• Who: Pirates (10-15) vs. Angels (11-12) • What: MLB regular season, Game 26 • When: 9:29 p.m., Eastern time • Where: Angel Stadium • Weather: 64°, partly cloudy • Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 7.41 ERA) vs. LHP Tyler Anderson (2-0, 2.08 ERA) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV • Satellite: SiriusXM 861/853 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Medianotes: Pirates | Angels
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Cruz makes great contact on a 1-2 cutter but Trout ranges over to make the catch. Final: Angels 4, Pirates 3
• IKF watches strike three on the outer half. Man, not sure how you can watch that go by.
• Frazier's fly ball drops between three Angels in shallow right field.
• Adam Frazier pinch hits for Triolo after Gorski flies out to left.
• Kenley Jansen gets the ninth.
• End of eighth inning: O'Hoppe flies out to center. Pirates down to their final three outs.
• 5-3, Ward.
• Trout lines out to Valdez.
• HOME RUN: Neto breaks the tie with a solo shot to left field. Hit an 80 mph sweeper that caught too much of the plate. Angels, 4-3
• Gorski goes to left field and Valdez is at first.
• Shugart gets the eighth in a tied ball game.
• Valdez flies out to right field.
• Looks like Enmanuel Valdez will hit for Canaro.
• Hayes knocks a bloop single into shallow center field.
• Chase Shugart and Dennis Santana are both warming in the Pirates bullpen.
• Bart misses on a 1-2 sweeper.
• Cutch strikes out on a 3-2 cutter.
• Ryan Zeferjahn has entered the game for the Angels.
• End of seventh inning: Two hitless innings of work from Nicolas as he strikes out Soler with a slider that breaks out of the zone. Solid outing from the right-hander.
• Cruz calls off Reynolds to reel in a Paris pop up in shallow right center.
• Adell gets ahold of a slider at the bottom of the zone but lines out to Canario.
• A: 29,060
• Nicolas is out for another inning of work.
• Pirates strand two more runners as Reynolds grounds out to first.
• Cruz singles through the right side.
• IKF walks. That ends a streak of 13 straight Pirates batters that were retired.
• Trout robs Triolo of a hit with a diving catch in right field. Yea, he's still got it.
• Gorski watches a sinker on the outer edge for his first strikeout.
• Ryan Johnson enters the game for the Angels. Anderson's final line: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
• End of sixth inning: Rengifo swings over a curveball from Nicolas as the right-hander sets down the Angels in order.
• Schanuel sends a long fly ball to right field and Reynolds tracks it down.
• Nicolas gets O'Hoppe to swing over a pretty nasty slider at the bottom of the strike zone.
• Nicolas has entered the game. Mlodzinski's final line: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• The Pirates record a third straight 1-2-3 inning as Canario grounds out to third.
• 6-3, Hayes.
• Bart grounds out to third.
• End of fifth inning: Ward grounds out to Gorski at first.
• Kyle Nicolas is warming in the bullpen.
• Trout hits a ground ball to Hayes, who gets the front end of the double play but the throw to first is late. Gorski also missed the scoop.
• Neto singles into left center. The ball really tailed to IKF's left as it passed over his head.
• Mlodzinski gets Soler swinging at a sweeper on the outer edge. Nice pitch.
• Schanuel makes a nice catch in foul territory to retire McCutchen.
• Reynolds smokes a fastball over the heart of the plate but it's caught in center.
• Cruz pops up to second.
• End of fourth inning: Mlodzinski fields his position again and fires a strike to first to get Paris. The damage is done though.
• Adell walks on six pitches.
• 1-3, Rengifo. Mlodzinski had to bounce off the mound for that one after it hit his glove.
• Mlodzinski bounces back to strike out Schanuel. Gets a call on the outer edge with a slider.
• Mlodzinski's struggles past the second inning continue. He left a fastball over the middle of the plate.
• HOME RUN: O'Hoppe clears the bases with a two-run shot to right field. Tied, 3-3
• RUN: Ward singles through the middle to score Trout. Took advantage of a first-pitch fastball right down the middle. Pirates, 3-1
• Reynolds tries to dive for a soft line drive to right field and it falls under his glove and rolls to the wall.
• 6-3, IKF.
• Triolo pops up to first.
• Gorski grounds out to third in his second at-bat.
• End of third inning: Mlodzinski goes up top with a 94 mph fastball to get Neto. He's at 32 pitches. How he performs from here on out will really say something.
• Soler grounds out to Hayes.
• Paris strikes out on a sweeper in the zone.
