• Canario reaches on an infield roller toward short.
• Bart's down swinging, as well.
• Down goes Horwitz, swinging over a curve.
• The right-hander Trevor Megill on for Milwaukee.
• Yelich lines out to right. Here we go.
• Contreras 5-3.
• Chourio lines out to short. One out in the Milwaukee ninth.
• Fans are really giving it to Pham out there in left. Can be heard throughout the place.
• End eighth inning. Cutch whiffs.
• Pham's picked off. Tying run at second. Good Lord.
• Triolo did what he does. That's .136 now.
• He then takes second on a balk. Which the crowd, hilariously, was calling attention to. Sophisticated fan base.
• Pham reaches on what's scored a single but absolutely should've been an error on Turang at second. Ball was right in his glove. Leadoff runner aboard regardless.
• Chase Shugart retires the Brewers on an Ortiz liner to right. Damage done.
• RUN. Turang rides with the pitch and laces a double inside the left-field chalk. Not exactly Borucki's finest showing. He's out now. Brewers, 6-5
• Frelick lines out to shallow right. I was mortified that Milwaukee didn't send their runner from third, but I'm told by those who cover the Brewers here that Hoskins has a bum knee. Makes sense. Two outs.
• Collins doubles into the left field corner. No bueno.
• Hoskins walks.
• Sliding catch by Pham steals one from Yelich.
• Ryan Borucki's on.
• End seventh inning. Kiner-Falefa 6-3.
• RUNS. Frazier one-hands a single into left, but it turns into two runs when the Brewers bungle everything in every direction. Durbin made a nice try in left, but everything else ... yikes. Pirates, 5-3
Adam Frazier is 10-for-20 (.500) on the homestand.
Chaos ensues. Pirates have the lead, 5-3, scoring five unanswered runs after initially trailing, 3-0. pic.twitter.com/6Jqr3svqkc
• The righty Nick Mears on for Milwaukee to start the home half of the sixth.
• Mattson does his job, retiring Durbin on a pop.
• Frelick singles into center, and that'll be it. Kelly emerges to lift Falter at 5 2/3 with a pitch count of 84. Isaac Mattson's on.
• Falter freezes Collins. Two outs.
• Pham nearly got himself run out of the stadium with a circuitous route in left ... but he did catch it eventually. Yikes.
• Falter back out for the sixth. Impressive. Fine, fine year he's having.
• End fifth inning. Horwitz works a two-out walk, but Bart's caught looking.
• And just like that, Cruz ties the big-league record for weakest contact in the Statcast era ... by striking out.
• Falter goes 1-2-3 again. Good for him. Rough first inning with 28 pitches, but he's at 76 now and can still come through with a quality start.
• End fourth inning. Triolo pops up. He's at .138 now. My God.
• Kiner-Falefa with a one-out single in the Pittsburgh fourth. Eight-game hitting streak.
• Gorgeous leap and stab by Kiner-Falefa to steal a line-drive single from Turang. Two outs here in the fourth.
• OK, now it's official: That was the hardest-hit baseball -- regardless of outcome -- by anyone in the Statcast era that began in 2015. Remarkable.
• Hearing up here that might be the hardest ball ever hit. Not official yet.
• Cutch rips one up the middle.
• HOME RUN. Cruz blisters one all the way out of here. That's the hardest-hit ball I've ever seen in my life: 122.9 mph. Unreal. The crowd never even had a chance to react to it. Brewers, 3-1
• Collins flares a single into right. First and second, two outs, for Frelick.
• Yelich rolls to Frazier, but a 4-6-3's quashed when Frazier bobbles.
• Chourio four-pitch walk.
• End second inning. Triolo's robbed on a tremendous running catch by Chourio.
• Pham full-count ... uh, walk? Bases loaded for Triolo.
• Kiner-Falefa whiffs. Way upstairs. Two outs.
• Now Frazier singles into left. First and second.
• Canario plops a one-out single into shallow center.
