• HOME RUN: Reynolds sends one out the opposite way to right. Third of the season. Came on a fastball right down the middle. Didn't miss it. Guardians, 10-3
Bryan Reynolds hits a huge HR to cut the lead down to 7
• Cruz just looks foolish in swinging through strike three from Tim Herrin. Curveball down and out of the zone.
• IKF down swinging for the second time tonight.
• Thomas strikes out to end the top of the seventh. Guardians strike for five runs on five hits and two walks.
• Kwan doubles on a ball that hits the first-base bag and heads down the right-field line. Runners on second and third with two outs.
• RUN: Arias scores on a sac fly by Brayan Rocchio. Guardians, 10-2
• Naylor with a three-hit night. He's a triple shy of the cycle. Runners on the corners with one out.
• That's it for Nicolas. Not good. Gave up three hits and walked two in 1/3 of an inning. Allowed four runs and is responsible for the one at second. Tim Mayza enters.
• RUNS: Arias drives in two more runs with a double to left. Guardians, 9-2
• RUNS: Noel plates two runs with a double over the head of Suwinski in left. Here come those chants. You know the ones. Guardians, 7-2
• Santana walks to load the bases.
• A: 27,900
• Nicolas gets Manzardo swinging at a 2-2 curveball in the dirt. One out.
• Two on now after a walk to Ramirez.
• Kyle Nicolas takes over in the seventh and gives up a leadoff single to Thomas.
• End of sixth inning: Frazier retired 5-3.
• Two-out double for Triolo. First Pirates hit since the third inning.
• Suwinski strikes out for the third time tonight. First two times he went down swinging. This time he goes down looking at a fastball down in the zone.
• Cade Smith now in for Cleveland. Ortiz allowed two runs on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts over five innings against his former team. Really settled down nicely after those first few innings. Retired eight in a row to end his outing.
• Kwan lines out to Triolo at third.
• Wentz gets Martinez swinging for the second out.
• Naylor is retired for the first time tonight. Grounds out to Valdez at first.
• End of fifth inning: Another 1-2-3 inning for Ortiz. Reynolds struck out and was retired 2-3, Cutch grounded out 5-3 and Valdez flied out to center.
• Wentz gets Jhonkensy Noel swinging and retires Arias via a force out.
• RUN: Triolo commits an error, allowing Santana to reach and Ramirez to score. Guardians, 5-2
• Ramirez swipes third. He was halfway there before the ball even got to the plate.
• Manzardo lines out to center.
• Ramirez doubles to right and that's it for Mlodzinski. Threw 64 pitches -- 45 strikes -- over four innings. Joey Wentz enters.
• End of fourth inning: Cruz flies out to center. First time the Pirates have been set down in order tonight.
• IKF retired 1-3.
• Frazier down looking at a pitch that appeared high.
• Mlodzinski gets Thomas to ground out 6-3. Limits the damage to two runs. He allowed just one hit over the first two innings -- the homer by Naylor. He's allowed seven hits over the last two innings.
• Kwan walks. Runners on the corners.
• Martinez flies out to deep right. Naylor advances to third with two outs.
• I think Mlodzinski is a really good reliever. Think he could even be a quality option in high-leverage situations. But, man, I just don't see him as a starter. Not the same guy the second and third time through the order.
• RUNS: Naylor delivers again. Sends a two-run double into right-center field. Cruz didn't exactly take a very good route to that ball. Guardians, 4-2
• Arias sends a single to left to put two on with one out.
• Jones flies out to left for the first out.
• Very possible we'll see a battle of the bullpens in this one. Two of the best in the game when it comes to team ERA. Guardians rank fifth (3.00) in MLB and the Pirates are ninth (3.23).
• Santana lines one at Mlodzinski and reaches on an infield single. Looked like it might have went off his glove and trickled toward third.
• End of third inning: Triolo retired 4-3 to strand two runners on. Ortiz sits at over 70 pitches through three. Getting to the starter early and forcing him out doesn't exactly mean much though when the opposing team possesses one of the best bullpens in baseball.