• Canario strikes out on a changeup down and away. He didn't get one pitch in the zone.
• Hayes flies out to right field and McCutchen decides not to test Trout's arm. Probably a good one.
• Bart sqaures up a low changeup and hits a ground-rule double down the left-field line.
• McCutchen beats out the back end of a double play. Reynolds is out at second.
• Reynolds with a soft line drive single in left center.
• End of second inning: 4-3, Adell. Triolo ranged a long way for that one. Nice play by the gold glover.
• Oh, yikes. After his home run, Gorski lets a ball go through at first. Rengifo ends up on second.
• Schanuel grounds out to second.
• O'Hoppe flies out to Canario in left.
• IKF and Cruz both line out to center.
• HOME RUN: Welcome to the big leagues, Matt Gorski! Holy cow. In his first major-league at-bat he sends a 2-2 fastball up in the zone into the left field seats. 434 feet, 115.2 exit velocity. Man, what a debut. He's the first Pirate to homer in his first at-bat since Starling Marte. Pirates, 3-0
• End of first inning: Mlodzinski gets out of it unscathed as Ward pops up to IKF.
• Ward then hits one foul down the left field line. It was almost gone.
• Trout makes a very LOUD second out with a fly out to the warning track in right field.
• Neto gets ahold of a first pitch sinker and doubles into the left-field corner.
• Soler pops up to IKF at shortstop.
• Canario grounds out to third.
• RUN: Hayes beats out an inning-ending double play to score McCutchen from third. Pirates, 2-0
• Bart squares up an up-and-away fastball right through the middle. Runners on first and third.
• McCutchen drives one to deep left center field for.a base hit. Adell tried to make a diving catch but it bounced out of the top of his glove.
• Anderson has a real funky delivery with a delayed leg kick.
• Reynolds grounds out to third.
• HOME RUN: He's done it again. Cruz goes yard to start this one. Outside fastball and he still pulled it to the right field seats. 398 feet,108.1 exit velocity. Pirates, 1-0
THE ASYLUM
Final: Angels 4, Pirates 3
• Who: Pirates (10-15) vs. Angels (11-12)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 26
• When: 9:29 p.m., Eastern time
• Where: Angel Stadium
• Weather: 64°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 7.41 ERA) vs. LHP Tyler Anderson (2-0, 2.08 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/853
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Angels
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Cruz makes great contact on a 1-2 cutter but Trout ranges over to make the catch. Final: Angels 4, Pirates 3
• IKF watches strike three on the outer half. Man, not sure how you can watch that go by.
• Frazier's fly ball drops between three Angels in shallow right field.
• Adam Frazier pinch hits for Triolo after Gorski flies out to left.
• Kenley Jansen gets the ninth.
• End of eighth inning: O'Hoppe flies out to center. Pirates down to their final three outs.
• 5-3, Ward.
• Trout lines out to Valdez.
• HOME RUN: Neto breaks the tie with a solo shot to left field. Hit an 80 mph sweeper that caught too much of the plate. Angels, 4-3
• Gorski goes to left field and Valdez is at first.
• Shugart gets the eighth in a tied ball game.
• Valdez flies out to right field.
• Looks like Enmanuel Valdez will hit for Canaro.
• Hayes knocks a bloop single into shallow center field.
• Chase Shugart and Dennis Santana are both warming in the Pirates bullpen.
• Bart misses on a 1-2 sweeper.
• Cutch strikes out on a 3-2 cutter.
• Ryan Zeferjahn has entered the game for the Angels.
• End of seventh inning: Two hitless innings of work from Nicolas as he strikes out Soler with a slider that breaks out of the zone. Solid outing from the right-hander.
• Cruz calls off Reynolds to reel in a Paris pop up in shallow right center.
• Adell gets ahold of a slider at the bottom of the zone but lines out to Canario.
• A: 29,060
• Nicolas is out for another inning of work.
• Pirates strand two more runners as Reynolds grounds out to first.
• Cruz singles through the right side.
• IKF walks. That ends a streak of 13 straight Pirates batters that were retired.
• Trout robs Triolo of a hit with a diving catch in right field. Yea, he's still got it.
• Gorski watches a sinker on the outer edge for his first strikeout.
• Ryan Johnson enters the game for the Angels. Anderson's final line: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
• End of sixth inning: Rengifo swings over a curveball from Nicolas as the right-hander sets down the Angels in order.
• Schanuel sends a long fly ball to right field and Reynolds tracks it down.
• Nicolas gets O'Hoppe to swing over a pretty nasty slider at the bottom of the strike zone.
