• Intentional walk to Cutch loads the bases for Bart with one out.
• Frazier holds on a chopper off the bat of Reynolds. Braves get the out at first.
• Hayes hits one weakly that sneaks past Olson. Frazier to third. Runners on the corners for Reynolds.
• Frazier singles to center to lead off the ninth.
• RaiselIglesias gets the ninth for Atlanta.
• Pirates have been held hitless since that three-run fifth. A good inning only to revert back to the awful norm. AdamFrazier and then the top of the lineup due up.
• Santana gets Allen swinging to end the top of the ninth.
• Harris flies out near the warning track in left.
• Santana retires White 6-3.
• End of eighth inning: Triolo flies out to right.
• Two-out walk to Pham.
• Bae retired 4-3.
• DennisSantana warming up in the bullpen.
• Gorski flies out to center.
• Albies grounds out 6-3 to end the top of the eighth. Braves strike for three runs on four hits. Two of those hits surrendered by Rainey.
• RUNS: Murphy clears the bases with a double into the left-center field gap. Just like that it's tied at 3-3.
• Stuart Fairchild is running for Ozuna at first.
• Rainey walks Ozuna to load the bases for SeanMurphy. Joey Wentz will come in to face the lefty.
• Riley was 2 for 10 with three strikeouts against Rainey before that hit. Olson was 2 for 3 with a strikeout. Ozuna is 0 for 7 with three strikeouts.
• Here come the Braves. Olson doubles to right and two are in scoring position for Ozuna.
• Riley singles to left on the first pitch he sees from Rainey.
• Tanner Rainey takes over.
• Borucki gets Verdugo looking and that's it for him after two innings of one-hit ball. Can't ask for much more than that.
• Allen leads of the eighth with a single to right.
• Boruck getting more work to start the eighth. He's thrown 14 pitches -- 12 strikes -- through 1 1/3 innings so far.
• End of seventh inning: Bart flies out to center.
• McCutchen down swinging at a slider at the bottom third of the zone.
• A: 17,845
• Reynolds flies out in foul territory in left.
• Harris lines out to right to conclude a clean seventh for Borucki.
• White retired 6-3.
• Albies flies out to left.
• Borucki will remain on the mound to start the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Hayes flies out to right. Two stranded.
• Canario steals second and Peguero is hit by a pitch soon after. Two on with two outs, but Sale's day is done. Enyel De Los Santos takes over.
• Pham strikes out on a check swing.
• Canario walks to lead off the home half of the sixth. Ji Hwan Bae will run for Canario.
• Mlodzinski's final line: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, BB, 2 K.
• Borucki gets Baldwin swinging to end the top of the sixth.
• RyanBorucki will face a lefty in Baldwin, who was 2 for 2 against Mlodzinski today.
• Mlodzinski gets Ozuna to line out to left and that's going to be it for him. Nice ovation for him as he exits. That's well deserved after five-plus innings. Real solid today. Threw 54 of 83 pitches for strikes.
• Olson walks with one out. First free pass allowed by Mlodzinski. Kelly sticking with him. There is action in the bullpen.
• Riley lines out to right. Officially Mlodzinski's longest outing of the year.
• End of fifth inning: Gorski down swinging. Pirates score three runs on three hits, a walk and a costly passed ball.
• RUN: Bart delivers his second hit of the game and sixth in two days. RBI single drives in Reynolds from second. Pirates, 3-0
• Double steal puts runners on second and third with one out for Reynolds. Huge chance here.
• Hayes credited with an infield single on what probably should have been an error by Riley.
• Peguero strikes out swinging at a slider down in the dirt.
• No one warming up in the bullpen, so we could see additional work for Mlodzinski. He hasn't pitched more than five innings all season.
• Leadoff single to the left of the second base bag for Triolo.
• Verdugo pops out in foul territory. Five scoreless for Mlodzinski, who is at 70 pitches.
• Two-out single for Allen.