• Suwinski down swinging for the second out.
• RUN: Bart plates Cutch with an RBI single to center. Ortiz left a 2-0 sinker over the heart of the plate. Tied again at 2-2
Joey Bart RIPS a single off of Luis Ortiz to tie the game!
• Now Valdez walks to put two runners on. Ortiz is already over 60 pitches less than three innings in.
• Cutch walks and immediately gets into scoring position with a swipe of second.
• Reynolds strikes out to begin the home half of the third.
• RUN: Manzardo drives in a run with a double to right. Ramirez tried to score a second run on the play, but he missed home plate on the slide and was tagged out by Bart to end the inning. Reynolds to Frazier to Bart. Guardians, 2-1
• Back-to-back two-out singles by Thomas and Ramirez.
• Interesting stuff here from @OptaSTATS on X: "In 17 games this season for the Pirates, Oneil Cruz has 11 walks, nine stolen bases and four homers. He's the only MLB player in the modern era to reach all three marks through his first 17 games of a season.
• HOME RUN: Naylor ties the game with a solo homer to center. Came on an 0-1 fastball down the middle. All tied at 1-1
• One-out single for Frazier. Concluded a seven-pitch at-bat by sending a 2-2 slider at the bottom of the zone into center.
• Triolo pops out to Santana in foul territory.
• Mlodzinski induces a pair of 5-3 groundouts to retire Jones and Arias. He's at 24 pitches over two innings.
• Santana grounds out to first. Manzardo advances to second. One out.
• Manzardo draws a leadoff walk.
• End of first inning: Suwinski goes down swinging, too. Ortiz doesn't do it in order, but he does strike out the side. Threw 27 pitches.
• Two-out walk to Bart puts two on.
• Valdez strikes out on three pitches. Changeup at the bottom of the zone retired him.
• McCutchen down swinging. Couldn't get to a 98 mph fastball up in the zone.
• Reynolds singles to center. Cutter up in the zone from Ortiz.
• Cruz is the first Pirates player to hit home runs in three straight games since ConnorJoe did it from May 11-14 last year.
• HOME RUN: Cruz greets his former teammate with a solo shot to left. First pitch. Third straight game with a homer and second straight with one of the leadoff variety. Pirates, 1-0
• Ramirez pops out to Triolo in shallow left to end the top of the first. A nine-pitch inning for Mlodzinski. Threw seven for strikes.
• Mlodzinski induces a 5-4-3 double play off the bat of Thomas.
• Kwan leads things off with a line-drive single to left.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Guardians, 6:42 p.m., CarmenMlodzinski to StevenKwan, 84 degrees, sunny
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 5. Joey Bart, C 6. Jack Suwinski, LF 7. Jared Triolo, 3B 8. Adam Frazier, 2B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Stephen Vogt's lineup:
1. Steven Kwan, LF 2. Lane Thomas, CF 3. Jose Ramirez, 3B 4. Kyle Manzardo, DH 5. Carlos Santana, 1B 6. Nolan Jones, RF 7. Gabriel Arias, SS 8. Bo Naylor, C 9. Angel Martinez, 2B
THE ASYLUM
Final: Guardians 10, Pirates 7
• Who: Pirates (8-12) vs. Guardians (9-8)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 21
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 76°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2, 6.23 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Ortiz (1-2, 6.06 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 869/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Guardians
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Suwinski strikes out for the fourth time tonight. Guardians 10, Pirates 7
• Bart walks. Suwinski, the tying run, comes to the plate.
• Emmanuel Clase enters to get the final out.
• Call on the field is confirmed. Reynolds is out. Two down.
• Reynolds was caught at third, but the play is under review. What a throw in left by Kwan.
• RUN: Valdez drives in Cruz with an RBI double to left. Guardians, 10-7
• McCutchen pops out to first for the first out.
• RUN: It's a four-run game. Reynolds plates IKF with a single to left. Guardians, 10-6
• Cruz walks to put two on for Reynolds.
