• Valdez sends a triple into the gap in left-center field. He slid into third safely, but was apparently tagged out by Ramirez when his hand came off the bag. Was favoring his shoulder as he went into the dugout with the trainer. Pirates are challenging.
• Bednar gets Rocchio looking to come away unscathed in his return to the big leagues.
• Thomas down swinging at a curveball on the outer third. Bednar definitely hit his spots well there.
• Martinez singles to put two runners on.
• Frazier charged with an error that allows Naylor to reach.
• He ends up lining out to center for the first out of the ninth.
• Santana sends a foul ball to the moon.
• Not your typical cheers once that song played.
• Hey guys, it's Renegade time.
• End of eighth inning: Hayes down swinging.
• Reynolds ground out to first.
• Hunter Gaddis enters.
• Cruz retired 1-3.
• Manzardo strikes out swinging to end the top of the eighth.
• RUN: Ramirez plates Rocchio with a sac fly to center. Guardians, 3-0
• Jones walks to load the bases.
• Kwan singles past a diving Triolo and into center. Runners on the corners with one out.
• Rocchio swipes second.
• Rocchio walks.
• Thomas down swinging for the first out.
• Caleb Ferguson gets the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Davis strikes out swinging. That's now seven runners left on base today. Five have been left in scoring position.
• Canario down swinging. Suwinski could have done that, too.
• A: 37,713 ... Second sellout of the season.
• Alexander Canario will hit for Suwinski.
• Tim Herrin enters for Cleveland.
• One-out double down the left-field line for Triolo.
• Frazier down swinging.
• Skenes strikes out Martinez swinging to end the seventh. Gets a well-deserved ovation following what should be his final inning. Seven strong. Two earned runs on six hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Threw 68 of 103 pitches for strikes. Gave his team a chance to win. Offense hasn't helped the cause.
• Naylor pops out to Hayes.
• Skenes gets his third strikeout of the day by getting Santana swinging for the first out.
• "SELL-THE-TEAM" chants growing louder and louder.
• HOME RUN: Manzardo sends a first-pitch splinker on the inner third out to right. He's the 51st different player to reach the Allegheny River. Guardians, 2-0
• End sixth inning: And Pham grounds into an inning-killing 4-3 double play. First-pitch fastball on the outer third. All of that for nothing.
• Valdez walks to load the bases for Pham.
• Hayes had a point there. Outside pitch framed perfectly on the outer edge by Naylor. Lively gets Hayes looking on a 3-2 pitch for the first out. That's it for Lively. Cade Smith enters.
• Single to left for Reynolds. Cruz was on the move, so he gets to third. Runners on the corners with no outs.
• Cruz leads off the home half of the sixth with a walk.
• Ramirez retired 4-3 to end the top of the sixth. Have to think this is a career low in strikeouts for Skenes, who only has two through six. He's been good, nonetheless. Sitting at 85 pitches -- 54 strikes.
• Two-out double off the wall in right-center for Jones. Nearly went out. Concluded a nine-pitch at-bat. Fastball middle in from Skenes.
• Kwan retired 1-3.
• Rocchio grounds out to Valdez at first.
• End of fifth inning: Another short stay in the dugout for Skenes. Pirates retired in order again as Davis flies out to left. Eight in a row retired.
• Suwinski retired 4-3.
• Triolo grounds out 5-3.
• Skenes has really benefitted from keeping the ball on the ground for outs. He's induced three inning-ending double plays through five innings. Another to end the fifth. Those have certainly helped his pitch count. He's at 65 pitches -- 40 strikes.
• Martinez flies out to center for the first out.
• Naylor walks to lead off the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Pham down swinging and Frazier flies out to left. First time the Pirates have been set down in order today.
• Valdez lines out to right.
• Santana lines out to Valdez at first. A 1-2-3 fourth for Skenes. He's now up to 54 pitches -- 34 strikes -- through four innings.
• Ramirez flies out to right and Manzardo can't catch up to a wicked breaking ball from Skenes.
• End of third inning: Hayes is robbed of a hit on a sensational play by Rocchio at short. Third straight inning with a stranded runner.
• Cruz swipes second and Reynolds strikes out for the second out. A 1-2 curveball in the dirt fooled him.
• Cruz singles to right. Ball was misplayed by Jones. Cruz should be on second. Would have been easily if he was hustling out of the box.
• Davis pops out to first.
• Double play ends the inning.
• RUN: Kwan sends an RBI single to right. Schneemann hesitated after coming back to the bag to tag up, but he scores with no throw. Guardians, 1-0
• Schneemann doubles to right and moves to third on a 4-3 groundout by Rocchio.
• End of second inning: Suwinski lines out to short to strand Frazier at third.
• Frazier advances to third on a flyout to center by Triolo.
