• Who: Pirates (14-13) vs. Blue Jays (17-10) • When: 1:05 p.m. • What: Grapefruit League exhibition • Where: TD Ballpark • Weather: 74°, clear • Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter vs. RHP Chris Bassitt • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: 100.1 FM/AM 1020 • Streaming:MLB TV • Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• DJ Stewart strikes out to end this one. Final: Blue Jays 2, Pirates 1.
• Sorry guys was in the clubhouse talking to a few guys. Pirates still trail by one with two outs in the ninth.
• 6-3 groundout for Stefanic. We head to the seventh.
• That's back-to-back strikeouts for Ferguson. He's been really strong this spring in relief, that continues today.
• Ferguson gets a five-pitch strikeout with a sinker in the middle of the zone.
• Triolo has never played the outfield during the spring but played center field in Altoona during the 2022 season.
• Caleb Ferguson has entered the game. Falter threw five innings, gave up four hits, two earned runs and struck out one. He threw 63 pitches and 49 strikes.
• Ready for the surprise of the day? Jared Triolo is now playing center field.
• Frazier knocks a knuckle curve into the ground toward second and strands two base runners.
• RUN: It's a sac fly to center field for Bart as IKF tags and scores. Blue Jays, 2-1.
• Cruz walks to load the bases, never really got anything close and that brings up Bart.
• Reynolds draws a four-pitch walk to put runners on first and second.
• Pham strikes out with an ugly swing on what looked like a curveball. One away.
• IKF goes with the pitch and smacks a single into right field. That's the Pirates' second hit of the day.
• It's a deep fly ball to left for Nimmala and Pham tracks it down. Falter sits at 63 pitches.
• IKF makes a really nice play at shortstop after being shaded toward second base and makes a spinning throw to first.
• Quick reaction for Hayes at third as he catches a line out. They call it the hot corner for a reason.
• Falter back in for the fifth.
• Triolo strikes out swinging on a sinker low and inside.
• Gonzales strikes out after challenging a called third strike. The Pirates still only have one hit today.
• Triolo makes another nice play at first and Falter fields his position for the final out.
• Springer then knocks one out to center field for a fly out. Two away. Falter glances at the scoreboard as 47 pitches pops up.
• Heineman flies out to Reynolds in right field. That's one away.
• Falter is coming back out, he's sitting at 41 pitches. Skenes and Keller were limited to 50 the past two starts so I would assume Falter would be limited to around the same.
• Suwinski pops out to third base and we head to the bottom of the fourth.
• Solid contact by Bart there but it's right to Stefanic at second base.
• Cruz grounds out to second for the first out of the fourth inning.
• It's a 4-3 groundout for Gimenez and Falter gets out of the jam.
• Santander then knocks a bloop single to shallow left field behind Hayes, IKF barely missed making the play. runners on first and third, two away.
• RUN: Ernie Clement scores from third on a wild pitch, Bart had trouble finding it and then Santander was in the way of the tag at home plate. Blue Jays, 2-0.
• Falter catches Guerrero looking on a low sinker, two away.
• Triolo makes a diving stop at first base and gets the runner at second base. Runners on first and third, one away.
• RUN: Clement singles and then Nathan Lukes singles in Wagner for the first run. Blue Jays, 1-0.
• Will Wagner records the first hit of the day the for the Blue Jays, he sends an 0-2 sinker up in the zone down into the left field corner for a double.
• Reynolds grounds out to second base and IKF is stranded after a walk.
• Pham robbed of a hit in center field on a diving catch by Springer.
• 6-3 ground out for Springer and we head to the third.
• Nice play by Hayes over at third. He ranged to his right to field a ground ball, spins and fires a throw to first.
• Gimenez pops out to right field for the first out of the second.
• Hayes grounds out to third for a 5-3 put out and Gonzales does the same.
• Suwinski smacks one off the wall in right center. Great at-bat there. He fouled off a few pitches before working it to a 3-2 count and getting his pitch on a fastball down the pipe.
• Falter works with an efficient first inning, one ground out, one fly out and a pop out to Ke'Bryan Hayes at third.
• Bo Bichette flies out to Jack Suwinski in center and Vlad Guerrero grounds out to Nick Gonzales at second.
• Looks like Bailey Falter forgot his PitchCom device in the dugout. A little pause before his first pitch.
• Cruz hits a soft grounder back to Bassitt for a 1-2-3 inning.
• Reynolds strikes out on five pitches, swung through a cutter on the outside half.
• 6-3 groundout for Pham to start this one.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Blue Jays, Chris Bassitt to Tommy Pham, TD Ballpark, 1:08 p.m.
• Caleb Ferguson, Tanner Rainey and Joey Wentz are scheduled to pitch after Bailey Falter today.