• IKF leads off the ninth with a double to right off Paul Sewald.
• Another strikeout for Lawrence. This time gets Naylor swinging. Seven Guardians hitters have now been retired in a row.
• Lawrence gets Arias looking.
• Noel pops out to Triolo.
• Justin Lawrence enters to pitch the ninth.
• End of eighth inning: Frazier flies out to left.
• Triolo strikes out on a check swing. Two outs.
• Suwinski flies out to right-center.
• Santana lines out to center to end the top of the eighth.
• Manzardo grounds out to Valdez at first. Two outs.
• Ramirez pops out to Triolo in foul territory.
• End of seventh inning: Bart flies out to right to end the frame.
• HOME RUN: Valdez goes deep to center. His first of the season and first in a Pirates uniform. Some two-out magic. Guardians, 10-5
• Two-out infield single for McCutchen.
• HOME RUN: Reynolds sends one out the opposite way to right. Third of the season. Came on a fastball right down the middle. Didn't miss it. Guardians, 10-3
• Cruz just looks foolish in swinging through strike three from Tim Herrin. Curveball down and out of the zone.
• IKF down swinging for the second time tonight.
• Thomas strikes out to end the top of the seventh. Guardians strike for five runs on five hits and two walks.
• Kwan doubles on a ball that hits the first-base bag and heads down the right-field line. Runners on second and third with two outs.
• RUN: Arias scores on a sac fly by Brayan Rocchio. Guardians, 10-2
• Naylor with a three-hit night. He's a triple shy of the cycle. Runners on the corners with one out.
• That's it for Nicolas. Not good. Gave up three hits and walked two in 1/3 of an inning. Allowed four runs and is responsible for the one at second. Tim Mayza enters.
• RUNS: Arias drives in two more runs with a double to left. Guardians, 9-2
• RUNS: Noel plates two runs with a double over the head of Suwinski in left. Here come those chants. You know the ones. Guardians, 7-2
• Santana walks to load the bases.
• A: 27,900
• Nicolas gets Manzardo swinging at a 2-2 curveball in the dirt. One out.
• Two on now after a walk to Ramirez.
• Kyle Nicolas takes over in the seventh and gives up a leadoff single to Thomas.
• End of sixth inning: Frazier retired 5-3.
• Two-out double for Triolo. First Pirates hit since the third inning.
• Suwinski strikes out for the third time tonight. First two times he went down swinging. This time he goes down looking at a fastball down in the zone.
• Cade Smith now in for Cleveland. Ortiz allowed two runs on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts over five innings against his former team. Really settled down nicely after those first few innings. Retired eight in a row to end his outing.
• Kwan lines out to Triolo at third.
• Wentz gets Martinez swinging for the second out.
• Naylor is retired for the first time tonight. Grounds out to Valdez at first.
• End of fifth inning: Another 1-2-3 inning for Ortiz. Reynolds struck out and was retired 2-3, Cutch grounded out 5-3 and Valdez flied out to center.
• Wentz gets Jhonkensy Noel swinging and retires Arias via a force out.
• RUN: Triolo commits an error, allowing Santana to reach and Ramirez to score. Guardians, 5-2
• Ramirez swipes third. He was halfway there before the ball even got to the plate.
• Manzardo lines out to center.
• Ramirez doubles to right and that's it for Mlodzinski. Threw 64 pitches -- 45 strikes -- over four innings. Joey Wentz enters.
• End of fourth inning: Cruz flies out to center. First time the Pirates have been set down in order tonight.
• IKF retired 1-3.
• Frazier down looking at a pitch that appeared high.
• Mlodzinski gets Thomas to ground out 6-3. Limits the damage to two runs. He allowed just one hit over the first two innings -- the homer by Naylor. He's allowed seven hits over the last two innings.
• Kwan walks. Runners on the corners.
• Martinez flies out to deep right. Naylor advances to third with two outs.