• Falter coasts to a seamless 1-2-3 second. Much needed. A dozen pitches, mostly fastballs.
• End first inning. Henderon's 23, he's got a 1.69 ERA, and he looks legit. Just whiffed Cruz and Cutch, then retired Horwitz on a smooth pick at third by Durbin.
• Ouch. To add injury to insult, Durbin now lines one off Falter's leg. Falter recovers to get the out at first, but man. Anyway, that's finally the third out. Pitch count: 28.
• RUNS. Frelick lines one into center, and Cruz's throw home sails over the entire commonwealth to allow a second run. Brewers, 3-0
• Now Yelich's turn to sting one, up the middle. Runners at the corners for Hoskins.
• Contreras screams a liner to right, but Canario tracks it.
• Six-pitch walk. Not ideal.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Brewers, 1:37 p.m., Falter to Chourio, PNC Park, 62 degrees, cloudy
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Alexander Canario, RF 6. Adam Frazier, 2B 7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS 8. Tommy Pham, LF 9. Jared Triolo, 3B
• For Pat Murphy’s Brewers:
1. Jackson Chourio, CF 2. William Contreras, C 3. Christian Yelich, DH 4. Rhys Hoskins, 1B 5. Isaac Collins, LF 6. Sal Frelick, RF 7. Caleb Durbin, 3B 8. Brice Turang, 2B 9. Joey Ortiz, SS
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8:17 pm - 05.24.2025North ShoreFinal: Brewers 6, Pirates 5
• Who: Pirates (19-34) vs. Brewers (25-28)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 54
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 63°, cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (3-3, 3.50 ERA) vs. RHP Logan Henderson (3-0, 1.69 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 856/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Brewers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Ballgame. Frazier 4-3. Final, Brewers, 6-5
• Canario steals second.
• Canario reaches on an infield roller toward short.
• Bart's down swinging, as well.
• Down goes Horwitz, swinging over a curve.
• The right-hander Trevor Megill on for Milwaukee.
• Yelich lines out to right. Here we go.
• Contreras 5-3.
• Chourio lines out to short. One out in the Milwaukee ninth.
• Fans are really giving it to Pham out there in left. Can be heard throughout the place.
• End eighth inning. Cutch whiffs.
• Pham's picked off. Tying run at second. Good Lord.
• Triolo did what he does. That's .136 now.
• He then takes second on a balk. Which the crowd, hilariously, was calling attention to. Sophisticated fan base.
• Pham reaches on what's scored a single but absolutely should've been an error on Turang at second. Ball was right in his glove. Leadoff runner aboard regardless.
• Chase Shugart retires the Brewers on an Ortiz liner to right. Damage done.
• RUN. Turang rides with the pitch and laces a double inside the left-field chalk. Not exactly Borucki's finest showing. He's out now. Brewers, 6-5
• RUNS. Durbin booms a double over Pham's head and off the based of the left-field fence. Both runners easily score. Tie, 5-5
• Frelick lines out to shallow right. I was mortified that Milwaukee didn't send their runner from third, but I'm told by those who cover the Brewers here that Hoskins has a bum knee. Makes sense. Two outs.
• Collins doubles into the left field corner. No bueno.
• Hoskins walks.
• Sliding catch by Pham steals one from Yelich.
• Ryan Borucki's on.
• End seventh inning. Kiner-Falefa 6-3.
• RUNS. Frazier one-hands a single into left, but it turns into two runs when the Brewers bungle everything in every direction. Durbin made a nice try in left, but everything else ... yikes. Pirates, 5-3
• Canario works an eight-pitch walk. Two aboard.
• Bart flies out to left.
• Attendance: 18,920
• Horwitz flies out to right.
• Cutch opens the home half by beating out an infield single to deep short.
• Mattson gets the job done again. He induces a popout and a lineout to center in a scoreless top of the seventh.
• Mattson walks Ortiz with one out. Top of the order up.
• End sixth inning. Cruz whiffs.
• Triolo bunts Pham to second.
