• Kelly comes out to argue the called third strike on Davis and gets tossed right away by Jimenez. He had a reason to gripe, that was a horrible call, everyone on the field knew it. Cutch was shocked as he walked down the base line.
• Davis will face Robert Suarez who has 17 saves and a 2.35 ERA.
• A Horwitz walk loads the bases for Davis.
• Runners on first and second for the Pirates after a McCutchen double and Reynolds walk.
• IKF strikes out on a foul tip to start the eighth.
• Jason Adam takes over in the eighth for San Diego.
• End of seventh inning: Wade strikes out on a slider well below the zone.
• Rainey sets down Bogaerts and Cronenworth in order with a linedrive and a strikeout.
• A: 42,579
• Rainey gets the seventh for Pittsburgh.
• Pham flies out to right to end the top half.
• Frazier strikes out as well, didn't seem too happy with the call as he had a few words for Jimenez on the way to the dugout.
• Hayes strikes out on a foul tip.
• Jeremiah Estrada has entered the game for the Padres. Both Tanner Rainey and Dennis Santana are warming in the pen for Pittsburgh.
• End of sixth inning: The damage is done, but Keller gets out of the inning with a 4-6-3 double play from Sheets.
• RUN: Merrill hits a ground ball to Frazier, who comes home, but his throw his wide and Arraez slides right by. Padres, 3-2
• Machado hits a sacrifice fly to right to advance Arraez to third.
• Tatis walks on five pitches and then comes around to score on an Arraez double down the left-field line. Tied, 2-2
• Davis pops up to third to strand runners at first and third. But the Pirates take the lead for the first time tonight and give Keller some run support.
• RUN: Back-to-back RBI singles for the Pirates as Horwitz drives a curveball into right field to score IKF. Reynolds moves to third. Pirates, 2-1
• RUN: Reynolds does what he needs to do and scores Pham with a base knock to right. IKF moves to second. Tied, 1-1
• Cruz flies out to right, but it's not deep enough for Pham to score. Cutch then pops up in foul territory.
• IKF does the same and Pham advances to third on the play, just making it under the throw.
• Pham bloops a single into center field.
• End of fifth inning: Diaz flies out to Cruz and Keller, who's thrown 63 pitches, hands it back to the offense.
• Wade lines out to Cruz, who tries to throw behind Cronenworth at first. But, it's not close.
• Keller barely misses with a two-seam at the top of the zone. Could've gone either way as he walks Cronenworth.
• IKF guns down Bogaerts at first on a 6-3 groundout. Really close play.
• Pivetta works through the next two easy as he strikes out Hayes then Frazier grounds out to the mound.
• Davis strikes out for the second time tonight on an inside fastball.
• End of fourth inning: Keller ends the threat there and gets Sheets to ground out to Frazier.
• RUN: IKF tries to make a backhanded play on a Merrill infield single and it rolls into the outfield. Machado scores on the error. Padres, 1-0
• Machado records the first Padres hit of the night with a double to right center.
• A quick ground out and line out start the bottom half for Keller. He's moving exceptionally quick tonight, just attacking he zone.
• He's erased just like that with a 4-6-3 double play ball from Horwitz.
• Reynolds singles down into the right field corner, thinks about going for two but holds off with Tatis out in right. Probably a smart decision.
• Cutch grounds out to third for the first out of the fourth.
• End of third inning: There's Keller's first strikeout of the night. He gets Diaz to swing and miss at a sweeper outside the zone.
• Keller gets another infield groundout to Frazier. He's gotten five groundouts so far tonight.
• Keller working quickly as he gets Cronenworth to groundout to Frazier.
• Cruz hits a high pop fly that Diaz barely hangs onto. Diaz and Machado shared a laugh after that one.
• IKF grounds out to his counterpart and that's two away.
• After driving one just foul of a home run, Pham watches a curveball for strike three. That's six straight for Pivetta.
• Pham got some boos as he walked to the plate.
• End of second inning: Bogaerts grounds out to Hayes as Keller uses 12 pitches in the inning.