• Triolo shifts to his right to make a play on a grounder by Harris and delivers a strong throw to first to retire the speedy outfielder.
• White grounds one weakly to first. Gorski has no problem getting the first out of the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Pham lines out to right. Pirates get two hits, but end up with nothing to show for it.
• Canario hits a slow dribbler down the first-base line for a two-out double. Now that caught stealing really hurts. Chance to produce something there.
• I guess not. Ruling on the field stands. Two outs.
• Looks like Gorski got his left hand in there before being tagged.
• Bart lines out to short and Gorski singles. The latter is caught trying to swipe second, but the play is under review.
• The fourth has been Mlodzinski's worst inning all season, allowing a total of nine runs. He comes away unscathed this time, getting Albies to fly out to right. Mlodzinski has been good. He's at 64 pitches through four innings. Again, no run support.
• Two-out double to right for Baldwin. He has two of the Braves' three hits this afternoon.
• Ozuna lines out to second.
• Mlodzinski gets Olson to fly out to right.
• End of third inning: Hayes flies out to center, Reynolds grounds into a fielder's choice and McCutchen flies out.
• Peguero leads off the third with a single to right.
• Riley strikes out swinging to end the top of the third. He's up to 50 pitches -- 33 strikes -- through three.
• Verdugo goes down swinging at a high fastball. Two outs.
• Allen lines out to right.
• Harris leads off the third with a single past a diving Hayes at third.
• End of second inning: Triolo can't check his swing on a 97 mph fastball way out of the zone. A 1-2-3 inning for Sale.
• Pham is retired 4-3. Appeared to roll his ankle as he hit the first base bag. Jogs off the field on his own, but he's now getting it looked at in the dugout.
• Canario down swinging. Already three strikeouts for Sale. All of them have come with that devastating slider.
• White is retired 5-3 to end the top of the second. Mlodzinski still clean through the first two innings of each of his eight starts this season.
• Pham makes a sliding catch in left to retire Albies. Two outs.
• Baldwin singles to center on a ball that really should have been caught by Canario. I know he had to run a decent ways, but still.
• Ozuna grounds out to Hayes and is retired 5-3. A 3-2 fastball down the middle on the eighth pitch of the at-bat that Mlodzinski got him to roll over on.
• End of first inning: A day after stranding 14 runners, the Pirates strand two more as Gorski strikes out swinging.
• Bart adds a single to left. Five straight ABs with a hit after going 4 for 4 yesterday. Back-to-back hits put two on with two outs for Gorski.
• Cutch bloops a first-pitch single to right.
• Reynolds swings through a 1-2 slider down the middle.
• Hayes lines out to right to get the home half started.
• Mlodzinski continues to keep teams at bay through the first inning of outings. Gets Olson to line out to right to finish off a clean first. Mlodzinski is at 13 pitches after one.
• Verdugo flies out to center and Riley pops out to first base. Quick two outs for Mlodzinski.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Braves, 1:39 p.m., CarmenMlodzinski to AlexVerdugo, 75 degrees, sunny
• Donnie Kelly's starting nine without OneilCruz, who exited yesterday's game with lower back tightness:
1. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Matt Gorski, 1B 6. Alexander Canario, CF 7. Tommy Pham, LF 8. Jared Triolo, SS 9. Liover Peguero, 2B
• Brian Snitker's lineup:
1. Alex Verdugo, LF 2. Austin Riley, 3B 3. Matt Olson, 1B 4. Marcell Ozuna, DH 5. Drake Baldwin, C 6. Ozzie Albies, 2B 7. Eli White, RF 8. Michael Harris II, CF 9. Nick Allen, SS
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José Negron
3:30 am - 05.11.2025North ShoreFinal: Pirates 4, Braves 3
• Who: Pirates (13-27) vs. Braves (19-20)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 41
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 74°, sunny
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 6.16 ERA) vs. LHP Chris Sale (1-3, 4.07 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 842/861/963
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Braves
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• RUN: Bart walks it off with an infield single. Pirates 4, Braves 3
• Intentional walk to Cutch loads the bases for Bart with one out.
