• That's game. Bednar strikes out two of the three batters he faces. Pirates 9, Diamondbacks 6
• DavidBednar enters.
• Hayes walks and IKF flies out to end the inning.
• Pham grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.
• Frazier walks.
• Canario singles to lead off the top of the ninth.
• Santana works a clean eighth with two strikeouts and a groundout. He hands it back over to the offense.
• He makes quick work of the first two batters he faced, getting a strike out and a ground out.
• Dennis Santana gets the bottom half of the eighth.
• Horwitz and Davis go down in order to end the Pirates' seven-run eighth inning.
• HOME RUN: Reynolds cranks a 3-1 fastball at his waist into the left field seats for a three-run shot. This is the Pirates' highest-scoring inning this year. Pirates, 9-6
• Diamondbacks then execute a double steal with two away.
• Suarez flies out to center.
• RUN: Naylor cranks an 0-1 curveball into center field, scoring Perdomo from second. Diamondbacks, 6-0
• RUN: Gurriel Jr. singles into left field, scoring Carroll from second. Diamondbacks, 5-0
• RUNS: Perdomo pokes a curveball into right field, scoring two. Diamondbacks, 4-0
• Gonna need some length out of Wentz, similar to what Ashcraft did last night.
• He goes to Joey Wentz.
• Burrows misplays a ground ball back to the mound and his throw to first is late. Bases are loaded, just one out. Here comes Kelly.
• Burrows just tried to pick off Thomas at second base ... but no one was near second base.
• Lawlar walks to put runners on first and second. Worked a six-pitch at-bat.
• RUN: Thomas singles into right field, scoring Moreno. Just put his bat in front of an inside curveball. Diamondbacks, 2-0
• Moreno triples in front of the pool in right center.Took advantage of a high fastball.
• Outside of Gurriel's double, Burrows has really settled in since the first inning. He retires Smith with a groundout to first.
• Pham pops out to second. That's a quick inning for Burnes.
• Frazier groundsout up the middle. Two away.
• Suarez makes a nice throw and Naylor makes a nice stretch to get Canario at first.
• End of third inning: Burrows strands another runner at third as Suárez pops up to shortstop.
• Naylor then flies out to center and Gurriel Jr. advances to third.
• Gurriel Jr. ends up doubling to the left field corner on a curveball at the bottom of the zone.
• Kelly is right and the Pirates retain their challenge.
• Burrows hits Gurriel Jr. again but Kelly is going to challenge it and it looks like he may be right.
• Perdomo grounds out to Horwitz, who makes a nice pitch to Burrows covering the bag.
• Bart strands two runners with a groundout to short.
• Horwitz now pokes one into left field for back-to-back singles.
• Reynolds jumps on a first-pitch cutter and goes the opposite way into left field.
• Cruz strikes out on a low-and-in cutter. Burnes went after that location throughout that at-bat and it paid off.
• IKF swings at the first pitch he sees and grounds out to second.
• End of second inning: Burrows freezes Carroll with a 2-2 inside curveball. Definitely got the benefit of the doubt with that call.
• Burrows getting off to a much better start here in the second with back-to-back groundouts.
• Thomas grounds out to Burrows for an easy out.
• Really quick top half for the Pirates as Frazier, Pham and Hayes go down in order with the latter two grounding out to short.
• Pham grounds out to short.
• Frazier flies out to center field.
• End of first inning: Burrows strands the bases loaded as he strikes out Moreno with a 2-2 slider that catches the outer edge. Moreno was not happy with the call.
• Pirates get awfully lucky there as Smith hits a ball in front of home plate. Bart scrambled to gather it and then tagged out Gurriel Jr.
• Burnes fools Canario with an outside slider, shouldn't be surprised by that one. Canario has swung at those a majority of the time this season.
• Bart showcases a little patience and walks on four pitches. That's his first walk since May 13.
• Naylor then makes another nice play at first as he leaps up to grab a one-hopper from Horwitz. Elects not to go for the double play.
• Reynolds turns on a curveball in the middle of the zone for a single into right center. Made really nice contact there.
