• Valdez lines out to right. Rally falls short and the Pirates are swept. Guardians 5, Pirates 4 in 10 innings
• Cruz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Suwinski to third with two outs.
• Henry Davis will run at first for Bart.
• Bart walks to put two on for Cruz.
• Suwinski will run at second for Cutch.
• Santana grounds out to first. Probably would have been an inning-ending double play if Manzardo was walked. Guardians don't register a hit, but their outs were productive enough to generate a run.
• RUN: Noel scores on a sac fly by Manzardo. Wondering why they didn't put him on to put the double play in order for Santana. Guardians, 5-4
• Well, Frazier just saved a run. Outstanding diving stop and a throw to first to retire Ramirez 4-3. Noel to third. One out.
• Dennis Santana enters.
• End of ninth inning: Cutch grounds into an inning-ending double play. Extra baseball coming your way.
• Infield single for Reynolds. Went off Clase and now the trainer comes out.
• A rally against one of, if not the best closer in the game. Not bad.
• RUN: All tied up. Hayes drives in Frazier with a single to right. It's 4-4
• Huge stolen base by Frazier. Now the tying run is 90 feet away.
• IKF flies out to left. One out.
• RUNS: Pirates are rallying. Frazier sends a two-run double down the third-base line. Guardians, 4-3
• Pham doubles to center to put two in scoring position with nobody out.
• Noel strikes out to end the top half of the ninth.
• Cruz makes a running catch in center field to retire Kwan.
• Rocchio grounds out to first.
• Cruz remains in the game in center.
• End of eighth inning: Cruz retired 4-3.
• Oneil Cruz to bat for Canario.
• Bart goes down looking.
• McCutchen grounds out 5-3 to begin the home half.
• Shugart with a 1-2-3 eighth. Arias flies out, Martinez pops out in foul ground and Hedges down swinging.
• Chase Shugart gets the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Reynolds flies out to left to end the threat and strand two runners on.
• Hayes singles to put two on for Reynolds.
• Two-out single for IKF.
• Pham and Frazier both go down swinging. Four straight Pirates have struck out.
• IKF makes a nice back-handed stop, goes to a knee and delivers a ball that skips in to Valdez at first to retire Santana.
• HOME RUN: Manzardo homers for the second straight game. Fastball on the inner third from Wentz. That's Manzardo's fourth home run in 19 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers this year. Guardians, 4-1
• Two-out single to left for Ramirez.
• Jhonkensy Noel down looking.
• Kwan flies out to right.
• Joey Wentz enters for the seventh. Valdez remains in to play first.
• End of sixth inning: Valdez down swinging to end the threat.
• Costly mistake there by Sewald. Commits an error on an errant pickoff throw to second. Cutch to third.
• Good sign here considering what happened last night: Enmanuel Valdez enters to hit for Triolo.
• Bart walks and Canario strikes out looking on a pitch that looked outside. Two outs.
• RUN: McCutchen drives in Reynolds with a double down the third-base line. Guardians, 2-1
• Two-hit day for Reynolds, who lines a one-out single to left.
• Canario didn't make that look easy, but he makes the catch in center to retire Rocchio. What a disaster that would have been if he would have dropped it. Anyways, really nice work by Lawrence to escape that situation. Two huge ground balls and the flyout.
• Hedges grounds into a 4-2 fielder's choice now. Another run cut down. Two outs.
• Martinez grounds into a 3-5-2 fielder's choice. Run doesn't score, but Martinez gets himself into scoring position. Runners on second and third with one out.
• Justin Lawrence enters and hits Santana with a pitch before allowing a double to Arias. Two in scoring position with nobody out.
• End of fifth inning: Allen breezes through the bottom of the Pirates' order. Frazier lined out to first and IKF struck out for the second time today.
• Pham pops out to lead off the home half of the fifth.
• A clean fifth for Keller. Got Ramirez to fly out to right and Manzardo to grind out 6-3. Keller's at 101 pitches. Threw 68 strikes through five innings.
• Guardians have two on with one out here in the fifth after a walk to Kwan and a Jones single.
• End of fourth inning: Triolo is retired U3 on a nice play down the line by Manzardo.
• Canario flies out. McCutchen advances to third. Runners on the corners with two outs.
• McCutchen grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice. He's safe at first. One out.
• Pirates still don't have a hit out of the infield, but Reynolds leads off the fourth with an infield single. Dangerous lineup here, you guys.
