• Pages doubles down the right field line. He's 2-for-2 tonight with two doubles.
• Make that six strikeouts. Skenes throws a 98 mph fastball above the zone to get Muncy.
• Skenes gets strikeout No. 5 as he pounds a fastball low in the zone past Conforto. He's been really, really good tonight.
• Pirates have stranded six runners tonight and are 3-for-11 with RISP.
• Pham grounds out to third and that ends the top of the fifth. Yamamoto at 94 pitches. Would have to assume he's done.
• RUN: Hayes pokes one through the middle to score Cruz. Pirates, 3-0
• Cutch knocks one out to left for a single.
• He stays in the game.
• Cruz is now being attended to by trainers behind first base.
• Reynolds Ks on a foul tip.
• I'll retract my "pokes" comment. He smoked that. 117.6 mph exit velocity.
• RUN: Cruz pokes a 1-0 splitter out into right field to score Davis from second. Pirates, 2-0
• Davis smokes one down the third-base line that Muncy somehow corrals and beats out the throw to first. He'll get second on a throwing error.
• End of fourth inning: That's why he's one of the best in the game. Skenes strands Freeman at third after getting Smith to fly out to right field. Reynolds squeezes it tight.
• Skenes records his fourth strikeout of the night as he fools Edman with a sweeper that breaks out of the bottom of the zone. Just nasty stuff.
• Hernandez grounds out to Hayes, Freeman stays put.
• A ball squirts by Reynolds down in the right-field corner and Freeman moves all the way around to third. It's ruled a double and an E9.
• Make that eight as IKF strikes out on a curveball up in the zone.
• Yamamoto has settled in, retiring the last seven batters after facing a jam in the second inning.
• Frazier grounds out softly to first. Two away.
• Pham swings at an inside fastball and pops up into foul territory.
• End of third inning: Betts grounds out to Frazier at second and Skenes gets out of it.
• Ohtani hits a grounder to second and Skenes elects to throw to third to get Pages in a rundown. Ohatani takes second and the Pirates tag out Pages at third. That was interesting.
• Big on Big
• Pages then hits a ground-rule double down the right field line. Just blooped it out there and it bounced over the wall in foul territory after landing fair.
• Muncy flies out to center on a sinker up in the zone.
• Wanted to share this strikeout from Skenes in the second. Just filthy:
• Hayes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play to end the top of the third.
• Valdez pops up in foul territory. Yamamoto is at 63 pitches already.
• Cutch walks on six pitches.
• Alright, guys, after some technical difficulties we're back. Valdez drove home Cruz in the first with an RBI single through the right side. Skenes has faced one over the minimum and has three Ks. We're in the top of the third.
• Cutch strikes out on a pretty nasty splitter on the inside edge.
• Reynolds goes the opposite way with a fastball up in the zone and flies out to left.
• There it is. No. 12 on the season.
• Cruz works a seven-pitch walk, fouled off a few pitches. Let's see if he racks up another stolen base.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Dodgers, Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Oneil Cruz, Dodger Stadium, 10:10 p.m., Eastern, 59 degrees, partly cloudy
• Still find it odd to see Mookie at shortstop. He's an athlete I get it. Just an odd sight for me.
• Man, as a baseball guy, I'm excited for this one. Two of the game's best going at it.
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Tommy Pham, LF 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS 9. Henry Davis, C
• For Dave Roberts' Dodgers: 1. Shohei Ohtani, DH 2. Mookie Betts, SS 3. Freddie Freeman, 1B 4. Teoscar Hernández, RF 5. Tommy Edman, 2B 6. Will Smith, C 7. Michael Conforto, LF 8. Max Muncy, 3B 9. Andy Pages, CF
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Greg Macafee
7:59 am - 04.25.2025LOS ANGELESFinal: Pirates 3, Dodgers 0
• Who: Pirates (10-16) vs. Dodgers (16-9)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 27
• When: 10:10 p.m., Eastern
• Where: Dodger Stadium
• Weather: 58°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (2-2, 2.87 ERA) vs. RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-1, 0.93 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV, MLB Network
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/854
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Dodgers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Bednar does it. He strikes out Conforto and the Pirates steal one from the Dodgers. Final: Pirates 3, Dodgers 0
• Bread and butter strikeout for Bednar. He climbs the ladder and gets Smith with a high fastball.
• Caleb Ferguson warming in the bullpen. Would assume he gets the lefties after Smith.
• Bednar walks Edman on five pitches.
• Hernandez flies out to right.
• BIG moment here for Bednar. He gets the ninth.
• Cruz grounds into a 3-6-3 double play.
• Bednar up in the pen.
• Davis gets hit in on the hands and takes first. Seems to be alright. He wears a hand guard on his left, seemed to catch most of the blow.
• IKF grounds out to third.
• Really curious at how Shelton is gonna handle the ninth. Is it Bednar? Is it Ferguson? Is it a two-inning save for Santana?
• End of eighth inning: Freeman flies out to left field. Pham ranged a long way to get that one. Pirates, 3-0
• Betts hits a grounder to Triolo, who elects to go to second with the throw and gets Pages. Betts safe at first. Two away.
• Ohtani with a long and loud fly ball to center field. Cruz reels it in.
• Pages singles into shallow center field and that brings Ohtani to the plate.
• Dennis Santana gets the eighth.
• Frazier flies out to right.
• Call stands.
• Triolo swipes second. Looks like the Dodgers are gong to challenge it.
• Pham strikes out looking and takes a long slow walk back to the dugout.
