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• Frazier receives the intentional walk.
• Hayes grounds out to 3B. Just a reminder, Pirates haven't scored 6 or more in 27 straight games.
• RUN: Canario lines the ball to CF, Horwitz hung up between 2nd and 3rd but centerfielder drops the ball and he scores easily. Canario advances to 2nd on the dropped ball. Tied, 5-5.
• Turang fly out to CF.
• Collins is caught-stealing.
• RUN: Collins hits a bloop ball to drive in Durbin. Brewers, 5-4
• Isaac Collins pinch-hitting for Monasterio, Durbin steals 3B
• Borucki doesn't waste his time on Bauers, strikes him out.
• Ryan Borucki comes in for the 10th.
• End of ninth inning: Horwitz strikes out and we're going extras at PNC Park.
• Reynolds soft liner to Durbin's right at 3B.
• Cutch singles to LF. It is getting interesting for the Pirates.
• Bart half swing in no man's land between the mound and first, Uribe scoops and runs to the bag for the out.
• Coming into the game for MIL to closeout the game is Abner Uribe.
• Durbin pops up to Frazier.
• Frelick strikes out.
• Kelly comes out to get the ball from Bednar, Isaac Mattson into game to clean it up.
• Ortiz walks. The boos are getting louder.
• Bednar follows up with a walk to Yelich and a chorus of boos.
• HOME RUN: Contreras with 3 strikeouts in the game launches a HR to the bullpen. Brewers, 4-3
• Chourio swings hard for strike three.
• David Bednar enters the game.
• End of eighth inning: Frazier is caught-stealing to end the inning taking the bat out of Bart's hands.
• Bart pinch-hitting for Davis
• IKF lofts a fly ball to CF for second out.
• Frazier lines a single to left.
• Hayes drives one to the Clemente Wall against new MIL reliever Nick Mears for a flyout.
• Turang flies out to Canario as he leaned to catch the ball. Pirates escape danger.
• Monasterio walks to load the bases for Turang.
• Durbin steals second without a throw as Davis lost the ball.
• Bauers strikes out swinging.
• Santana exits the game with runners on the corner and one out replaced by Caleb Ferguson.
• Durbin slices one passed Horwitz, Ortiz moves to 3B.
• Frelick strikes out.
• Joey Ortiz pinch-runs for Hoskins at 1B.
• Hoskins with his 2nd single of the game off Santana through the hole between SS and 3B.
• End of seventh inning: Canario bounces up the middle to second baseman to end the inning.
• Horwitz stays in the game to face the lefty Koenig, caught looking at strike 3.
• A: 24,646
• RUN: Reynolds drives in Cutch for RBI single to enormous applause. Tied, 3-3
• Cutch follows with a double down the left field line.
• Cruz bounces out to second base.
• Pitching for Milwaukee is lefty Jared Koenig.
• Santana comes up big to end the inning striking out Yellich but Pirates down one.
• Santana strikes out Contreras.
• RUN: Chourio lines a single to left as Canario can't make the sliding catch, Monasterio scores from third.. Brewers, 3-2.
• Now pitching for the Pirates is Dennis Santana, he'll inherit two runners.
• RUN: Turang lines a hard single to CF to bring in Bauers moving Monasterio to 3B and ending Rainey's rough 7th inning. Tied 2-2
• Monasterio hits a single to LF to move Bauers to third base.
• Bauers draws a walk.
• Durbin strikeout, Davis completes the K throwing to 1B
• Tanner Rainey gets the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Davis flies out to right.
• Really ugly swing from IKF there on a sweeper outside of the zone. Didn't have a chance.
• Frazier draws a nine-pitch walk.
• Hayes hits a grounder down the third-base line and it's corralled by Durbin, who makes an off balanced throw to first. Hoskins also made a nice pick.
• Skenes gets Frelick to ground out to second and strands runners at second and third. He got an ovation as he walked off the field at 101 pitches. Pirates, 2-1
• RUN: What a sequence there. Cruz comes up short on a diving catch to rob Hoskins of a hit. He rockets a throw into third, but it goes awry. Chourio scored on the play. Pirates, 2-1
• Yelich singles up the middle, putting runners on the corners.
• Skenes catches Contreras watching a down and away fastball for his eighth strikeout of the night.
• Chourio walks as Davis heads out to the mound to discuss something with Skenes.
