• Bednar works a clean ninth and that's it. Final: Pirates 5, Padres 0
• David Bednar gets the ninth after the Pirates go down in order outside of Reynolds' single.
• Cutch grounds out up the middle to Cronenworth.
• Wandy Peralta enters for the ninth inning.
• End of eighth inning: Santana Ks Maldonado after an appeal down the first-base line on a checked swing.
• Santana has two away but works into a little bit of trouble as he walks Cronenworth. That puts runners on first and second. Oscar Marin makes a mound visit.
• Dennis Santana comes in for the eighth after a Cruz strikeout.
• IKF gets hit in the back shoulder. That puts runners on first and second.
• Hayes pops out as well.
• Frazier pops out to Maldonado in foul territory.
• Davis draws a six-pitch walk.
• End of seventh inning: Merrill lines out to left field.
• Machado watches a slurve catch the outer edge of the plate. Two away.
• Caleb Ferguson enters the game.
• Falter gets Arraez to fly out to center and his day his done. He gets a cheer from a few Pirates fans behind the visiting dugout. His final line: 6 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K. He threw 79 pitches.
• Canario hits a comebacker to the mound to start a 1-4-3 double play.
• RUN: A Horwitz pop up falls just out of the reach of Machado and Cutch scores from third. That runs Matsui and Bradgley Rodriguez will take over. Pirates, 5-0
• RUN: Reynolds doubles off the wall in right field and scores Cruz from second. Cutch ends up at third. Pirates, 4-0
Bryan Reynolds can smell June already. RBI double off the wall.
• Cruz and McCutchen hit back-to-back singles in the seventh to bring Reynolds to the plate.
• A: 42,471
• Yuki Matsui now enters the game for the Padres.
• IKF strikes out on a foul tip for the first out of the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Tatis almost goes yard on back-to-back pitches. One goes foul and the second falls into Canario's glove short of the left field wall. Big exhale there from Falter.
• Falter records his first strikeout as Maldonado swings over a low slider.
• Tatis steals third, Davis was coming up to throw but held on to it.
• Machado hits a routine grounder to IKF. Two away.
• Tatis reaches on infield single and Arraez sacrifices him over with a bunt.
• Davis lines out to Bogaerts with a loud crack of the bat.
• Cease gets Canario with one of his sliders that breaks out of the zone. Could've guessed that was coming with the way Canario swings.
• Horwitz strikes out for the first out. Swung through a slider in the dirt.
• RUN: Reynolds singles into left field and Cruz runs through a stop sign at third to score. Not sure if he didn't pick up Rabelo there, but Rabelo was way down the third-base line. Pirates, 1-0
Bryan Reynolds makes it 1-0 as Oneil Cruz blows through the stop sign at 3rd to score
• Cutch gets a free base after a seven-pitch walk.
• Cruz crushes an inside fastball down the right-field line for a double to start this one. 160.2 exit velocity.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Dylan Cease to Oneil Cruz, Petco Park, 9:40 p.m., Eastern, 69 degrees, partly cloudy
• For anyone interested, Edwin Jimenez is umpiring third tonight, right next to the Pirates' dugout.
• For Don Kelly’sPirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 5. Alexander Canario, LF 6. Henry Davis, C 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 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. Xander Bogaerts, SS 6. Gavin Sheets, LF 7. Luis Campusano, DH 8. Jake Cronenworth, 2B 9. Martin Maldonado, C
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
8:40 am - 05.31.2025SAN DIEGOFinal: Pirates 5, Padres 0
• Who: Pirates (21-37) vs. Padres (32-23)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 59
• When: 9:40 p.m., Eastern
• Where: Petco Park
• Weather: 70°, cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (3-3, 3.47 ERA) vs. RHP Dylan Cease (1-3, 4.58 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 89/861/862
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Padres
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Bednar works a clean ninth and that's it. Final: Pirates 5, Padres 0
• David Bednar gets the ninth after the Pirates go down in order outside of Reynolds' single.
• Cutch grounds out up the middle to Cronenworth.
• Wandy Peralta enters for the ninth inning.
• End of eighth inning: Santana Ks Maldonado after an appeal down the first-base line on a checked swing.
• Santana has two away but works into a little bit of trouble as he walks Cronenworth. That puts runners on first and second. Oscar Marin makes a mound visit.
• Dennis Santana comes in for the eighth after a Cruz strikeout.
• IKF gets hit in the back shoulder. That puts runners on first and second.
• Hayes pops out as well.
• Frazier pops out to Maldonado in foul territory.
• Davis draws a six-pitch walk.
• End of seventh inning: Merrill lines out to left field.
• Machado watches a slurve catch the outer edge of the plate. Two away.
• Caleb Ferguson enters the game.