• Naylor makes a nice play at first to rob Cruz of a hit down the line.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Diamondbacks, Corbin Burnes to Oneil Cruz, Chase Field, 9:40 p.m., Eastern, roof closed
• For Don Kelly’s Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, DH 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Alexander Canario, CF 6. Adam Frazier, 2B 7. Tommy Pham, LF 8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Torey Lovullo's Diamondbacks:
1. Corbin Carroll, RF 2. Geraldo Perdomo, SS 3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., LF 4. Josh Naylor, 1B 5. Eugenio Suárez, 3B 6. Pavin Smith, DH 7. Gabriel Moreno, C 8. Alek Thomas, CF 9. Jordan Lawlar, 2B
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Greg Macafee
6:27 am - 05.27.2025PHOENIXFinal: Pirates 9, Diamondbacks 6
• Who: Pirates (19-36) vs. Diamondbacks (27-27)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 56
• When: 9:40 p.m., Eastern
• Where: Chase Field
• Weather: 97°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Mike Burrows (0-1, 7.20 ERA) vs. RHP Corbin Burnes (3-2, 2.73 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, MLB Network
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 840/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Diamondbacks
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Bednar strikes out two of the three batters he faces. Pirates 9, Diamondbacks 6
• David Bednar enters.
• Hayes walks and IKF flies out to end the inning.
• Pham grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.
• Frazier walks.
• Canario singles to lead off the top of the ninth.
• Santana works a clean eighth with two strikeouts and a groundout. He hands it back over to the offense.
• He makes quick work of the first two batters he faced, getting a strike out and a ground out.
• Dennis Santana gets the bottom half of the eighth.
• Horwitz and Davis go down in order to end the Pirates' seven-run eighth inning.
• HOME RUN: Reynolds cranks a 3-1 fastball at his waist into the left field seats for a three-run shot. This is the Pirates' highest-scoring inning this year. Pirates, 9-6
• Cruz reaches on a throwing error by Perdomo.
• Jalen Beeks, a former Pirate, enters for Arizona and will face Cruz.
• RUNS: This one isn't over folks, IKF doubles down the left-field line, it rolls all the way to the corner and clears the bases. Tied, 6-6
• Hayes walks to load the bases for IKF. Saw six pitches before the last one was low and outside.
• RUN: Davis scores from third on a Pham RBI single. Perdomo's throw brought Naylor off the bag. Runners at first and second. Diamondbacks, 6-3
• Frazier gets fooled by a slider below the zone. One away.
• Canario singles through the left side as Davis freezes and then advances to third.
• Davis strokes a first pitch slider and doubles into the right-center gap. He's swinging a really nice bat as of late.
• Kevin Ginkel enters for Arizona. He'll face Davis.
• End of seventh inning: Wentz has now retired 10 straight after getting Smith to fly out to deep center.
• Wentz freezes Suarez with an 0-2 fastball at the bottom of the zone.
• Wow. Canario makes a great over the shoulder catch to take a hit away from Naylor. Wentz will be praising him for that catch.
• Horwitz strikes out on a cutter that caught the outside edge.
• Reynolds hits a deep fly ball to the left field corner for a double. Went the other way with an inside cutter.
• Cruz with a lazy ground ball to second. Two away.
• IKF pops out to right field for the first out of the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Wentz works another 1-2-3 inning with a ground out and flyout, following Carroll's strikeout.
• Wentz strikes out Carroll to start the bottom half of the sixth. That's his third K so far.
• A: 20,739
• Man, what a play by Lawlar there to rob Hayes of a base hit up the middle.
• Pham beats out an infield single to third.
• Frazier is hit by a curveball.
• Canario strikes out on a cutter down and outside the zone.
• HOME RUN: Davis sends the first pitch he sees into the left field seats. Absolutely smoked that sinker. Diamondbacks, 6-2
• Reynolds draws a walk on five pitches.
• End of fifth inning: Wentz works a quick inning, setting down the D'backs in order with one flyout, one groundout and one strikeout.
• Henry Davis has entered the game. Bart was removed after a warmup pitch by Wentz, waved toward athletic trainer to take him out.
• Cruz goes down swinging on a 2-2 curveball way below the zone for a quick top half.
• IKF grounds out to short.
• Hayes goes down looking.
• End of fourth: Wentz strikes out Smith with a 1-2 fastball to get out of the jam.
• Diamondbacks then execute a double steal with two away.
• Suarez flies out to center.