• Dennis Santana is warming in the pen.
• Hayes strikes out on five pitches. Swung over an outside sweeper.
• Jared Triolo is pinch running for Valdez.
• Valdez walks on seven pitches.
• Noah Davis enters the game.
• End of seventh inning: Borucki does his job as he retires Muncy with a fly out to centerfield. Pirates, 3-0
• Conforto grounds out to second. Two away.
• Ryan Borucki enters the game.
• Here comes Shelton after Skenes strikes out Smith. They must've liked the matchup. Final line: 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K.
• Skenes is back out for the seventh. Even at 103 pitches. This is his moment.
• Cutch flies out to center.
• 4-3, Reynolds.
• Cruz lines out to second. 109.8 exit velocity.
• Skenes' line to this point: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 103 pitches, 66 strikes. The Pirates lead 3-0.
• Ryan Borucki and David Bednar are up in the bullpen.
• Luis Garcia enters the game for the Dodgers.
• End of sixth inning: Skenes strikes out Edman for the third time tonight with a changeup below the zone. That's No. 8.
• Skenes has reached 100 pitches. Could assume this would be his last inning.
• Hernandez flies out to left field.
• Freeman singles into shallow center field.
• A: 53,655
• Betts lines out to Cruz in center field.
• Skenes back out for the sixth. He'll face 2-3-4 of the Dodgers lineup.
• Davis grounds out to short. Snapped his bat in the process.
• Frazier is caught stealing. Was out by a mile there. Nice throw by Smith.
• IKF flies out to right center.
• Frazier fouls off seven straight pitches, watches a ball and then singles into right. Not a bad at-bat there.
• Alex Vesia enters the game for the Dodgers. Yamamoto's final line: 5 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
• End of fifth inning: Wow. Skenes strikes out Ohtani with a devastating curveball that broke out of the zone. That's No. 7.
• Pages doubles down the right field line. He's 2-for-2 tonight with two doubles.
• Make that six strikeouts. Skenes throws a 98 mph fastball above the zone to get Muncy.
• Skenes gets strikeout No. 5 as he pounds a fastball low in the zone past Conforto. He's been really, really good tonight.
• Pirates have stranded six runners tonight and are 3-for-11 with RISP.
• Pham grounds out to third and that ends the top of the fifth. Yamamoto at 94 pitches. Would have to assume he's done.
• RUN: Hayes pokes one through the middle to score Cruz. Pirates, 3-0
• Cutch knocks one out to left for a single.
• He stays in the game.
• Cruz is now being attended to by trainers behind first base.
• Reynolds Ks on a foul tip.
• I'll retract my "pokes" comment. He smoked that. 117.6 mph exit velocity.
• RUN: Cruz pokes a 1-0 splitter out into right field to score Davis from second. Pirates, 2-0
• Davis smokes one down the third-base line that Muncy somehow corrals and beats out the throw to first. He'll get second on a throwing error.
• End of fourth inning: That's why he's one of the best in the game. Skenes strands Freeman at third after getting Smith to fly out to right field. Reynolds squeezes it tight.
• Skenes records his fourth strikeout of the night as he fools Edman with a sweeper that breaks out of the bottom of the zone. Just nasty stuff.
• Hernandez grounds out to Hayes, Freeman stays put.
• A ball squirts by Reynolds down in the right-field corner and Freeman moves all the way around to third. It's ruled a double and an E9.
• Make that eight as IKF strikes out on a curveball up in the zone.
• Yamamoto has settled in, retiring the last seven batters after facing a jam in the second inning.
• Frazier grounds out softly to first. Two away.
• Pham swings at an inside fastball and pops up into foul territory.
• End of third inning: Betts grounds out to Frazier at second and Skenes gets out of it.
• Ohtani hits a grounder to second and Skenes elects to throw to third to get Pages in a rundown. Ohatani takes second and the Pirates tag out Pages at third. That was interesting.
• Big on Big
• Pages then hits a ground-rule double down the right field line. Just blooped it out there and it bounced over the wall in foul territory after landing fair.
• Muncy flies out to center on a sinker up in the zone.
• Wanted to share this strikeout from Skenes in the second. Just filthy:
• Hayes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play to end the top of the third.
• Valdez pops up in foul territory. Yamamoto is at 63 pitches already.
• Cutch walks on six pitches.
• Alright, guys, after some technical difficulties we're back. Valdez drove home Cruz in the first with an RBI single through the right side. Skenes has faced one over the minimum and has three Ks. We're in the top of the third.
• Cutch strikes out on a pretty nasty splitter on the inside edge.
• Reynolds goes the opposite way with a fastball up in the zone and flies out to left.
• There it is. No. 12 on the season.
• Cruz works a seven-pitch walk, fouled off a few pitches. Let's see if he racks up another stolen base.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Dodgers, Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Oneil Cruz, Dodger Stadium, 10:10 p.m., Eastern, 59 degrees, partly cloudy
• Still find it odd to see Mookie at shortstop. He's an athlete I get it. Just an odd sight for me.
• Man, as a baseball guy, I'm excited for this one. Two of the game's best going at it.
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Tommy Pham, LF
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
9. Henry Davis, C
• For Dave Roberts' Dodgers:
1. Shohei Ohtani, DH
2. Mookie Betts, SS
3. Freddie Freeman, 1B
4. Teoscar Hernández, RF
5. Tommy Edman, 2B
6. Will Smith, C
7. Michael Conforto, LF
8. Max Muncy, 3B
9. Andy Pages, CF
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