• RUN. Pham tomahawks a single into left. Throw's cut off. Tie, 3-3
• Kiner-Falefa 6-3. One out. Pham's up.
• Wild pitch hands Frazier a free 90.
• RUN. Frazier casually delivers a single into center. Brewers, 3-2
• Canario powers a triple off the fence just to the left of the North Side Notch. I was sure that'd leave. Nobody out. Frazier up.
• The righty Nick Mears on for Milwaukee to start the home half of the sixth.
• Mattson does his job, retiring Durbin on a pop.
• Frelick singles into center, and that'll be it. Kelly emerges to lift Falter at 5 2/3 with a pitch count of 84. Isaac Mattson's on.
• Falter freezes Collins. Two outs.
• Pham nearly got himself run out of the stadium with a circuitous route in left ... but he did catch it eventually. Yikes.
• Falter back out for the sixth. Impressive. Fine, fine year he's having.
• End fifth inning. Horwitz works a two-out walk, but Bart's caught looking.
• And just like that, Cruz ties the big-league record for weakest contact in the Statcast era ... by striking out.
• Falter goes 1-2-3 again. Good for him. Rough first inning with 28 pitches, but he's at 76 now and can still come through with a quality start.
• End fourth inning. Triolo pops up. He's at .138 now. My God.
• Kiner-Falefa with a one-out single in the Pittsburgh fourth. Eight-game hitting streak.
• Gorgeous leap and stab by Kiner-Falefa to steal a line-drive single from Turang. Two outs here in the fourth.
• OK, now it's official: That was the hardest-hit baseball -- regardless of outcome -- by anyone in the Statcast era that began in 2015. Remarkable.
• Hearing up here that might be the hardest ball ever hit. Not official yet.
• Cutch rips one up the middle.
• HOME RUN. Cruz blisters one all the way out of here. That's the hardest-hit ball I've ever seen in my life: 122.9 mph. Unreal. The crowd never even had a chance to react to it. Brewers, 3-1
• Frelick flies out to left.
• Collins flares a single into right. First and second, two outs, for Frelick.
• Yelich rolls to Frazier, but a 4-6-3's quashed when Frazier bobbles.
• Chourio four-pitch walk.
• End second inning. Triolo's robbed on a tremendous running catch by Chourio.
• Pham full-count ... uh, walk? Bases loaded for Triolo.
• Kiner-Falefa whiffs. Way upstairs. Two outs.
• Now Frazier singles into left. First and second.
• Canario plops a one-out single into shallow center.
• Falter coasts to a seamless 1-2-3 second. Much needed. A dozen pitches, mostly fastballs.
• End first inning. Henderon's 23, he's got a 1.69 ERA, and he looks legit. Just whiffed Cruz and Cutch, then retired Horwitz on a smooth pick at third by Durbin.
• Ouch. To add injury to insult, Durbin now lines one off Falter's leg. Falter recovers to get the out at first, but man. Anyway, that's finally the third out. Pitch count: 28.
• RUNS. Frelick lines one into center, and Cruz's throw home sails over the entire commonwealth to allow a second run. Brewers, 3-0
• Now Collins walks. Already at 22 on pitch count.
• RUN. Hoskins sac fly to right. Yelich takes second. Brewers, 1-0
• Now Yelich's turn to sting one, up the middle. Runners at the corners for Hoskins.
• Contreras screams a liner to right, but Canario tracks it.
• Six-pitch walk. Not ideal.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Brewers, 1:37 p.m., Falter to Chourio, PNC Park, 62 degrees, cloudy
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Alexander Canario, RF
6. Adam Frazier, 2B
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
8. Tommy Pham, LF
9. Jared Triolo, 3B
• For Pat Murphy’s Brewers:
1. Jackson Chourio, CF
2. William Contreras, C
3. Christian Yelich, DH
4. Rhys Hoskins, 1B
5. Isaac Collins, LF
6. Sal Frelick, RF
7. Caleb Durbin, 3B
8. Brice Turang, 2B
9. Joey Ortiz, SS
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