• Sheets rolls over on a slider to first base. Two away.
• Merrill gives one a ride to deep left but Pham catches it at the warning track.
• Make that five straight. Pivetta strikes out the side as Frazier has a few words with home plate umpire Edwin Jimenez before walking back to the dugout.
• Pivetta goes after Hayes with three straight sweepers and gets him to swing over the third for his fourth straight strikeout.
• Davis strikes out on three straight pitches. Didn't look completely overpowered there, looked confident.
• End of first inning: Machado pops out to Frazier behind first base. Clean first inning for Keller, who only threw seven pitches.
• Pham robs Arraez of a base hit with a sliding catch in left field.
• Tatis fires a first-pitch two seamer to Hayes at third for a quick out.
• Horwitz strikes out on three straight pitches. Tried to hold his swing on the last one, but couldn't.
• Reynolds really working at the plate, he fouls off five straight pitches before producing an ugly swing at a curveball on the outside. He wasn't happy about it.
• Cutch squares up a cutter and singles to left.
• Cruz works to a 3-2 count but ends up rolling over on a curveball to second.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Nick Pivetta to Oneil Cruz, Petco Park, 9:41 p.m., Eastern, 68 degrees, clear
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 5. Henry Davis, C 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Tommy Pham, LF 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Mike Shildt's Padres:
1. Fernando Tatis Jr., RF 2. Luis Arraez, 1B 3. Manny Machado, 3B 4. Jackson Merrill, CF 5. Gavin Sheets, DH 6. Xander Bogaerts, SS 7. Jake Cronenworth, 2B 8. Tyler Wade, LF 9. Elias Díaz, C
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Greg Macafee
2:15 am - 05.30.2025SAN DIEGOFinal: Padres 3, Pirates 2
• Who: Pirates (21-36) vs. Padres (31-23)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 58
• When: 9:40 p.m., Eastern
• Where: Petco Park
• Weather: 68°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller (1-6, 3.66 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (5-2, 2.72 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, MLB Network
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 89/861/862
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Padres
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Pham bounces out to third base. Padres, 3-2
• Frazier strikes out swinging for his third of the game.
• Hayes caught looking to start the top of the ninth inning. He wears the sombrero with fourth K of the night.
• Keller not happy either:
• McCutchen clearly at a loss for words:
• Kelly comes out to argue the called third strike on Davis and gets tossed right away by Jimenez. He had a reason to gripe, that was a horrible call, everyone on the field knew it. Cutch was shocked as he walked down the base line.
• Davis will face Robert Suarez who has 17 saves and a 2.35 ERA.
• A Horwitz walk loads the bases for Davis.
• Runners on first and second for the Pirates after a McCutchen double and Reynolds walk.
• IKF strikes out on a foul tip to start the eighth.
• Jason Adam takes over in the eighth for San Diego.
• End of seventh inning: Wade strikes out on a slider well below the zone.
• Rainey sets down Bogaerts and Cronenworth in order with a linedrive and a strikeout.
• A: 42,579
• Rainey gets the seventh for Pittsburgh.
• Pham flies out to right to end the top half.
• Frazier strikes out as well, didn't seem too happy with the call as he had a few words for Jimenez on the way to the dugout.
• Hayes strikes out on a foul tip.
• Jeremiah Estrada has entered the game for the Padres. Both Tanner Rainey and Dennis Santana are warming in the pen for Pittsburgh.
• End of sixth inning: The damage is done, but Keller gets out of the inning with a 4-6-3 double play from Sheets.
• RUN: Merrill hits a ground ball to Frazier, who comes home, but his throw his wide and Arraez slides right by. Padres, 3-2
• Machado hits a sacrifice fly to right to advance Arraez to third.
• Tatis walks on five pitches and then comes around to score on an Arraez double down the left-field line. Tied, 2-2
• Davis pops up to third to strand runners at first and third. But the Pirates take the lead for the first time tonight and give Keller some run support.