• A quick, scoreless fourth for Keller. Needed that. Got two flyouts and a groundout.
• End of third inning: Frazier flies out to left, IKF down swinging and Hayes grounds into a fielder's choice.
• Infield single for Pham. First Pirates hit of the day.
• Keller strikes out Santana swinging to end the top of the third.
• Two-out single to right for Manzardo.
• Ramirez flies out to center.
• Jones flies out to left.
• HOME RUN: Kwan follows a Rocchio single with a two-run shot into the seats above the Clemente Wall in right. First-pitch sinker right down the middle from Keller. Guardians, 2-0
• End of second inning: Six up, six down for Logan Allen. Gets Triolo to fly out to right.
• Bart and Canario fly out to right and center, respectively. Two quick outs in the top of the second.
• Keller gets Hedges looking to finish off the second and come away unscathed.
• Martinez singles to right.
• Arias retired 4-3. Ton of groundouts so far. Good sign for Keller.
• Santana grounds out 4-3.
• End of first inning: Cutch goes down looking at a sweeper that appeared low.
• Long flyout to right-center field for Reynolds.
• Hayes strikes out swinging to lead off the bottom of the first.
• Keller escapes with a strikeout of Manzardo to end the top of the first.
• Two-out walk to Ramirez.
• Jones grounds out 4-3.
• Kwan retired 5-3.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Guardians, 1:37 p.m., MitchKeller to StevenKwan, 65 degrees, cloudy
• Derek Shelton’s Sunday lineup:
1. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Alexander Canario, CF 6. Jared Triolo, 1B 7. Tommy Pham, LF 8. Adam Frazier, 2B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Stephen Vogt's lineup:
1. Steven Kwan, LF 2. Nolan Jones, RF 3. Jose Ramirez, 3B 4. Kyle Manzardo, 1B 5. Carlos Santana, DH 6. Gabriel Arias, 2B 7. Angel Martinez, CF 8. Austin Hedges, C 9. Brayan Rocchio, SS
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José Negron
9:39 pm - 04.19.2025North ShoreFinal: Guardians 5, Pirates 4
• Who: Pirates (8-14) vs. Guardians (11-9)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 23
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 65°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller (1-2, 4.30 ERA) vs. LHP Logan Allen (1-1, 2.30 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
• Valdez lines out to right. Rally falls short and the Pirates are swept. Guardians 5, Pirates 4 in 10 innings
• Cruz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Suwinski to third with two outs.
• Henry Davis will run at first for Bart.
• Bart walks to put two on for Cruz.
• Suwinski will run at second for Cutch.
• Santana grounds out to first. Probably would have been an inning-ending double play if Manzardo was walked. Guardians don't register a hit, but their outs were productive enough to generate a run.
• RUN: Noel scores on a sac fly by Manzardo. Wondering why they didn't put him on to put the double play in order for Santana. Guardians, 5-4
• Well, Frazier just saved a run. Outstanding diving stop and a throw to first to retire Ramirez 4-3. Noel to third. One out.
• Dennis Santana enters.
• End of ninth inning: Cutch grounds into an inning-ending double play. Extra baseball coming your way.
• Infield single for Reynolds. Went off Clase and now the trainer comes out.
• A rally against one of, if not the best closer in the game. Not bad.
• RUN: All tied up. Hayes drives in Frazier with a single to right. It's 4-4
• Huge stolen base by Frazier. Now the tying run is 90 feet away.
• IKF flies out to left. One out.
• RUNS: Pirates are rallying. Frazier sends a two-run double down the third-base line. Guardians, 4-3
• Pham doubles to center to put two in scoring position with nobody out.
• Noel strikes out to end the top half of the ninth.
• Cruz makes a running catch in center field to retire Kwan.
• Rocchio grounds out to first.
• Cruz remains in the game in center.
• End of eighth inning: Cruz retired 4-3.
• Oneil Cruz to bat for Canario.
• Bart goes down looking.
• McCutchen grounds out 5-3 to begin the home half.
• Shugart with a 1-2-3 eighth. Arias flies out, Martinez pops out in foul ground and Hedges down swinging.
• Chase Shugart gets the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Reynolds flies out to left to end the threat and strand two runners on.
• Hayes singles to put two on for Reynolds.
• Two-out single for IKF.
