• Murphy grounds out to short and Olson stays at third.
• Albies grounds out to second and the runner moves to third.
• Liover Peguero enters at shortstop, Triolo moves to first base and Gorski has moved to center. Will have to see what happened with Cruz. He looked to be slightly limping after coming in from the outfield in the top of the 10th.
• Chase Shugart gets the 11th inning.
• End of 10th inning: Canario swings at the first pitch he sees and flies out to right field.
• Frazier singles into shallow center field.
• Not sure how many times it will take for them to learn. Gorski hits a ground ball to third and Davis takes off for the plate. He's thrown out easily.
• Hayes sacrifices Davis to third and here comes Gorski.
• Scott Blewett takes over on the mound for the Braves.
• Olson flies out to center field and the Pirates have a chance to win it in the bottom half.
• Stuart Fairchild is pinch running for Ozuna.
• Pirates decide to intentionally walk Ozuna. That brings up Olson.
• Riley grounds into a double play as Williams moves to third.
• Ferguson hits Verdugo. Runners now on first and second.
• Luke Williams will start at second as a pinch-runner for Orlando Arcia.
• Caleb Ferguson gets the 10th inning. He'll face the top of the Braves' order.
• FREE BASEBALL
• End of ninth inning: Davis is first pitch swinging and grounds out to short.
• McCutchen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play as Cruz advances to third. Davis in a big spot here.
• Hernandez walks back-to-back hitters as Pham heads to first. Ducks on the pond for McCutchen.
• Hernandez buzzes Pham back a little.
• Cruz walks. Great at-bat there. Showed the patience he needed in a big spot to lead it off.
• Santana works a 1-2-3 inning as Baldwin grounds out to Gorski.
• Drake Baldwin will now pinch-hit for Allen.
• White grounds out to Hayes.
• Harris strikes out swinging on a 1-2 fastball at the top of the zone.
• Dennis Santana has entered the game and Henry Davis will take over behind the plate.
• End of eighth inning: Triolo pops out to shallow center field and the Pirates strand the bases loaded. They've left 10 runners on base today and are 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
• Canario walks on four pitches and that loads the bases for Triolo.
• The Braves intentionally walk Frazier to go after Canario and get the right-on-right matchup.
• RUN: Bae scores on an infield single and Gorski advances to second on a throwing error. Tied, 2-2
• Daysbel Hernández will come on to face Gorski.
• Hayes grounds out to short as Bae advances to third.
• Bae steals second to move into scoring position.
• It's a four-hit day for Bart as he singles through the right side. Ji Hwan Bae will run for him.
• McCutchen grounds out to third base for the first out.
• Rafael Montero takes over for the Braves.
• Bednar gets Murphy with a high fastball that catches the top of the zone.
• Bednar strikes out Albies on a blocked third strike but Bart's throw gets away from Gorski and Albies reaches. Bednar will have to get four outs today.
• Olson flies out to Pham in right field.
• Ozuna flies out near the warning track in center field as Cruz tracks it down.
• David Bednar steps onto the mound and Tommy Pham heads to right field to take over for Reynolds.
• It looks like Reynolds has now been ejected from the game by crew chief Dan Bellino
• End of seventh inning: Reynolds strikes out on a called third strike on the outside edge of the zone. He wasn't happy about it and had some words for Vondrak.
• There's a "SELL! THE! TEAM!" chant taking place to the right of the press box.
• Cruz strikes out for the second time today with a lazy swing on an 0-2 slider below the zone.
• Dylan Lee now enters the game for the Braves.
• Triolo pops up a bunt attempt and Pierce Johnson makes the catch on the mound to hold Canario at second.
• A: 27,767
• Canario doubles into the left center gap. It lands just out of the reach of Harris. Nice hit.
• Rainey strikes out Riley to strand White at third base. Big K right there.
• Verdugo grounds out to second as White advances to third base.
• White singles and then advances to second on a sacrifice bunt by Allen.
• Tanner Rainey takes over the in the seventh.
• Mike Rabelo is now acting as the Pirates' manager.
• Gorski singles into left field and Bart holds up at second base.
• Hayes flies out to center field.
• Bart singles up the middle for the third time today.
• He then gets Harris to ground out to second with the very next pitch. Heaney is up to 82 pitches and outside of his second and third innings, he's been pretty strong today and have kept the Pirates in it. He just needs some run support now.
• Heaney pegs Murphy with a fastball that was way inside.
• Albies follows that up with a ground out to Triolo.
• Heaney strikes out Olson with an outside changeup.
• The Pirates don't have a bench coach, so I'm not sure who is the Pirates' manager now.