• Frazier lines one to right and it gets past Jones. Frazier ends up on second with a one-out double.
• Pham leads off the second with a groundout to second.
• Martinez grounds out 4-3 to end a 1-2-3 second for Skenes. He's at 32 pitches through two.
• Suwinski makes a catch near the wall in center field to retire Naylor.
• First strikeout of the afternoon for Skenes. Santana goes down swinging at a sweeper down in the zone.
• End of first inning: Valdez ends up flying out to left.
• Call on the field is confirmed. Foul ball.
• Valdez hits one deep down the right-field line. Looked to be a two-run homer, but called foul. Under review.
• Two-out single to right for Hayes.
• Reynolds retired 4-3.
• Cruz does not lead off the first with a home run for a third straight game. He flies out to left for the first out.
• A 4-6-3 double play ends the inning. A 16-pitch first for Skenes. Threw 11 pitches for strikes.
• This is the type of crowd Skenes deserves to pitch in front of every start. And this crowd deserves to be able to cheer on a winning team.
• Skenes takes a liner off the hand. Ends up a Ramirez single. Skenes appears OK.
• Single to center for Jones. Had to reach out for that one. A 1-2 changeup outside.
• Kwan flies out to center on the second pitch he sees from Skenes.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Guardians, 4:06 p.m., PaulSkenes to StevenKwan, 83 degrees, cloudy
• Oof. Quite a few boos for Suwinski during player introductions. He went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts last night and is 5 for 37 with 19 strikeouts over his last 15 games. Unless Cruz isn't in a place to play in the field, I really don't understand Suwinski being the lineup over the likes of Andrew McCutchen on a day like this with a packed house.
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, DH 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 5. Tommy Pham, LF 6. Adam Frazier, 2B 7. Jared Triolo, SS 8. Jack Suwinski, CF 9. Henry Davis, C
• Stephen Vogt's starting nine:
1. Steven Kwan, LF 2. Nolan Jones, RF 3. Jose Ramirez, 3B 4. Kyle Manzardo, DH 5. Carlos Santana, 1B 6. Bo Naylor, C 7. Angel Martinez, CF 8. Daniel Schneemann, 2B 9. Brayan Rocchio, SS
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José Negron
4:30 am - 04.19.2025North ShoreFinal: Guardians 3, Pirates 0
• Who: Pirates (8-13) vs. Guardians (10-8)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 22
• When: 4:05 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 71°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (2-1, 2.96 ERA) vs. RHP Ben Lively (0-2, 4.87 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. Frazier retired 6-3. Guardians 3, Pirates 0
• Pham flies out to center.
• Call is confirmed. One out.
• Valdez sends a triple into the gap in left-center field. He slid into third safely, but was apparently tagged out by Ramirez when his hand came off the bag. Was favoring his shoulder as he went into the dugout with the trainer. Pirates are challenging.
• Bednar gets Rocchio looking to come away unscathed in his return to the big leagues.
• Thomas down swinging at a curveball on the outer third. Bednar definitely hit his spots well there.
• Martinez singles to put two runners on.
• Frazier charged with an error that allows Naylor to reach.
• He ends up lining out to center for the first out of the ninth.
• Santana sends a foul ball to the moon.
• Not your typical cheers once that song played.
• Hey guys, it's Renegade time.
• End of eighth inning: Hayes down swinging.
• Reynolds ground out to first.
• Hunter Gaddis enters.
• Cruz retired 1-3.
• Manzardo strikes out swinging to end the top of the eighth.
• RUN: Ramirez plates Rocchio with a sac fly to center. Guardians, 3-0
• Jones walks to load the bases.
• Kwan singles past a diving Triolo and into center. Runners on the corners with one out.
• Rocchio swipes second.
• Rocchio walks.
• Thomas down swinging for the first out.
• Caleb Ferguson gets the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Davis strikes out swinging. That's now seven runners left on base today. Five have been left in scoring position.
• Canario down swinging. Suwinski could have done that, too.
• A: 37,713 ... Second sellout of the season.
• Alexander Canario will hit for Suwinski.
• Tim Herrin enters for Cleveland.
• One-out double down the left-field line for Triolo.
• Frazier down swinging.
• Skenes strikes out Martinez swinging to end the seventh. Gets a well-deserved ovation following what should be his final inning. Seven strong. Two earned runs on six hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Threw 68 of 103 pitches for strikes. Gave his team a chance to win. Offense hasn't helped the cause.
• Naylor pops out to Hayes.
• Skenes gets his third strikeout of the day by getting Santana swinging for the first out.
• "SELL-THE-TEAM" chants growing louder and louder.
• HOME RUN: Manzardo sends a first-pitch splinker on the inner third out to right. He's the 51st different player to reach the Allegheny River. Guardians, 2-0
• Skenes gets the seventh.