• RUN: Back-to-back RBI singles for the Pirates as Horwitz drives a curveball into right field to score IKF. Reynolds moves to third. Pirates, 2-1
• RUN: Reynolds does what he needs to do and scores Pham with a base knock to right. IKF moves to second. Tied, 1-1
• Cruz flies out to right, but it's not deep enough for Pham to score. Cutch then pops up in foul territory.
• IKF does the same and Pham advances to third on the play, just making it under the throw.
• Pham bloops a single into center field.
• End of fifth inning: Diaz flies out to Cruz and Keller, who's thrown 63 pitches, hands it back to the offense.
• Wade lines out to Cruz, who tries to throw behind Cronenworth at first. But, it's not close.
• Keller barely misses with a two-seam at the top of the zone. Could've gone either way as he walks Cronenworth.
• IKF guns down Bogaerts at first on a 6-3 groundout. Really close play.
• Pivetta works through the next two easy as he strikes out Hayes then Frazier grounds out to the mound.
• Davis strikes out for the second time tonight on an inside fastball.
• End of fourth inning: Keller ends the threat there and gets Sheets to ground out to Frazier.
• RUN: IKF tries to make a backhanded play on a Merrill infield single and it rolls into the outfield. Machado scores on the error. Padres, 1-0
• Machado records the first Padres hit of the night with a double to right center.
• A quick ground out and line out start the bottom half for Keller. He's moving exceptionally quick tonight, just attacking he zone.
• He's erased just like that with a 4-6-3 double play ball from Horwitz.
• Reynolds singles down into the right field corner, thinks about going for two but holds off with Tatis out in right. Probably a smart decision.
• Cutch grounds out to third for the first out of the fourth.
• End of third inning: There's Keller's first strikeout of the night. He gets Diaz to swing and miss at a sweeper outside the zone.
• Keller gets another infield groundout to Frazier. He's gotten five groundouts so far tonight.
• Keller working quickly as he gets Cronenworth to groundout to Frazier.
• Cruz hits a high pop fly that Diaz barely hangs onto. Diaz and Machado shared a laugh after that one.
• IKF grounds out to his counterpart and that's two away.
• After driving one just foul of a home run, Pham watches a curveball for strike three. That's six straight for Pivetta.
• Pham got some boos as he walked to the plate.
• End of second inning: Bogaerts grounds out to Hayes as Keller uses 12 pitches in the inning.
• Sheets rolls over on a slider to first base. Two away.
• Merrill gives one a ride to deep left but Pham catches it at the warning track.
• Make that five straight. Pivetta strikes out the side as Frazier has a few words with home plate umpire Edwin Jimenez before walking back to the dugout.
• Pivetta goes after Hayes with three straight sweepers and gets him to swing over the third for his fourth straight strikeout.
• Davis strikes out on three straight pitches. Didn't look completely overpowered there, looked confident.
• End of first inning: Machado pops out to Frazier behind first base. Clean first inning for Keller, who only threw seven pitches.
• Pham robs Arraez of a base hit with a sliding catch in left field.
• Tatis fires a first-pitch two seamer to Hayes at third for a quick out.
• Horwitz strikes out on three straight pitches. Tried to hold his swing on the last one, but couldn't.
• Reynolds really working at the plate, he fouls off five straight pitches before producing an ugly swing at a curveball on the outside. He wasn't happy about it.
• Cutch squares up a cutter and singles to left.
• Cruz works to a 3-2 count but ends up rolling over on a curveball to second.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Nick Pivetta to Oneil Cruz, Petco Park, 9:41 p.m., Eastern, 68 degrees, clear
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
5. Henry Davis, C
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Tommy Pham, LF
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Mike Shildt's Padres:
1. Fernando Tatis Jr., RF
2. Luis Arraez, 1B
3. Manny Machado, 3B
4. Jackson Merrill, CF
5. Gavin Sheets, DH
6. Xander Bogaerts, SS
7. Jake Cronenworth, 2B
8. Tyler Wade, LF
9. Elias Díaz, C
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