• Kelly comes storming out of the dugout after getting ejected from the game and he's giving it to the home plate umpire. Love to see that fire. He gets a round of applause as he heads back to the dugout.
• End of fifth inning: Reynolds smokes a fastball but Allen lays out for the catch near second base. That one should've been a hit.
• Cruz flies out to right with a sky-high fly ball.
• Triolo with a quick ground out to third. Swung at the first pitch he saw, a fastball below the zone.
• Ozuna grounds out to short.
• Heaney walks Riley for his third free pass of the day.
• Verdugo gets ahold of an inside changeup and lines out to right field.
• 6-3, Allen. Heaney reaches the 59-pitch mark after that one.
• End of fourth inning: Canario flies out to left field. Verdugo had to track backward for it but he made the easy catch.
• Frazier strikes out for the second time today on a 1-2 slider on the outside edge.
• Gorski battles but ends up grounding out to first on a hard-hit ball.
• White grounds out to Hayes and Heaney heads back to the dugout. Gorski set to leadoff the bottom half for the Pirates.
• Kelly wins the challenge and Harris is out at first for the double play.
• Harris beats out the back end of a groundball to Hayes, but Kelly is going to challenge it.
• Heaney walks Murphy as he hits the 50-pitch mark.
• End of third inning: Pirates strand another two runners as Hayes strikes out on a slider that breaks way out of the zone.
• RUN: Bart smokes another ball back up the middle as Smith-Shawver ducks out of the way. Cruz scores from second. Braves, 2-1
• Love to see a good bat flip from McCutchen after a walk.
• Cruz swipes second. That's his major-league leading 16th stolen base of the year. He was tied with White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. coming into today.
• Reynolds makes solid contact but lines out to center field.
• It's a fielder's choice ground ball for Cruz as he beats out the back end of the double play.
• Triolo draws a six-pitch walk.
• Albies flies out to center.
• HOME RUN: Olson torches a down and in sinker into the Braves bullpen in left center field. It carried 431 feet with a 108.4 exit velocity. Braves, 2-0
• Frazier is positioned perfectly behind second base for an Ozuna ground out. He barely had to move.
• Reynolds gets under that Riley fly out for the first out of the third inning.
• Heaney having shoelace issues to start this inning looks like he's lacing up his left cleat.
• End of second inning: Canario strikes out swing and three straight strikeouts strands runners on first and second after back-to-back singles to start this inning.
• Murphy swings at the first pitch he sees, a slider down the middle, and doubles into left field.
• Albies swings at a fastball way above the zone and flies out to right field.
• End of first inning: McCutchen flies out to center field on a first-pitch fastball.
• Back-to-back strike outs to start the bottom half as Reynolds goes down swinging.
• Cruz strikes out looking on a splitter at the bottom of the zone. He glared at home plate umpire Clint Vondrak after that one. He obviously didn't like the call.
• Heaney strikes out Olson with a 3-2 fastball at the top of the zone to conclude a seven-pitch at-bat.
• Ozuna smokes a 1-0 fastball to the wall in right center for a double. Reynolds was tracking it the whole way but missed the catch as he jumped against the wall.
• Riley flies out to left field on the second pitch he sees.
• Verdugo rolls over on the second pitch he sees and grounds out to Gorski at first. Heaney quickly made his way to first and covered the bag.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Braves, Andrew Heaney to Alex Verdugo, PNC Park, 4:05 p.m., 72 degrees, clear
• 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. Alex Verdugo, LF 2. Austin Riley, 3B 3. Marcell Ozuna, DH 4. Matt Olson, 1B 5. Ozzie Albies, 2B 6. Sean Murphy, C 7. Michael Harris II, CF 8. Eli White, RF 9. Nick Allen, SS
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
4:36 am - 05.10.2025NORTH SHOREFinal: Braves 3, Pirates 2
• Who: Pirates (13-26) vs. Braves (18-20)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 40
• When: 4:05 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 75°, clear
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (2-3, 3.18 ERA) vs. RHP AJ Smith-Shawver (2-2, 3.00 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 842/861/963
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Braves
• Pham grounds out to second base and that's it. Final: Braves 3, Pirates 2
• Peguero watches a called third strike at the bottom of the zone. That one looked to be a ball, but I could be wrong.
• Triolo puts down a successful sac bunt this time as Canario moves to third. Peguero steps into the box.
• Williams flies out to center field to end the top half of the inning. Pirates will need at least a run to tie it.
• Shugart walks Olson to put runners on first and second.