• End sixth inning: And Pham grounds into an inning-killing 4-3 double play. First-pitch fastball on the outer third. All of that for nothing.
• Valdez walks to load the bases for Pham.
• Hayes had a point there. Outside pitch framed perfectly on the outer edge by Naylor. Lively gets Hayes looking on a 3-2 pitch for the first out. That's it for Lively. Cade Smith enters.
• Single to left for Reynolds. Cruz was on the move, so he gets to third. Runners on the corners with no outs.
• Cruz leads off the home half of the sixth with a walk.
• Ramirez retired 4-3 to end the top of the sixth. Have to think this is a career low in strikeouts for Skenes, who only has two through six. He's been good, nonetheless. Sitting at 85 pitches -- 54 strikes.
• Two-out double off the wall in right-center for Jones. Nearly went out. Concluded a nine-pitch at-bat. Fastball middle in from Skenes.
• Kwan retired 1-3.
• Rocchio grounds out to Valdez at first.
• End of fifth inning: Another short stay in the dugout for Skenes. Pirates retired in order again as Davis flies out to left. Eight in a row retired.
• Suwinski retired 4-3.
• Triolo grounds out 5-3.
• Skenes has really benefitted from keeping the ball on the ground for outs. He's induced three inning-ending double plays through five innings. Another to end the fifth. Those have certainly helped his pitch count. He's at 65 pitches -- 40 strikes.
• Martinez flies out to center for the first out.
• Naylor walks to lead off the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Pham down swinging and Frazier flies out to left. First time the Pirates have been set down in order today.
• Valdez lines out to right.
• Santana lines out to Valdez at first. A 1-2-3 fourth for Skenes. He's now up to 54 pitches -- 34 strikes -- through four innings.
• Ramirez flies out to right and Manzardo can't catch up to a wicked breaking ball from Skenes.
• End of third inning: Hayes is robbed of a hit on a sensational play by Rocchio at short. Third straight inning with a stranded runner.
• Cruz swipes second and Reynolds strikes out for the second out. A 1-2 curveball in the dirt fooled him.
• Cruz singles to right. Ball was misplayed by Jones. Cruz should be on second. Would have been easily if he was hustling out of the box.
• Davis pops out to first.
• Double play ends the inning.
• RUN: Kwan sends an RBI single to right. Schneemann hesitated after coming back to the bag to tag up, but he scores with no throw. Guardians, 1-0
• Schneemann doubles to right and moves to third on a 4-3 groundout by Rocchio.
• End of second inning: Suwinski lines out to short to strand Frazier at third.
• Frazier advances to third on a flyout to center by Triolo.
• Frazier lines one to right and it gets past Jones. Frazier ends up on second with a one-out double.
• Pham leads off the second with a groundout to second.
• Martinez grounds out 4-3 to end a 1-2-3 second for Skenes. He's at 32 pitches through two.
• Suwinski makes a catch near the wall in center field to retire Naylor.
• First strikeout of the afternoon for Skenes. Santana goes down swinging at a sweeper down in the zone.
• End of first inning: Valdez ends up flying out to left.
• Call on the field is confirmed. Foul ball.
• Valdez hits one deep down the right-field line. Looked to be a two-run homer, but called foul. Under review.
• Two-out single to right for Hayes.
• Reynolds retired 4-3.
• Cruz does not lead off the first with a home run for a third straight game. He flies out to left for the first out.
• A 4-6-3 double play ends the inning. A 16-pitch first for Skenes. Threw 11 pitches for strikes.
• This is the type of crowd Skenes deserves to pitch in front of every start. And this crowd deserves to be able to cheer on a winning team.
• Skenes takes a liner off the hand. Ends up a Ramirez single. Skenes appears OK.
• Single to center for Jones. Had to reach out for that one. A 1-2 changeup outside.
• Kwan flies out to center on the second pitch he sees from Skenes.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Guardians, 4:06 p.m., Paul Skenes to Steven Kwan, 83 degrees, cloudy
• Oof. Quite a few boos for Suwinski during player introductions. He went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts last night and is 5 for 37 with 19 strikeouts over his last 15 games. Unless Cruz isn't in a place to play in the field, I really don't understand Suwinski being the lineup over the likes of Andrew McCutchen on a day like this with a packed house.
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, DH
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
5. Tommy Pham, LF
6. Adam Frazier, 2B
7. Jared Triolo, SS
8. Jack Suwinski, CF
9. Henry Davis, C
• Stephen Vogt's starting nine:
1. Steven Kwan, LF
2. Nolan Jones, RF
3. Jose Ramirez, 3B
4. Kyle Manzardo, DH
5. Carlos Santana, 1B
6. Bo Naylor, C
7. Angel Martinez, CF
8. Daniel Schneemann, 2B
9. Brayan Rocchio, SS
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