• Cruz easily gets to a Turang lineout.
• End of fifth inning: Canario strikes out for the third time tonight and strands the bases loaded. Anderson got him on a fastball up in the zone.
• Horwitz strikes out on a high fastball. Just couldn't lay off.
• Peralta is done after throwing 101 pitches. Murphy goes to Grant Anderson.
• RUN: Reynolds walks to drive home a run. Love to see that patience there. Not pressing to drive in multiple runs. Just takes what's given to him and drives in the run. Pirates, 2-0
• I love a good bat flip from McCutchen after a walk. Bases loaded.
• Cruz strikes out on five pitches.
• In two at-bats, Davis has now seen 19 pitches tonight. Peralta has thrown 86.
• Davis lines out to center but there's catcher interference on the play and he gets first.
• IKF with his second single to right field tonight with a nice inside out approach.
• Monasterio hits an easy groundball to IKF for the third out. Skenes is at 82 pitches through five.
• Bauers sends one out to the warning track in center but Cruz tracks it down with ease.
• IKF charges in on a groundball from Durbin for the first out.
• End of fourth inning: Frazier singles into left but is thrown out trying to extend it into a double.
• Hayes grounds out to short.
• Canario watches strike three for his second of the night. He knew it right away. Watched it travel right through the zone.
• Skenes at 73 pitches through four. Not exactly where you want him to be at this point.
• Skenes through 3 IP has thrown 47 pitches, 33 strikes, no walks, five strikeouts.
• Chourio goes down swinging to end the inning. Skenes has 5 K's through three.
• Turang drives one to the warning track for Reynolds to capture for 2nd out.
• Monasterio leads off the top half of the third inning with fly out to RF.
• End of second inning: Davis with two runners in scoring position has a solid 11 pitch at-bat but gets jammed with a broken bat to SS.
• IKF steals 2B with no throw from Contreras.
• IKF extends his hitting streak to six games with a single to RF moving Frazier to 3B
• Frazier lines a single up the middle for the Pirates first hit of the game.
• Hayes goes oppo for a flyout to right center.
• Canario swings and misses to go down on strikes to begin the bottom of the third.
• Bauers follows with another caught looking.
• Durbin skies a popup to Horwitz.
• Frelick caught looking for Skenes' third strikeout.
• End of first inning: Horwitz doesn't hustle out of the box as Monasterio botches a ground ball and Horwitz gets thrown out at first. Not what you want to see.
• Reynolds flies out to center for the second out.
• Trying to pick off McCutchen. Really?
• McCutchen walks.
• Cruz sends a deep drive to the warning track in left center. It got a nice reaction from the crowd before Chourio tracked it down.
• It took him 23 pitches, but he strands two runners.
• Skenes does what he does and strikes out Hoskins with an up-and-away fastball.
• Yelich pokes a curveball into left field. Just kinda threw his bat at it for a single.
• Reynolds ranges into foul territory for a flyout from Contreras. Two away.
• Chourio singles into shallow left center between IKF and Canario. Caught just enough of a sweeper that was breaking away from him.
• Skenes strikes out Turang after a six-pitch at-bat with a fastball on the outer edge.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Brewers, Paul Skenes to Brice Turang, PNC Park, 6:41 p.m., 57 degrees, partly cloudy
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 5. Alexander Canario, LF 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS 9. Henry Davis, C
• For Pat Murphy's visitors:
1. Brice Turang, 2B 2. Jackson Chourio, CF 3. William Contreras, C 4. Christian Yelich, DH 5. Rhys Hoskins, 1B 6. Sal Frelick, RF 7. Caleb Durbin, 3B 8. Jake Bauers, LF 9. Andruw Monasterio, SS
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
4:14 am - 05.23.2025NORTH SHOREFinal: Pirates 6, Brewers 5
• Who: Pirates (17-34) vs. Brewers (25-26)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 52
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 54°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (3-5, 2.44 ERA) vs. RHP Freddy Peralta (5-3, 2.59 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
• RUN: Wild pitch wins it. Pirates, 6-5
• On the previous play, Frazier went to 3B and IKF steals 2B uncontested.
• IKF singles to RF and Canario is gunned down at the plate. Kelly is arguing the call.
• Frazier receives the intentional walk.
• Hayes grounds out to 3B. Just a reminder, Pirates haven't scored 6 or more in 27 straight games.