• RUN: A wild pitch buzzes White and bounces to the backstop as Olson scores from third. Braves, 3-2
• Harris is intentionally walked.
• Murphy grounds out to short and Olson stays at third.
• Albies grounds out to second and the runner moves to third.
• Liover Peguero enters at shortstop, Triolo moves to first base and Gorski has moved to center. Will have to see what happened with Cruz. He looked to be slightly limping after coming in from the outfield in the top of the 10th.
• Chase Shugart gets the 11th inning.
• End of 10th inning: Canario swings at the first pitch he sees and flies out to right field.
• Frazier singles into shallow center field.
• Not sure how many times it will take for them to learn. Gorski hits a ground ball to third and Davis takes off for the plate. He's thrown out easily.
• Hayes sacrifices Davis to third and here comes Gorski.
• Scott Blewett takes over on the mound for the Braves.
• Olson flies out to center field and the Pirates have a chance to win it in the bottom half.
• Stuart Fairchild is pinch running for Ozuna.
• Pirates decide to intentionally walk Ozuna. That brings up Olson.
• Riley grounds into a double play as Williams moves to third.
• Ferguson hits Verdugo. Runners now on first and second.
• Luke Williams will start at second as a pinch-runner for Orlando Arcia.
• Caleb Ferguson gets the 10th inning. He'll face the top of the Braves' order.
• FREE BASEBALL
• End of ninth inning: Davis is first pitch swinging and grounds out to short.
• McCutchen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play as Cruz advances to third. Davis in a big spot here.
• Hernandez walks back-to-back hitters as Pham heads to first. Ducks on the pond for McCutchen.
• Hernandez buzzes Pham back a little.
• Cruz walks. Great at-bat there. Showed the patience he needed in a big spot to lead it off.
• Santana works a 1-2-3 inning as Baldwin grounds out to Gorski.
• Drake Baldwin will now pinch-hit for Allen.
• White grounds out to Hayes.
• Harris strikes out swinging on a 1-2 fastball at the top of the zone.
• Dennis Santana has entered the game and Henry Davis will take over behind the plate.
• End of eighth inning: Triolo pops out to shallow center field and the Pirates strand the bases loaded. They've left 10 runners on base today and are 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
• Canario walks on four pitches and that loads the bases for Triolo.
• The Braves intentionally walk Frazier to go after Canario and get the right-on-right matchup.
• RUN: Bae scores on an infield single and Gorski advances to second on a throwing error. Tied, 2-2
• Daysbel Hernández will come on to face Gorski.
• Hayes grounds out to short as Bae advances to third.
• Bae steals second to move into scoring position.
• It's a four-hit day for Bart as he singles through the right side. Ji Hwan Bae will run for him.
• McCutchen grounds out to third base for the first out.
• Rafael Montero takes over for the Braves.
• Bednar gets Murphy with a high fastball that catches the top of the zone.
• Bednar strikes out Albies on a blocked third strike but Bart's throw gets away from Gorski and Albies reaches. Bednar will have to get four outs today.
• Olson flies out to Pham in right field.
• Ozuna flies out near the warning track in center field as Cruz tracks it down.
• David Bednar steps onto the mound and Tommy Pham heads to right field to take over for Reynolds.
• It looks like Reynolds has now been ejected from the game by crew chief Dan Bellino
• End of seventh inning: Reynolds strikes out on a called third strike on the outside edge of the zone. He wasn't happy about it and had some words for Vondrak.
• There's a "SELL! THE! TEAM!" chant taking place to the right of the press box.
• Cruz strikes out for the second time today with a lazy swing on an 0-2 slider below the zone.
• Dylan Lee now enters the game for the Braves.
• Triolo pops up a bunt attempt and Pierce Johnson makes the catch on the mound to hold Canario at second.
• A: 27,767
• Canario doubles into the left center gap. It lands just out of the reach of Harris. Nice hit.
• Rainey strikes out Riley to strand White at third base. Big K right there.
• Verdugo grounds out to second as White advances to third base.
• White singles and then advances to second on a sacrifice bunt by Allen.
• Tanner Rainey takes over the in the seventh.
• Mike Rabelo is now acting as the Pirates' manager.
• Gorski singles into left field and Bart holds up at second base.
• Hayes flies out to center field.
• Bart singles up the middle for the third time today.
• He then gets Harris to ground out to second with the very next pitch. Heaney is up to 82 pitches and outside of his second and third innings, he's been pretty strong today and have kept the Pirates in it. He just needs some run support now.
• Heaney pegs Murphy with a fastball that was way inside.
• Albies follows that up with a ground out to Triolo.