• I think Mlodzinski is a really good reliever. Think he could even be a quality option in high-leverage situations. But, man, I just don't see him as a starter. Not the same guy the second and third time through the order.
• RUNS: Naylor delivers again. Sends a two-run double into right-center field. Cruz didn't exactly take a very good route to that ball. Guardians, 4-2
• Arias sends a single to left to put two on with one out.
• Jones flies out to left for the first out.
• Very possible we'll see a battle of the bullpens in this one. Two of the best in the game when it comes to team ERA. Guardians rank fifth (3.00) in MLB and the Pirates are ninth (3.23).
• Santana lines one at Mlodzinski and reaches on an infield single. Looked like it might have went off his glove and trickled toward third.
• End of third inning: Triolo retired 4-3 to strand two runners on. Ortiz sits at over 70 pitches through three. Getting to the starter early and forcing him out doesn't exactly mean much though when the opposing team possesses one of the best bullpens in baseball.
• Suwinski down swinging for the second out.
• RUN: Bart plates Cutch with an RBI single to center. Ortiz left a 2-0 sinker over the heart of the plate. Tied again at 2-2
• Now Valdez walks to put two runners on. Ortiz is already over 60 pitches less than three innings in.
• Cutch walks and immediately gets into scoring position with a swipe of second.
• Reynolds strikes out to begin the home half of the third.
• RUN: Manzardo drives in a run with a double to right. Ramirez tried to score a second run on the play, but he missed home plate on the slide and was tagged out by Bart to end the inning. Reynolds to Frazier to Bart. Guardians, 2-1
• Back-to-back two-out singles by Thomas and Ramirez.
• Interesting stuff here from @OptaSTATS on X: "In 17 games this season for the Pirates, Oneil Cruz has 11 walks, nine stolen bases and four homers. He's the only MLB player in the modern era to reach all three marks through his first 17 games of a season.
• HOME RUN: Naylor ties the game with a solo homer to center. Came on an 0-1 fastball down the middle. All tied at 1-1
• End of second inning: Cruz flies out to right.
• IKF down swinging.
• Frazier swipes second.
• One-out single for Frazier. Concluded a seven-pitch at-bat by sending a 2-2 slider at the bottom of the zone into center.
• Triolo pops out to Santana in foul territory.
• Mlodzinski induces a pair of 5-3 groundouts to retire Jones and Arias. He's at 24 pitches over two innings.
• Santana grounds out to first. Manzardo advances to second. One out.
• Manzardo draws a leadoff walk.
• End of first inning: Suwinski goes down swinging, too. Ortiz doesn't do it in order, but he does strike out the side. Threw 27 pitches.
• Two-out walk to Bart puts two on.
• Valdez strikes out on three pitches. Changeup at the bottom of the zone retired him.
• McCutchen down swinging. Couldn't get to a 98 mph fastball up in the zone.
• Reynolds singles to center. Cutter up in the zone from Ortiz.
• Cruz is the first Pirates player to hit home runs in three straight games since Connor Joe did it from May 11-14 last year.
• HOME RUN: Cruz greets his former teammate with a solo shot to left. First pitch. Third straight game with a homer and second straight with one of the leadoff variety. Pirates, 1-0
• Ramirez pops out to Triolo in shallow left to end the top of the first. A nine-pitch inning for Mlodzinski. Threw seven for strikes.
• Mlodzinski induces a 5-4-3 double play off the bat of Thomas.
• Kwan leads things off with a line-drive single to left.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Guardians, 6:42 p.m., Carmen Mlodzinski to Steven Kwan, 84 degrees, sunny
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
5. Joey Bart, C
6. Jack Suwinski, LF
7. Jared Triolo, 3B
8. Adam Frazier, 2B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Stephen Vogt's lineup:
1. Steven Kwan, LF
2. Lane Thomas, CF
3. Jose Ramirez, 3B
4. Kyle Manzardo, DH
5. Carlos Santana, 1B
6. Nolan Jones, RF
7. Gabriel Arias, SS
8. Bo Naylor, C
9. Angel Martinez, 2B
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