• End of sixth inning: Bart flies out to center to end the Pirates' two-run inning.
• RUN: It's an RBI double for Cutch as Reynolds scores from first. The ball bounced off the very top of the wall and back into play. I thought it was gone at first glance. Sure looked like it. Pirates, 3-0
• Reynolds singles on a changeup down in the zone to right, his first hit of the night.
• Cruz strikes out looking on an inside sinker.
• HOME RUN: Triolo finally gets one to fly over the fence in left field. He had a few come close last weekend and this one gets over. It was a 1-1 sinker left up in the zone by Elder. Pirates, 2-0
• Canario strikes out on four pitches, the last a 1-2 slider in the dirt.
• Sorry guys, was talking with a communications director from the MLBPA. We're in the bottom of the sixth after Falter just recorded another 1-2-3 inning.
• After giving up a single to Allen, Falter retires Albies with a ground ball to get out of the fifth.
• Harris battles through an eight-pitch at-bat and eventually flies out to Cruz on a fastball in the middle of the zone.
• Bart had a little chat with home plate umpire Dan Bellino before Falter's first pitch here in the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Bart watches a called third strike on the outside edge. He wasn't happy with the call and he had a case there. Was definitely outside.
• It's a Cutch fly out to left field. Two away.
• Reynolds watches a called third strike that caught the bottom right corner of the strike zone. He did not look happy with the call.
• Falter finding a groove now. He's retired six straight after striking out Murphy with a 1-2 slider at the bottom of the zone. He's at 58 pitches.
• White pops out to shallow left field and Canario calls off Triolo at the last second to make the catch. It was an 0-1 slider on the inner half.
• It's an easy groundout to first base for Olson to start the fourth.
• End of third inning: Cruz works a seven-pitch at bat but grounds out to second. Pirates, 1-0
• Triolo grounds out to first base.
• Kelly gave a pretty emphatic high five to Canario as he came back into the dugout.
• HOME RUN: Canario sends one over the Clemente Wall and into the right field seats. He jumped on a first-pitch slider on the outside half. Pirates, 1-0
• Frazier rolls over on a 2-2 sinker on the inside half.
• It's a 1-2-3 inning as Ozuna grounds out to second.
• Riley pops out to shortstop on an outside curveball.
• Albies grounds out to short.
• End of second inning: Gorski strikes out on a slider at the bottom of the zone. Elder struck out the side there.
• Hayes follows that up with another strikeout. He Ks on an inside sinker.
• Bart strikes out on a 1-2 slider in the dirt.
• After the leadoff walk, Falter settles in to retire three straight as Allen just lined out to Cruz in centerfield.
• Fairchild gives one a ride to the warning track but Canario battles with the sun to make the catch. That's two away.
• Harris sends a 0-1 fastball out to left field but Canario makes the easy catch.
• Falter walks Murphy on four pitches. That's Falter's second free pass of the evening.
• End of first inning: Cutch grounds out to third base and the Pirates go 1-2-3 in the first as Elder threw just 10 pitches.
• Reynolds follows that up with a 4-6-3 double play.
• Cruz smokes a 2-1 sinker on the outer half of the plate into right field.
• Falter freezes White with a 2-2 slider that catches the top of the zone. Falter strands two after throwing 22 pitches.
• After an Ozuna walk and an Olson pop up, Falter has two on and two outs.
• Riley smacks a high fastball into left field.
• Albies flies out to Gorski in foul territory.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Braves, Bailey Falter to Ozzie Albies, PNC Park, 6:43 p.m., 61 degrees, clear
• Alexander Canario has now replaced Pham in tonight's lineup. He'll hit eighth. According to a team spokesperson, this was a late decision made by Don Kelly.
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Matt Gorski, 1B 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Alexander Canario, LF 9. Jared Triolo, SS
• For Brian Snitker's visitors:
1. Ozzie Albies, 2B 2. Austin Riley, 3B 3. Marcell Ozuna, DH 4. Matt Olson, 1B 5. Eli White, LF 6. Sean Murphy, C 7. Michael Harris II, CF 8. Stuart Fairchild, RF 9. Nick Allen, SS
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
4:25 am - 05.09.2025NORTH SHOREFinal: Pirates 3, Braves 2
• Who: Pirates (12-26) vs. Braves (18-19)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 39
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 59°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (1-3, 5.06 ERA) vs. RHP Bryce Elder (2-1, 5.06 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 842/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Braves
► FOLLOW ALONG
• He flies out to center and Don Kelly gets his first win. Final: Pirates 3, Braves 2
• Albies getting looked at after that last swing. But he's stepping back into the box.
• RUN: Baldwin singles through the right side and scores Verdugo from second. Pirates, 3-2
• Verdugo singles into center field. Drake Baldwin hits for Allen.
• RUN: Harris hits a sac fly to center to score White. Pirates, 3-1
• Murphy, 5-3. White remains at third.
• White leads off with a triple into left center.
• Pham receives some boos as his name is announced over the PA.
• Dennis Santana gets the ninth and Tommy Pham enters the game in left field.
• End of eighth inning: Cruz strikes out for the second time tonight on a curveball in the dirt. We head to the ninth.
• Canario strikes out swinging for the second time tonight and then Allen robs Triolo of a base hit by jumping to snag a line drive.
• Aaron Bummer enters the game for Atlanta.
• Bednar freezes Olson with an 1-2 curveball in the zone for his third strikeout of the inning. Nice appearance from Renegade.