• Falter gets Arraez to fly out to center and his day his done. He gets a cheer from a few Pirates fans behind the visiting dugout. His final line: 6 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K. He threw 79 pitches.
• Canario hits a comebacker to the mound to start a 1-4-3 double play.
• RUN: A Horwitz pop up falls just out of the reach of Machado and Cutch scores from third. That runs Matsui and Bradgley Rodriguez will take over. Pirates, 5-0
• RUN: Reynolds doubles off the wall in right field and scores Cruz from second. Cutch ends up at third. Pirates, 4-0
• Cruz and McCutchen hit back-to-back singles in the seventh to bring Reynolds to the plate.
• A: 42,471
• Yuki Matsui now enters the game for the Padres.
• IKF strikes out on a foul tip for the first out of the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Tatis almost goes yard on back-to-back pitches. One goes foul and the second falls into Canario's glove short of the left field wall. Big exhale there from Falter.
• Falter records his first strikeout as Maldonado swings over a low slider.
• Hayes struck out looking to end the top half and Cronenworth just grounded out to start the bottom.
• Davis grounds out to second and it's followed by Tatis making a nice catch in right to rob Frazier of extra bases.
• End of fifth inning: It's another inning-ending double play for Falter, who gets Campusano to hit a grounder to Hayes for the 5-4-3 turn.
• Sheets walks on four pitches.
• Falter continues to work quickly and retires Bogaerts on three pitches with a groundball to IKF.
• Pirates go down in order after Cutch's home run.
• Cease's day is done after Horwitz grounds out to second. Sean Reynolds will relieve him.
• Reynolds grounds out to first. One away.
• HOME RUN: McCutchen drills a first-pitch slider into the left field seats. Pirates, 3-0
• End of fourth inning: Merrill grounds out to Frazier on a low-and-away sinker.
• Falter gets Machado to pop out to first. Two away. Falter is at 50 pitches.
• After a nine-pitch battle, Arraez grounds out to second. Fouled off four straight pitches at one point.
• Cease pulls the string on another low slider and Cruz strikes out for the second time tonight.
• A little hit and run with two outs as IKF pokes one into center field. Hayes ends up on third for Cruz.
• RUN: Hayes shoots a high fastball back up the middle to score Frazier from second. Good piece of hitting there. Pirates, 2-0
• Frazier hits a tailing shot into the left-field corner for a double. Really nice hit there.
• Davis puts a charge into one. Merrill doesn't have to go far for it.
• Cease gets Canario with a high fastball this time. That's his fifth strikeout tonight.
• End of third inning: Falter erases Maldonado by getting Tatis to ground into a 5-4-3 double play.
• Maldonado singles into left on a low sinker, turning it to the top of the order.
• Cronenworth hits a little pop up to IKF for the first out.
• Horwitz pops up to Maldonado behind the plate.
• Reynolds hits one into deep right field, but Tatis tracks it down. Two away.
• Cutch grounds out to third.
• End of second inning: Campusano grounds out to short and it's a quick inning for Falter. He's at 25 pitches compared to Cease's 40.
• Sheets hits an easy ground ball to Frazier.
• Bogaerts flies out to right field. One away.
• Cruz swings over one of Cease's sliders in the dirt. That pitch has already drawn 11 swings and four misses.
• A two-out double from IKF rolls it to the top of the order.
• Hayes watches a slider at the top of the zone. He's 1 for his last 24 now. Really struggling.
• Frazier flies out to center.
• End of first inning: Merrill hits a linedrive to left and Canario makes a sliding/diving catch to save a run. What a play.
• Tatis steals third, Davis was coming up to throw but held on to it.
• Machado hits a routine grounder to IKF. Two away.
• Tatis reaches on infield single and Arraez sacrifices him over with a bunt.
• Davis lines out to Bogaerts with a loud crack of the bat.
• Cease gets Canario with one of his sliders that breaks out of the zone. Could've guessed that was coming with the way Canario swings.
• Horwitz strikes out for the first out. Swung through a slider in the dirt.
• RUN: Reynolds singles into left field and Cruz runs through a stop sign at third to score. Not sure if he didn't pick up Rabelo there, but Rabelo was way down the third-base line. Pirates, 1-0
• Cutch gets a free base after a seven-pitch walk.
• Cruz crushes an inside fastball down the right-field line for a double to start this one. 160.2 exit velocity.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Dylan Cease to Oneil Cruz, Petco Park, 9:40 p.m., Eastern, 69 degrees, partly cloudy
• For anyone interested, Edwin Jimenez is umpiring third tonight, right next to the Pirates' dugout.
• For Don Kelly’s Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
5. Alexander Canario, LF
6. Henry Davis, C
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
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. Xander Bogaerts, SS
6. Gavin Sheets, LF
7. Luis Campusano, DH
8. Jake Cronenworth, 2B
9. Martin Maldonado, C
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