• RUN: Naylor cranks an 0-1 curveball into center field, scoring Perdomo from second. Diamondbacks, 6-0
• RUN: Gurriel Jr. singles into left field, scoring Carroll from second. Diamondbacks, 5-0
• RUNS: Perdomo pokes a curveball into right field, scoring two. Diamondbacks, 4-0
• Gonna need some length out of Wentz, similar to what Ashcraft did last night.
• He goes to Joey Wentz.
• Burrows misplays a ground ball back to the mound and his throw to first is late. Bases are loaded, just one out. Here comes Kelly.
• Burrows just tried to pick off Thomas at second base ... but no one was near second base.
• Lawlar walks to put runners on first and second. Worked a six-pitch at-bat.
• RUN: Thomas singles into right field, scoring Moreno. Just put his bat in front of an inside curveball. Diamondbacks, 2-0
• Moreno triples in front of the pool in right center.Took advantage of a high fastball.
• Outside of Gurriel's double, Burrows has really settled in since the first inning. He retires Smith with a groundout to first.
• Pham pops out to second. That's a quick inning for Burnes.
• Frazier groundsout up the middle. Two away.
• Suarez makes a nice throw and Naylor makes a nice stretch to get Canario at first.
• End of third inning: Burrows strands another runner at third as Suárez pops up to shortstop.
• Naylor then flies out to center and Gurriel Jr. advances to third.
• Gurriel Jr. ends up doubling to the left field corner on a curveball at the bottom of the zone.
• Kelly is right and the Pirates retain their challenge.
• Burrows hits Gurriel Jr. again but Kelly is going to challenge it and it looks like he may be right.
• Perdomo grounds out to Horwitz, who makes a nice pitch to Burrows covering the bag.
• Bart strands two runners with a groundout to short.
• Horwitz now pokes one into left field for back-to-back singles.
• Reynolds jumps on a first-pitch cutter and goes the opposite way into left field.
• Cruz strikes out on a low-and-in cutter. Burnes went after that location throughout that at-bat and it paid off.
• IKF swings at the first pitch he sees and grounds out to second.
• End of second inning: Burrows freezes Carroll with a 2-2 inside curveball. Definitely got the benefit of the doubt with that call.
• Burrows getting off to a much better start here in the second with back-to-back groundouts.
• Thomas grounds out to Burrows for an easy out.
• Really quick top half for the Pirates as Frazier, Pham and Hayes go down in order with the latter two grounding out to short.
• Pham grounds out to short.
• Frazier flies out to center field.
• End of first inning: Burrows strands the bases loaded as he strikes out Moreno with a 2-2 slider that catches the outer edge. Moreno was not happy with the call.
• Pirates get awfully lucky there as Smith hits a ball in front of home plate. Bart scrambled to gather it and then tagged out Gurriel Jr.
• Suarez walks after an eight-pitch at bat and the bases are now loaded. Not the greatest start for Burrows.
• Two runners on now as Naylor singles to right.
• Burrows hits Gurriel Jr. with a changeup that missed up and in.
• Perdomo grounds out to first.
• HOME RUN: Carroll sends a 1-1 fastball at the top of the zone into the right field seats. An absolute, no doubter. Diamondbacks, 1-0
• Burnes fools Canario with an outside slider, shouldn't be surprised by that one. Canario has swung at those a majority of the time this season.
• Bart showcases a little patience and walks on four pitches. That's his first walk since May 13.
• Naylor then makes another nice play at first as he leaps up to grab a one-hopper from Horwitz. Elects not to go for the double play.
• Reynolds turns on a curveball in the middle of the zone for a single into right center. Made really nice contact there.
• Naylor makes a nice play at first to rob Cruz of a hit down the line.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Diamondbacks, Corbin Burnes to Oneil Cruz, Chase Field, 9:40 p.m., Eastern, roof closed
• For Don Kelly’s Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, DH
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Alexander Canario, CF
6. Adam Frazier, 2B
7. Tommy Pham, LF
8. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Torey Lovullo's Diamondbacks:
1. Corbin Carroll, RF
2. Geraldo Perdomo, SS
3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., LF
4. Josh Naylor, 1B
5. Eugenio Suárez, 3B
6. Pavin Smith, DH
7. Gabriel Moreno, C
8. Alek Thomas, CF
9. Jordan Lawlar, 2B
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