• Bednar gets another strike out as Ozuna whiffs on an 0-2 curveball in the dirt.
• Riley singles between Hayes and Triolo into left field. That puts runners on first and second with one out.
• Albies produces an ugly swing on a 2-2 curveball from Bednar and strikes out for the first time tonight.
• Bednar gives up a leadoff single to Allen after a seven-pitch battle. Allen got ahold of a high fastball and sent it out Reynolds in right.
• David Bednar gets the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Frazier strikes out on a 3-2 fastball at the bottom of the zone. Pirates, 3-0
• Gorski strikes out looking on a fastball in the outer half. That's two for him tonight.
• A: 19,357
• Hayes lines out to first.
• Enyel De Los Santos gets the seventh for the Braves.
• Ferguson strikes out Verdugo with a 2-2 sinker that broke way inside.
• Love this move from Kelly. Waited until Snitker made his move to counter and had Ferguson ready to go.
• Shugart walks Harris and Alex Verdugo is now set to pinch-hit. In a corresponding move, Kelly goes to Caleb Ferguson out of the pen.
• It takes Shugart three pitches to strike out Murphy and the right-hander is making quick work.
• White flies out to left field as Shugart records a quick first out.
• Chase Shugart gets the seventh inning with a three-run lead. Falter's final line: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K
• End of sixth inning: Bart flies out to center to end the Pirates' two-run inning.
• RUN: It's an RBI double for Cutch as Reynolds scores from first. The ball bounced off the very top of the wall and back into play. I thought it was gone at first glance. Sure looked like it. Pirates, 3-0
• Reynolds singles on a changeup down in the zone to right, his first hit of the night.
• Cruz strikes out looking on an inside sinker.
• HOME RUN: Triolo finally gets one to fly over the fence in left field. He had a few come close last weekend and this one gets over. It was a 1-1 sinker left up in the zone by Elder. Pirates, 2-0
• Canario strikes out on four pitches, the last a 1-2 slider in the dirt.
• Sorry guys, was talking with a communications director from the MLBPA. We're in the bottom of the sixth after Falter just recorded another 1-2-3 inning.
• After giving up a single to Allen, Falter retires Albies with a ground ball to get out of the fifth.
• Harris battles through an eight-pitch at-bat and eventually flies out to Cruz on a fastball in the middle of the zone.
• Bart had a little chat with home plate umpire Dan Bellino before Falter's first pitch here in the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Bart watches a called third strike on the outside edge. He wasn't happy with the call and he had a case there. Was definitely outside.
• It's a Cutch fly out to left field. Two away.
• Reynolds watches a called third strike that caught the bottom right corner of the strike zone. He did not look happy with the call.
• Falter finding a groove now. He's retired six straight after striking out Murphy with a 1-2 slider at the bottom of the zone. He's at 58 pitches.
• White pops out to shallow left field and Canario calls off Triolo at the last second to make the catch. It was an 0-1 slider on the inner half.
• It's an easy groundout to first base for Olson to start the fourth.
• End of third inning: Cruz works a seven-pitch at bat but grounds out to second. Pirates, 1-0
• Triolo grounds out to first base.
• Kelly gave a pretty emphatic high five to Canario as he came back into the dugout.
• HOME RUN: Canario sends one over the Clemente Wall and into the right field seats. He jumped on a first-pitch slider on the outside half. Pirates, 1-0
• Frazier rolls over on a 2-2 sinker on the inside half.
• It's a 1-2-3 inning as Ozuna grounds out to second.
• Riley pops out to shortstop on an outside curveball.
• Albies grounds out to short.
• End of second inning: Gorski strikes out on a slider at the bottom of the zone. Elder struck out the side there.
• Hayes follows that up with another strikeout. He Ks on an inside sinker.
• Bart strikes out on a 1-2 slider in the dirt.
• After the leadoff walk, Falter settles in to retire three straight as Allen just lined out to Cruz in centerfield.
• Fairchild gives one a ride to the warning track but Canario battles with the sun to make the catch. That's two away.
• Harris sends a 0-1 fastball out to left field but Canario makes the easy catch.
• Falter walks Murphy on four pitches. That's Falter's second free pass of the evening.
• End of first inning: Cutch grounds out to third base and the Pirates go 1-2-3 in the first as Elder threw just 10 pitches.
• Reynolds follows that up with a 4-6-3 double play.
• Cruz smokes a 2-1 sinker on the outer half of the plate into right field.
• Falter freezes White with a 2-2 slider that catches the top of the zone. Falter strands two after throwing 22 pitches.
• After an Ozuna walk and an Olson pop up, Falter has two on and two outs.
• Riley smacks a high fastball into left field.
• Albies flies out to Gorski in foul territory.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Braves, Bailey Falter to Ozzie Albies, PNC Park, 6:43 p.m., 61 degrees, clear
• Alexander Canario has now replaced Pham in tonight's lineup. He'll hit eighth. According to a team spokesperson, this was a late decision made by Don Kelly.
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Matt Gorski, 1B
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Alexander Canario, LF
9. Jared Triolo, SS
• For Brian Snitker's visitors:
1. Ozzie Albies, 2B
2. Austin Riley, 3B
3. Marcell Ozuna, DH
4. Matt Olson, 1B
5. Eli White, LF
6. Sean Murphy, C
7. Michael Harris II, CF
8. Stuart Fairchild, RF
9. Nick Allen, SS
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