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
PIRATES
• Blue Jays lineup:
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Greg Macafee
2:32 am - 03.23.2025Dunedin, Fla.Final: Blue Jays 2, Pirates 1
• Who: Pirates (14-13) vs. Blue Jays (17-10)
• When: 1:05 p.m.
• What: Grapefruit League exhibition
• Where: TD Ballpark
• Weather: 74°, clear
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter vs. RHP Chris Bassitt
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: 100.1 FM/AM 1020
• Streaming: MLB TV
• Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• DJ Stewart strikes out to end this one. Final: Blue Jays 2, Pirates 1.
• Sorry guys was in the clubhouse talking to a few guys. Pirates still trail by one with two outs in the ninth.
• 6-3 groundout for Stefanic. We head to the seventh.
• That's back-to-back strikeouts for Ferguson. He's been really strong this spring in relief, that continues today.
• Ferguson gets a five-pitch strikeout with a sinker in the middle of the zone.
• Triolo has never played the outfield during the spring but played center field in Altoona during the 2022 season.
• Caleb Ferguson has entered the game. Falter threw five innings, gave up four hits, two earned runs and struck out one. He threw 63 pitches and 49 strikes.
• Ready for the surprise of the day? Jared Triolo is now playing center field.
• Frazier knocks a knuckle curve into the ground toward second and strands two base runners.
• RUN: It's a sac fly to center field for Bart as IKF tags and scores. Blue Jays, 2-1.
• Cruz walks to load the bases, never really got anything close and that brings up Bart.
• Reynolds draws a four-pitch walk to put runners on first and second.
• Pham strikes out with an ugly swing on what looked like a curveball. One away.
• IKF goes with the pitch and smacks a single into right field. That's the Pirates' second hit of the day.
• It's a deep fly ball to left for Nimmala and Pham tracks it down. Falter sits at 63 pitches.
• IKF makes a really nice play at shortstop after being shaded toward second base and makes a spinning throw to first.
• Quick reaction for Hayes at third as he catches a line out. They call it the hot corner for a reason.
• Falter back in for the fifth.
• Triolo strikes out swinging on a sinker low and inside.
• Gonzales strikes out after challenging a called third strike. The Pirates still only have one hit today.
• Triolo makes another nice play at first and Falter fields his position for the final out.
• Springer then knocks one out to center field for a fly out. Two away. Falter glances at the scoreboard as 47 pitches pops up.
• Heineman flies out to Reynolds in right field. That's one away.
• Falter is coming back out, he's sitting at 41 pitches. Skenes and Keller were limited to 50 the past two starts so I would assume Falter would be limited to around the same.
• Suwinski pops out to third base and we head to the bottom of the fourth.
• Solid contact by Bart there but it's right to Stefanic at second base.
• Cruz grounds out to second for the first out of the fourth inning.
• It's a 4-3 groundout for Gimenez and Falter gets out of the jam.
• Santander then knocks a bloop single to shallow left field behind Hayes, IKF barely missed making the play. runners on first and third, two away.
• RUN: Ernie Clement scores from third on a wild pitch, Bart had trouble finding it and then Santander was in the way of the tag at home plate. Blue Jays, 2-0.
• Falter catches Guerrero looking on a low sinker, two away.
• Triolo makes a diving stop at first base and gets the runner at second base. Runners on first and third, one away.
• RUN: Clement singles and then Nathan Lukes singles in Wagner for the first run. Blue Jays, 1-0.
• Will Wagner records the first hit of the day the for the Blue Jays, he sends an 0-2 sinker up in the zone down into the left field corner for a double.
• Reynolds grounds out to second base and IKF is stranded after a walk.
• Pham robbed of a hit in center field on a diving catch by Springer.
• 6-3 ground out for Springer and we head to the third.
• Nice play by Hayes over at third. He ranged to his right to field a ground ball, spins and fires a throw to first.
• Gimenez pops out to right field for the first out of the second.
• Hayes grounds out to third for a 5-3 put out and Gonzales does the same.
• Suwinski smacks one off the wall in right center. Great at-bat there. He fouled off a few pitches before working it to a 3-2 count and getting his pitch on a fastball down the pipe.
• Falter works with an efficient first inning, one ground out, one fly out and a pop out to Ke'Bryan Hayes at third.
• Bo Bichette flies out to Jack Suwinski in center and Vlad Guerrero grounds out to Nick Gonzales at second.
• Looks like Bailey Falter forgot his PitchCom device in the dugout. A little pause before his first pitch.
• Cruz hits a soft grounder back to Bassitt for a 1-2-3 inning.
• Reynolds strikes out on five pitches, swung through a cutter on the outside half.
• 6-3 groundout for Pham to start this one.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Blue Jays, Chris Bassitt to Tommy Pham, TD Ballpark, 1:08 p.m.
• Caleb Ferguson, Tanner Rainey and Joey Wentz are scheduled to pitch after Bailey Falter today.
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
PIRATES
• Blue Jays lineup:
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