• Frazier holds on a chopper off the bat of Reynolds. Braves get the out at first.
• Hayes hits one weakly that sneaks past Olson. Frazier to third. Runners on the corners for Reynolds.
• Frazier singles to center to lead off the ninth.
• Raisel Iglesias gets the ninth for Atlanta.
• Pirates have been held hitless since that three-run fifth. A good inning only to revert back to the awful norm. Adam Frazier and then the top of the lineup due up.
• Santana gets Allen swinging to end the top of the ninth.
• Harris flies out near the warning track in left.
• Santana retires White 6-3.
• End of eighth inning: Triolo flies out to right.
• Two-out walk to Pham.
• Bae retired 4-3.
• Dennis Santana warming up in the bullpen.
• Gorski flies out to center.
• Albies grounds out 6-3 to end the top of the eighth. Braves strike for three runs on four hits. Two of those hits surrendered by Rainey.
• RUNS: Murphy clears the bases with a double into the left-center field gap. Just like that it's tied at 3-3.
• Stuart Fairchild is running for Ozuna at first.
• Rainey walks Ozuna to load the bases for Sean Murphy. Joey Wentz will come in to face the lefty.
• Riley was 2 for 10 with three strikeouts against Rainey before that hit. Olson was 2 for 3 with a strikeout. Ozuna is 0 for 7 with three strikeouts.
• Here come the Braves. Olson doubles to right and two are in scoring position for Ozuna.
• Riley singles to left on the first pitch he sees from Rainey.
• Tanner Rainey takes over.
• Borucki gets Verdugo looking and that's it for him after two innings of one-hit ball. Can't ask for much more than that.
• Allen leads of the eighth with a single to right.
• Boruck getting more work to start the eighth. He's thrown 14 pitches -- 12 strikes -- through 1 1/3 innings so far.
• End of seventh inning: Bart flies out to center.
• McCutchen down swinging at a slider at the bottom third of the zone.
• A: 17,845
• Reynolds flies out in foul territory in left.
• Harris lines out to right to conclude a clean seventh for Borucki.
• White retired 6-3.
• Albies flies out to left.
• Borucki will remain on the mound to start the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Hayes flies out to right. Two stranded.
• Canario steals second and Peguero is hit by a pitch soon after. Two on with two outs, but Sale's day is done. Enyel De Los Santos takes over.
• Pham strikes out on a check swing.
• Canario walks to lead off the home half of the sixth. Ji Hwan Bae will run for Canario.
• Mlodzinski's final line: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, BB, 2 K.
• Borucki gets Baldwin swinging to end the top of the sixth.
• Ryan Borucki will face a lefty in Baldwin, who was 2 for 2 against Mlodzinski today.
• Mlodzinski gets Ozuna to line out to left and that's going to be it for him. Nice ovation for him as he exits. That's well deserved after five-plus innings. Real solid today. Threw 54 of 83 pitches for strikes.
• Olson walks with one out. First free pass allowed by Mlodzinski. Kelly sticking with him. There is action in the bullpen.
• Riley lines out to right. Officially Mlodzinski's longest outing of the year.
• End of fifth inning: Gorski down swinging. Pirates score three runs on three hits, a walk and a costly passed ball.
• RUN: Bart delivers his second hit of the game and sixth in two days. RBI single drives in Reynolds from second. Pirates, 3-0
• RUN: Hayes scores on a sac fly by McCutchen. Pirates, 2-0
• Crowd coming alive here for this AB.
• Four-pitch walk to Reynolds. Runners on the corners with one out for McCutchen.
• RUN: Triolo scores on a passed ball. Hayes to third. Pirates, 1-0
• Double steal puts runners on second and third with one out for Reynolds. Huge chance here.
• Hayes credited with an infield single on what probably should have been an error by Riley.
• Peguero strikes out swinging at a slider down in the dirt.