• Pham and Frazier both go down swinging. Four straight Pirates have struck out.
• IKF makes a nice back-handed stop, goes to a knee and delivers a ball that skips in to Valdez at first to retire Santana.
• HOME RUN: Manzardo homers for the second straight game. Fastball on the inner third from Wentz. That's Manzardo's fourth home run in 19 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers this year. Guardians, 4-1
• Two-out single to left for Ramirez.
• Jhonkensy Noel down looking.
• Kwan flies out to right.
• Joey Wentz enters for the seventh. Valdez remains in to play first.
• End of sixth inning: Valdez down swinging to end the threat.
• Costly mistake there by Sewald. Commits an error on an errant pickoff throw to second. Cutch to third.
• Good sign here considering what happened last night: Enmanuel Valdez enters to hit for Triolo.
• Bart walks and Canario strikes out looking on a pitch that looked outside. Two outs.
• RUN: McCutchen drives in Reynolds with a double down the third-base line. Guardians, 2-1
• Two-hit day for Reynolds, who lines a one-out single to left.
• Canario didn't make that look easy, but he makes the catch in center to retire Rocchio. What a disaster that would have been if he would have dropped it. Anyways, really nice work by Lawrence to escape that situation. Two huge ground balls and the flyout.
• Hedges grounds into a 4-2 fielder's choice now. Another run cut down. Two outs.
• Martinez grounds into a 3-5-2 fielder's choice. Run doesn't score, but Martinez gets himself into scoring position. Runners on second and third with one out.
• Justin Lawrence enters and hits Santana with a pitch before allowing a double to Arias. Two in scoring position with nobody out.
• End of fifth inning: Allen breezes through the bottom of the Pirates' order. Frazier lined out to first and IKF struck out for the second time today.
• Pham pops out to lead off the home half of the fifth.
• A clean fifth for Keller. Got Ramirez to fly out to right and Manzardo to grind out 6-3. Keller's at 101 pitches. Threw 68 strikes through five innings.
• Guardians have two on with one out here in the fifth after a walk to Kwan and a Jones single.
• End of fourth inning: Triolo is retired U3 on a nice play down the line by Manzardo.
• Canario flies out. McCutchen advances to third. Runners on the corners with two outs.
• McCutchen grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice. He's safe at first. One out.
• Pirates still don't have a hit out of the infield, but Reynolds leads off the fourth with an infield single. Dangerous lineup here, you guys.
• A quick, scoreless fourth for Keller. Needed that. Got two flyouts and a groundout.
• End of third inning: Frazier flies out to left, IKF down swinging and Hayes grounds into a fielder's choice.
• Infield single for Pham. First Pirates hit of the day.
• Keller strikes out Santana swinging to end the top of the third.
• Two-out single to right for Manzardo.
• Ramirez flies out to center.
• Jones flies out to left.
• HOME RUN: Kwan follows a Rocchio single with a two-run shot into the seats above the Clemente Wall in right. First-pitch sinker right down the middle from Keller. Guardians, 2-0
• End of second inning: Six up, six down for Logan Allen. Gets Triolo to fly out to right.
• Bart and Canario fly out to right and center, respectively. Two quick outs in the top of the second.
• Keller gets Hedges looking to finish off the second and come away unscathed.
• Martinez singles to right.
• Arias retired 4-3. Ton of groundouts so far. Good sign for Keller.
• Santana grounds out 4-3.
• End of first inning: Cutch goes down looking at a sweeper that appeared low.
• Long flyout to right-center field for Reynolds.
• Hayes strikes out swinging to lead off the bottom of the first.
• Keller escapes with a strikeout of Manzardo to end the top of the first.
• Two-out walk to Ramirez.
• Jones grounds out 4-3.
• Kwan retired 5-3.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Guardians, 1:37 p.m., Mitch Keller to Steven Kwan, 65 degrees, cloudy
• Derek Shelton’s Sunday lineup:
1. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Alexander Canario, CF
6. Jared Triolo, 1B
7. Tommy Pham, LF
8. Adam Frazier, 2B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Stephen Vogt's lineup:
1. Steven Kwan, LF
2. Nolan Jones, RF
3. Jose Ramirez, 3B
4. Kyle Manzardo, 1B
5. Carlos Santana, DH
6. Gabriel Arias, 2B
7. Angel Martinez, CF
8. Austin Hedges, C
9. Brayan Rocchio, SS
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