force in a run and Horwitz sac fly. Pirates, 12-1.
• Cutch singles to left, runners are held. Bases loaded for Alexander Canario, pinch-hitting for Reynolds.
• Davis greets him with a single to left, now Frazier is hit by pitch.
• Outfielder Travis Jankowski will pitch for the Mets.
• Alonso grounds out sharply to Triolo who makes a sliding grab at shortstop.
• Lindor lines out to Reynolds, Nimmo grounds out to second, and Tyrone Taylor pinch-hitting for Soto doubles to center.
• End of seventh inning: Triolo strikes out.
• Pham strikes out.
• RUN: Cruz launches his second home run, 15th of season, to right field. 2-run blast was second career multi-homer game. Pirates, 10-1.
• Hayes can't be contained, another double to center.
• A: 24,898
• Horwitz flies out to center
• Pitching change for Mets, Dedniel Nunez.
• Mauricio grounds out to Frazier.
• Vientos strikes out, Baty bounces to Horwitz and Torrens extends the inning with a single to left.
• End of sixth inning: Reynolds with a high bouncer to second, nice turn by Mauricio to Lindor for the double play.
• Cutch strikes out.
• Frazier reaches on infield single to third.
• Davis guides a line single to center.
• Easy goes it for Mlodzinski as McNeil grounds out to Hayes.
• Alonso grounds out to Horwitz, Nimmo moves to third base.
• Up 8-1, feels like an early hook for Cabrera from Kelly as he calls on Carmen Mlodzinski.
• Cabrera sits down Soto looking. Good stuff.
• Nimmo with a cue ball going the other way down the left field line for a double.
• End of fifth inning: Triolo bounces out to third base.
• RUN: Anything you can do, Pham can do.. RBI single bringing in Hayes. The rout is on. Pirates, 8-1.
• Cruz strikes out, second time today.
• Hayes is a house on fire driving that ball to the left edge of the center field wall for a double.
• Horwitz bounces out to third baseman Baty.
• RUN: Reynolds goes to straight away center for the home run for tenth of season. Pirates, 7-1.
• Mets pitching change: Richard Lovelady will take over for Montas.
• Mauricio grounds out to Frazier and Lindor pops up to Frazier in shallow left.
• RUN: Baty ground out to Frazier, Torrens hits a home run on the first pitch and that'll end the start for Burrows, Genesis Cabrera takes over on the mound. Pirates, 6-1
• End of fourth inning: Cutch strikes out.
• Mets' bullpen is stirring with 3-2 count on Cutch
• Down goes Frazier... a strikeout, not the boxer.
• Davis pushes a fly to right field that Soto doesn't go back on that well, ball goes off his glove for a double. Pham had to hold, so he's held at third base.
• Triolo strikes out.
• Pham reaches first as Mauricio can't field it cleanly.
• Vientos goes down swinging. Burrows is up to 63 pitches through his four innings of work. He threw 31 pitches in his relief appearance on Wednesday in Milwaukee.
• McNeil singles to right field, Soto advances to third base.
• Burrows throws a high inside fastball, Alonso goes down... great stuff to throw a low outside fastball and then another high fastball to strike him out.
• Nimmo pops out to Hayes in foul territory and Soto singles to right field.
• End of third inning: Nothing doing this inning as Horwitz grounds out up the middle to Lindor at shortstop, Hayes with another line drive, this one right to Mauricio at second base, and Cruz strikes out.
• Lindor isn't having the best series against the Pirates, flies out to Reynolds.
• Baty grounds out to Hayes, who was shifted way over to shortstop and Torrens strikes out before Mauricio walks.
• End of second inning: Reynolds bounces to second base for the 4-6-3 double play.
• RUN: Cutch sac fly to wall in left. Pirates, 6-0
• Davis goes from first base to third base on the single to right field by Frazier.
• Davis gets into the action with a single to right field.
• Burrows with a quick inning as he gets Vientos to bounce into the inning ending 6-4-3 double play.
• Alonso lines out to Cruz and McNeil singles to right.
• End of the first inning: Triolo strikes out.
• RUN: Pham goes back-to-back, second home run of season. Pirates, 5-0.
• RUN: Cruz goes yard, 2-run blast. Pirates, 4-0.
• RUN: Hayes continues his hot hitting, now 8-game streak with a 2-run single to center. Pirates, 2-0.
• Horwitz goes the other way on a line drive and robbed by Baty on a diving grab.
• Montas isn't hitting the zone, Reynolds laces a 3-2 pitch down the right-field line for a double and Cutch goes to third base.
• Frazier works a 9-pitch at-bat, lining out to Alonso. Cutch walks.
• Greg is working on breaking news, Dennis Santana suspended three games. More to come in our Pirates feed.
• Solid start for Burrows: Lindor flies out to Pham, then strikes out Nimmo and Soto
• No Isiah Kiner-Falefa or Nick Gonzales today for Don Kelly, as Triolo is at short and Frazier is at second. Cruz also slots in at the No. 6 hole:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Oneil Cruz, CF
7. Tommy Pham, LF
8. Jared Triolo, SS
9. Henry Davis, C
• For Carlos Mendoza’s visitors:
1. Francisco Lindor, SS
2. Brandon Nimmo, LF
3. Juan Soto, RF
4. Pete Alonso, 1B
5. Jeff McNeil, CF
6. Mark Vientos, DH
7. Brett Baty, 3B
8. Luis Torrens, C
9. Ronny Mauricio, 2B
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