• No one warming up in the bullpen, so we could see additional work for Mlodzinski. He hasn't pitched more than five innings all season.
• Leadoff single to the left of the second base bag for Triolo.
• Verdugo pops out in foul territory. Five scoreless for Mlodzinski, who is at 70 pitches.
• Two-out single for Allen.
• Triolo shifts to his right to make a play on a grounder by Harris and delivers a strong throw to first to retire the speedy outfielder.
• White grounds one weakly to first. Gorski has no problem getting the first out of the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Pham lines out to right. Pirates get two hits, but end up with nothing to show for it.
• Canario hits a slow dribbler down the first-base line for a two-out double. Now that caught stealing really hurts. Chance to produce something there.
• I guess not. Ruling on the field stands. Two outs.
• Looks like Gorski got his left hand in there before being tagged.
• Bart lines out to short and Gorski singles. The latter is caught trying to swipe second, but the play is under review.
• The fourth has been Mlodzinski's worst inning all season, allowing a total of nine runs. He comes away unscathed this time, getting Albies to fly out to right. Mlodzinski has been good. He's at 64 pitches through four innings. Again, no run support.
• Two-out double to right for Baldwin. He has two of the Braves' three hits this afternoon.
• Ozuna lines out to second.
• Mlodzinski gets Olson to fly out to right.
• End of third inning: Hayes flies out to center, Reynolds grounds into a fielder's choice and McCutchen flies out.
• Peguero leads off the third with a single to right.
• Riley strikes out swinging to end the top of the third. He's up to 50 pitches -- 33 strikes -- through three.
• Verdugo goes down swinging at a high fastball. Two outs.
• Allen lines out to right.
• Harris leads off the third with a single past a diving Hayes at third.
• End of second inning: Triolo can't check his swing on a 97 mph fastball way out of the zone. A 1-2-3 inning for Sale.
• Pham is retired 4-3. Appeared to roll his ankle as he hit the first base bag. Jogs off the field on his own, but he's now getting it looked at in the dugout.
• Canario down swinging. Already three strikeouts for Sale. All of them have come with that devastating slider.
• White is retired 5-3 to end the top of the second. Mlodzinski still clean through the first two innings of each of his eight starts this season.
• Pham makes a sliding catch in left to retire Albies. Two outs.
• Baldwin singles to center on a ball that really should have been caught by Canario. I know he had to run a decent ways, but still.
• Ozuna grounds out to Hayes and is retired 5-3. A 3-2 fastball down the middle on the eighth pitch of the at-bat that Mlodzinski got him to roll over on.
• End of first inning: A day after stranding 14 runners, the Pirates strand two more as Gorski strikes out swinging.
• Bart adds a single to left. Five straight ABs with a hit after going 4 for 4 yesterday. Back-to-back hits put two on with two outs for Gorski.
• Cutch bloops a first-pitch single to right.
• Reynolds swings through a 1-2 slider down the middle.
• Hayes lines out to right to get the home half started.
• Mlodzinski continues to keep teams at bay through the first inning of outings. Gets Olson to line out to right to finish off a clean first. Mlodzinski is at 13 pitches after one.
• Verdugo flies out to center and Riley pops out to first base. Quick two outs for Mlodzinski.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Braves, 1:39 p.m., Carmen Mlodzinski to Alex Verdugo, 75 degrees, sunny
• Donnie Kelly's starting nine without Oneil Cruz, who exited yesterday's game with lower back tightness:
1. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Matt Gorski, 1B
6. Alexander Canario, CF
7. Tommy Pham, LF
8. Jared Triolo, SS
9. Liover Peguero, 2B
• Brian Snitker's lineup:
1. Alex Verdugo, LF
2. Austin Riley, 3B
3. Matt Olson, 1B
4. Marcell Ozuna, DH
5. Drake Baldwin, C
6. Ozzie Albies, 2B
7. Eli White, RF
8. Michael Harris II, CF
9. Nick Allen, SS
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