• RUN: Canario lines the ball to CF, Horwitz hung up between 2nd and 3rd but centerfielder drops the ball and he scores easily. Canario advances to 2nd on the dropped ball. Tied, 5-5.
• Turang fly out to CF.
• Collins is caught-stealing.
• RUN: Collins hits a bloop ball to drive in Durbin. Brewers, 5-4
• Isaac Collins pinch-hitting for Monasterio, Durbin steals 3B
• Borucki doesn't waste his time on Bauers, strikes him out.
• Ryan Borucki comes in for the 10th.
• End of ninth inning: Horwitz strikes out and we're going extras at PNC Park.
• Reynolds soft liner to Durbin's right at 3B.
• Cutch singles to LF. It is getting interesting for the Pirates.
• HOME RUN: Cruz. A NO-DOUBTER. Tied, 4-4
• Bart half swing in no man's land between the mound and first, Uribe scoops and runs to the bag for the out.
• Coming into the game for MIL to closeout the game is Abner Uribe.
• Durbin pops up to Frazier.
• Frelick strikes out.
• Kelly comes out to get the ball from Bednar, Isaac Mattson into game to clean it up.
• Ortiz walks. The boos are getting louder.
• Bednar follows up with a walk to Yelich and a chorus of boos.
• HOME RUN: Contreras with 3 strikeouts in the game launches a HR to the bullpen. Brewers, 4-3
• Chourio swings hard for strike three.
• David Bednar enters the game.
• End of eighth inning: Frazier is caught-stealing to end the inning taking the bat out of Bart's hands.
• Bart pinch-hitting for Davis
• IKF lofts a fly ball to CF for second out.
• Frazier lines a single to left.
• Hayes drives one to the Clemente Wall against new MIL reliever Nick Mears for a flyout.
• Turang flies out to Canario as he leaned to catch the ball. Pirates escape danger.
• Monasterio walks to load the bases for Turang.
• Durbin steals second without a throw as Davis lost the ball.
• Bauers strikes out swinging.
• Santana exits the game with runners on the corner and one out replaced by Caleb Ferguson.
• Durbin slices one passed Horwitz, Ortiz moves to 3B.
• Frelick strikes out.
• Joey Ortiz pinch-runs for Hoskins at 1B.
• Hoskins with his 2nd single of the game off Santana through the hole between SS and 3B.
• End of seventh inning: Canario bounces up the middle to second baseman to end the inning.
• Horwitz stays in the game to face the lefty Koenig, caught looking at strike 3.
• A: 24,646
• RUN: Reynolds drives in Cutch for RBI single to enormous applause. Tied, 3-3
• Cutch follows with a double down the left field line.
• Cruz bounces out to second base.
• Pitching for Milwaukee is lefty Jared Koenig.
• Santana comes up big to end the inning striking out Yellich but Pirates down one.
• Santana strikes out Contreras.
• RUN: Chourio lines a single to left as Canario can't make the sliding catch, Monasterio scores from third.. Brewers, 3-2.
• Now pitching for the Pirates is Dennis Santana, he'll inherit two runners.
• RUN: Turang lines a hard single to CF to bring in Bauers moving Monasterio to 3B and ending Rainey's rough 7th inning. Tied 2-2
• Monasterio hits a single to LF to move Bauers to third base.
• Bauers draws a walk.
• Durbin strikeout, Davis completes the K throwing to 1B
• Tanner Rainey gets the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Davis flies out to right.
• Really ugly swing from IKF there on a sweeper outside of the zone. Didn't have a chance.
• Frazier draws a nine-pitch walk.
• Hayes hits a grounder down the third-base line and it's corralled by Durbin, who makes an off balanced throw to first. Hoskins also made a nice pick.
• Skenes gets Frelick to ground out to second and strands runners at second and third. He got an ovation as he walked off the field at 101 pitches. Pirates, 2-1
• RUN: What a sequence there. Cruz comes up short on a diving catch to rob Hoskins of a hit. He rockets a throw into third, but it goes awry. Chourio scored on the play. Pirates, 2-1
• Yelich singles up the middle, putting runners on the corners.
• Skenes catches Contreras watching a down and away fastball for his eighth strikeout of the night.
• Chourio walks as Davis heads out to the mound to discuss something with Skenes.
• Cruz easily gets to a Turang lineout.