• Heaney strikes out Olson with an outside changeup.
• The Pirates don't have a bench coach, so I'm not sure who is the Pirates' manager now.
• Kelly comes storming out of the dugout after getting ejected from the game and he's giving it to the home plate umpire. Love to see that fire. He gets a round of applause as he heads back to the dugout.
• End of fifth inning: Reynolds smokes a fastball but Allen lays out for the catch near second base. That one should've been a hit.
• Cruz flies out to right with a sky-high fly ball.
• Triolo with a quick ground out to third. Swung at the first pitch he saw, a fastball below the zone.
• Ozuna grounds out to short.
• Heaney walks Riley for his third free pass of the day.
• Verdugo gets ahold of an inside changeup and lines out to right field.
• 6-3, Allen. Heaney reaches the 59-pitch mark after that one.
• End of fourth inning: Canario flies out to left field. Verdugo had to track backward for it but he made the easy catch.
• Frazier strikes out for the second time today on a 1-2 slider on the outside edge.
• Gorski battles but ends up grounding out to first on a hard-hit ball.
• White grounds out to Hayes and Heaney heads back to the dugout. Gorski set to leadoff the bottom half for the Pirates.
• Kelly wins the challenge and Harris is out at first for the double play.
• Harris beats out the back end of a groundball to Hayes, but Kelly is going to challenge it.
• Heaney walks Murphy as he hits the 50-pitch mark.
• End of third inning: Pirates strand another two runners as Hayes strikes out on a slider that breaks way out of the zone.
• RUN: Bart smokes another ball back up the middle as Smith-Shawver ducks out of the way. Cruz scores from second. Braves, 2-1
• Love to see a good bat flip from McCutchen after a walk.
• Cruz swipes second. That's his major-league leading 16th stolen base of the year. He was tied with White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. coming into today.
• Reynolds makes solid contact but lines out to center field.
• It's a fielder's choice ground ball for Cruz as he beats out the back end of the double play.
• Triolo draws a six-pitch walk.
• Albies flies out to center.
• HOME RUN: Olson torches a down and in sinker into the Braves bullpen in left center field. It carried 431 feet with a 108.4 exit velocity. Braves, 2-0
• Frazier is positioned perfectly behind second base for an Ozuna ground out. He barely had to move.
• Reynolds gets under that Riley fly out for the first out of the third inning.
• Heaney having shoelace issues to start this inning looks like he's lacing up his left cleat.
• End of second inning: Canario strikes out swing and three straight strikeouts strands runners on first and second after back-to-back singles to start this inning.
• Frazier strikes out looking on a fastball that was clearly in the bottom right corner of the zone. Can't have that in this situation.
• Smith-Shawver pulls the string on a splitter for the strike out. One away.
• Gorski turns on one but it lands just foul down the left-field line.
• Hayes singles through the right side for the Pirates' second straight hit. Here comes Gorski.
• Bart tees off on a fastball down the middle for a hard-hit single into center field.
• He gets out of it as Verdugo grounds out to second base on an inside sinker.
• Heaney working into a little trouble here as he walks Allen. Runners on first and second, two outs.
• White grounds out to third.
• RUN: Harris doubles into right center on a curveball at the top of the zone to drive home Murphy. Braves, 1-0
• Murphy swings at the first pitch he sees, a slider down the middle, and doubles into left field.
• Albies swings at a fastball way above the zone and flies out to right field.
• End of first inning: McCutchen flies out to center field on a first-pitch fastball.
• Back-to-back strike outs to start the bottom half as Reynolds goes down swinging.
• Cruz strikes out looking on a splitter at the bottom of the zone. He glared at home plate umpire Clint Vondrak after that one. He obviously didn't like the call.
• Heaney strikes out Olson with a 3-2 fastball at the top of the zone to conclude a seven-pitch at-bat.
• Ozuna smokes a 1-0 fastball to the wall in right center for a double. Reynolds was tracking it the whole way but missed the catch as he jumped against the wall.
• Riley flies out to left field on the second pitch he sees.
• Verdugo rolls over on the second pitch he sees and grounds out to Gorski at first. Heaney quickly made his way to first and covered the bag.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Braves, Andrew Heaney to Alex Verdugo, PNC Park, 4:05 p.m., 72 degrees, clear
• 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. Alex Verdugo, LF
2. Austin Riley, 3B
3. Marcell Ozuna, DH
4. Matt Olson, 1B
5. Ozzie Albies, 2B
6. Sean Murphy, C
7. Michael Harris II, CF
8. Eli White, RF
9. Nick Allen, SS
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