• Nicolas has entered the game. Mlodzinski's final line: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• The Pirates record a third straight 1-2-3 inning as Canario grounds out to third.
• 6-3, Hayes.
• Bart grounds out to third.
• End of fifth inning: Ward grounds out to Gorski at first.
• Kyle Nicolas is warming in the bullpen.
• Trout hits a ground ball to Hayes, who gets the front end of the double play but the throw to first is late. Gorski also missed the scoop.
• Neto singles into left center. The ball really tailed to IKF's left as it passed over his head.
• Mlodzinski gets Soler swinging at a sweeper on the outer edge. Nice pitch.
• Schanuel makes a nice catch in foul territory to retire McCutchen.
• Reynolds smokes a fastball over the heart of the plate but it's caught in center.
• Cruz pops up to second.
• End of fourth inning: Mlodzinski fields his position again and fires a strike to first to get Paris. The damage is done though.
• Adell walks on six pitches.
• 1-3, Rengifo. Mlodzinski had to bounce off the mound for that one after it hit his glove.
• Mlodzinski bounces back to strike out Schanuel. Gets a call on the outer edge with a slider.
• Mlodzinski's struggles past the second inning continue. He left a fastball over the middle of the plate.
• HOME RUN: O'Hoppe clears the bases with a two-run shot to right field. Tied, 3-3
• RUN: Ward singles through the middle to score Trout. Took advantage of a first-pitch fastball right down the middle. Pirates, 3-1
• Reynolds tries to dive for a soft line drive to right field and it falls under his glove and rolls to the wall.
• 6-3, IKF.
• Triolo pops up to first.
• Gorski grounds out to third in his second at-bat.
• End of third inning: Mlodzinski goes up top with a 94 mph fastball to get Neto. He's at 32 pitches. How he performs from here on out will really say something.
• Soler grounds out to Hayes.
• Paris strikes out on a sweeper in the zone.
• Canario strikes out on a changeup down and away. He didn't get one pitch in the zone.
• Hayes flies out to right field and McCutchen decides not to test Trout's arm. Probably a good one.
• Bart sqaures up a low changeup and hits a ground-rule double down the left-field line.
• McCutchen beats out the back end of a double play. Reynolds is out at second.
• Reynolds with a soft line drive single in left center.
• End of second inning: 4-3, Adell. Triolo ranged a long way for that one. Nice play by the gold glover.
• Oh, yikes. After his home run, Gorski lets a ball go through at first. Rengifo ends up on second.
• Schanuel grounds out to second.
• O'Hoppe flies out to Canario in left.
• IKF and Cruz both line out to center.
• HOME RUN: Welcome to the big leagues, Matt Gorski! Holy cow. In his first major-league at-bat he sends a 2-2 fastball up in the zone into the left field seats. 434 feet, 115.2 exit velocity. Man, what a debut. He's the first Pirate to homer in his first at-bat since Starling Marte. Pirates, 3-0
• End of first inning: Mlodzinski gets out of it unscathed as Ward pops up to IKF.
• Ward then hits one foul down the left field line. It was almost gone.
• Trout makes a very LOUD second out with a fly out to the warning track in right field.
• Neto gets ahold of a first pitch sinker and doubles into the left-field corner.
• Soler pops up to IKF at shortstop.
• Canario grounds out to third.
• RUN: Hayes beats out an inning-ending double play to score McCutchen from third. Pirates, 2-0
• Bart squares up an up-and-away fastball right through the middle. Runners on first and third.
• McCutchen drives one to deep left center field for.a base hit. Adell tried to make a diving catch but it bounced out of the top of his glove.
• Anderson has a real funky delivery with a delayed leg kick.
• Reynolds grounds out to third.
• HOME RUN: He's done it again. Cruz goes yard to start this one. Outside fastball and he still pulled it to the right field seats. 398 feet,108.1 exit velocity. Pirates, 1-0
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Angels, Tyler Anderson to Oneil Cruz, Angel Stadium, 9:29 p.m., Eastern time, 63 degrees, partly cloudy
• Okay, now that that is taken care of, who's ready for baseball?
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Alexander Canario, LF
7. Matt Gorski, 1B
8. Jared Triolo, 2B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Ron Washington's Angels:
1. Jorge Soler, DH
2. Zach Neto, SS
3. Mike Trout, RF
4. Taylor Ward, LF
5. Logan O'Hoppe, C.
6. Nolan Schanuel, 1B
7. Luis Rengifo, 3B
8. Jo Adell, CF
9. Kyren Paris, 2B
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