• End of fifth inning: Canario strikes out for the third time tonight and strands the bases loaded. Anderson got him on a fastball up in the zone.
• Horwitz strikes out on a high fastball. Just couldn't lay off.
• Peralta is done after throwing 101 pitches. Murphy goes to Grant Anderson.
• RUN: Reynolds walks to drive home a run. Love to see that patience there. Not pressing to drive in multiple runs. Just takes what's given to him and drives in the run. Pirates, 2-0
• I love a good bat flip from McCutchen after a walk. Bases loaded.
• Cruz strikes out on five pitches.
• In two at-bats, Davis has now seen 19 pitches tonight. Peralta has thrown 86.
• Davis lines out to center but there's catcher interference on the play and he gets first.
• IKF with his second single to right field tonight with a nice inside out approach.
• Monasterio hits an easy groundball to IKF for the third out. Skenes is at 82 pitches through five.
• Bauers sends one out to the warning track in center but Cruz tracks it down with ease.
• IKF charges in on a groundball from Durbin for the first out.
• End of fourth inning: Frazier singles into left but is thrown out trying to extend it into a double.
• Hayes grounds out to short.
• Canario watches strike three for his second of the night. He knew it right away. Watched it travel right through the zone.
• Skenes at 73 pitches through four. Not exactly where you want him to be at this point.
• Frelick then grounds out to third.
• The first and third ball were nearly in the same spot on the inner edge. Close calls.
• Hoskins holds off on a called ball four. It was awfully close but just below the zone. That's Skenes' first free pass.
• Strikeout No. 7 for Skenes as he sets down Yelich. The guy has been cruising since that first inning.
• That's another Skenes strikeout. He catches Contreras looking at a sweeper at the bottom of the zone.
• End of third inning: Horwitz joins the LF flyout club.
• Reynolds flies out to LF.
• Cutch groundout to SS.
• HOME RUN: Oneil follows his first at-bat with a right-centerfield blast. 118 mph exit velocity and 442 feet. Pirates, 1-0
• Skenes through 3 IP has thrown 47 pitches, 33 strikes, no walks, five strikeouts.
• Chourio goes down swinging to end the inning. Skenes has 5 K's through three.
• Turang drives one to the warning track for Reynolds to capture for 2nd out.
• Monasterio leads off the top half of the third inning with fly out to RF.
• End of second inning: Davis with two runners in scoring position has a solid 11 pitch at-bat but gets jammed with a broken bat to SS.
• IKF steals 2B with no throw from Contreras.
• IKF extends his hitting streak to six games with a single to RF moving Frazier to 3B
• Frazier lines a single up the middle for the Pirates first hit of the game.
• Hayes goes oppo for a flyout to right center.
• Canario swings and misses to go down on strikes to begin the bottom of the third.
• Bauers follows with another caught looking.
• Durbin skies a popup to Horwitz.
• Frelick caught looking for Skenes' third strikeout.
• End of first inning: Horwitz doesn't hustle out of the box as Monasterio botches a ground ball and Horwitz gets thrown out at first. Not what you want to see.
• Reynolds flies out to center for the second out.
• Trying to pick off McCutchen. Really?
• McCutchen walks.
• Cruz sends a deep drive to the warning track in left center. It got a nice reaction from the crowd before Chourio tracked it down.
• It took him 23 pitches, but he strands two runners.
• Skenes does what he does and strikes out Hoskins with an up-and-away fastball.
• Yelich pokes a curveball into left field. Just kinda threw his bat at it for a single.
• Reynolds ranges into foul territory for a flyout from Contreras. Two away.
• Chourio singles into shallow left center between IKF and Canario. Caught just enough of a sweeper that was breaking away from him.
• Skenes strikes out Turang after a six-pitch at-bat with a fastball on the outer edge.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Brewers, Paul Skenes to Brice Turang, PNC Park, 6:41 p.m., 57 degrees, partly cloudy
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
5. Alexander Canario, LF
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
9. Henry Davis, C
• For Pat Murphy's visitors:
1. Brice Turang, 2B
2. Jackson Chourio, CF
3. William Contreras, C
4. Christian Yelich, DH
5. Rhys Hoskins, 1B
6. Sal Frelick, RF
7. Caleb Durbin, 3B
8. Jake Bauers, LF
9. Andruw Monasterio, SS
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