• Who: Pirates (14-27) vs. Mets (26-15) • What: MLB regular season, Game 42 • When: 7:10 p.m. • Where: Citi Field • Weather: 67°, partly cloudy • Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (3-4, 2.77 ERA) vs. LHP David Peterson (2-2, 3.05 ERA) • TV: SportsNetPittsburgh • Radio: PiratesRadioNetwork • Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV • Satellite: SiriusXM 861/858 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Medianotes: Pirates | Mets
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Alonso hits a sac fly to Reynolds in right to score Lindor and that's the game. Mets 4, Pirates 3
• Those here at Citi Field are on their feet for this at-bat.
• Soto singles into center field. Bae gets it in quickly but Lindor advanced all the way to third on the hit.
• Lindor hits one right back up the middle and it gets under IKF's glove and skips into center field.
• Bednar makes quick work of Acuña with three pitches. Now it turns over to the top fo the order.
• David Bednar gets the ninth. Bae stays in center field.
• Reynolds grounds into a 4-6-3 double play and that ends any chance the Pirates had of taking the lead.
• Hayes is safe at first. Runners on first and third with one out.
• RUN: Hayes' infield hit bounces off Nuñez's glove and Bae scores. Hayes was out at first but the play is under review. Tied, 3-3
• After popping a bunt into foul territory, Davis gets one down and advances both runners.
• Triolo reaches on an E6. Rabelo was waving Bae to third but it looked like he didn't see it as the ball bounced off Lindor's glove and into center field.
• Canario singles up the middle to start things in the ninth. Ji Hwan Bae will pinch-run for Canario.
• Huascar Brazoban comes in for the save.
• End of eighth inning: Taylor grounds out to IKF and the Pirates are down to their final three outs. Mets, 3-2
• McNeil advances to second on a wild pitch.
• Alvarez pops up to Frazier at second on a sweeper at the bottom of the zone.
• McNeil walks for the second time tonight.
• Vientos puts a charge into a 0-2 sweeper but Canario corrals it near the warning track in center.
• Frazier stays in at second and Triolo takes over at first.
• IKF pops up to short. Got under a high slider.
• A: 35,580
• Frazier rolls over on a ground ball to second.
• Adam Frazier is hitting for Gorski.
• Bart puts some power into one and Nimmo robs it at the wall. Holy cow.
• Dedniel Nuñez gets the eight inning for the Mets.
• End of seventh inning: Nimmo pops up to Hayes in foul territory, but the damage is done. Pirates will have to find a way to bounce back.
• The call stands. It's a run. Mets, 3-2
• Alonso singles as drives in Acuña from second after the ball bounced off Hayes' glove at third. IKF fired a throw home to try and get Acuña but it looks like Davis missed the tag. Kelly is challenging.
Ron Darling was critical of how Henry Davis was setup behind the plate to apply this tag.
• Kelly goes to the pen and it's Holderman to face Alonso.
• RUN: Soto hits a lazy ground ball to Gorski, but it's enough to score Taylor from third. Acuña advances to second. Tied, 2-2
• Colin Holderman is up in the pen.
• Ferguson strikes Lindor out with a slurve. Huge pitch in that moment. He's trying to limit damage here.
• Ferguson's lazy pickoff attempt bounces to Gorski, who was to block it to keep Taylor at third.
• Acuña beats out an infield single to first base. Gorski pitched it to Ferguson, who was covering, but it didn't get there in time. Runners on first and third with no outs.
• Taylor steals second.
• Ferguson hits Taylor in the foot and he slowly walks down to first.
• Tyrone Taylor is pinch-hitting for Baty.
• Caleb Ferguson is entering the game. Skenes' final line: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K. He threw 92 pitches and 56 strikes.
• McCutchen grounds out to third but the Pirates take the lead heading into the bottom of the seventh.
• RUN: Reynolds hits a fielder's choice to Lindor and beats out the back end of the double play, allowing Triolo to score. Pirates, 2-1
• Hayes walks. Runners on first and third for Reynolds.
• Triolo almost gets picked off at second but advances to third after Butto was not succesful with three pick off attempts in the same at-bat.
• Davis strikes out again as Butto gets him with a slider outside the zone.
• Triolo swipes second and stays there as the ball bounces to the backstop.
• José Butto enters the game.
• Triolo works a 10-pitch walk and that's it for Peterson. He receives a standing ovation as he heads to the dugout. His final line: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Peterson, who's thrown 90 pitches, is out for the top of the seventh.
• End of the sixth inning: Just like that, Skenes gets out of it with a 6-4-3 double play ball. He's at 92 pitches. If he's not done, he's gotta be getting close.
• Skenes walks McNeil. He seemed frustrated after that one. Immediately called for the ball back from Davis who then ran out to the mound for an infield meeting.
• Vientos hits a ground rule double. It landed along the right field line and bounced into the seats.
• Skenes strikes out Nimmo for the second time tonight. Burned a 98 mph fastball by him.
• Canario flies out to right.
• IKF singles to right field.
• Gorski strikes out for the third time tonight as he watches a changeup at the bottom of the zone.
• Bart lines out to left field on an inside slider.
• McCutchen beats out an infield single there. Baty made a nice diving play at third but couldn't make the throw in time.
• End of fifth inning: Skenes strikes out Alonso with a 3-2 changeup on the inner edge. Skenes is at 77 pitches through five innings.
• Alonso gets another life as a pop fly soars just over the netting behind third base.
• Skenes wins this battle with Soto. He struck him out with a 1-2 sweeper in the top left corner of the zone.
• Lindor follows it up with a base hit through the right side. He's 2 for 3 tonight.
• Triolo shows off his gold-glove ability and robs Acuña of a base hit with an over-the-shoulder catch in shallow right field.
• Peterson strikes out Reynolds with an inside slider that broke out of the zone. His struggles continue this year.
• Hayes' hit bounces off Baty's glove, past Lindor and into shallow right field. Triolo probably could've scored but he's held up at third. For all the running mistakes they've made at home plate, I don't have a problem with Triolo holding there.
• Baty just robbed Davis of a base hit with a diving stop at third base.
• Nimmo doubles off the wall in right center field.
• IKF swings at the first pitch he sees and grounds out to third.
• Peterson changes pace on Gorski and gets him to swing over a 2-2 curveball.
• Bart strikes out swinging to start the top of the fourth. He offered a pretty ugly swing at an 0-2 curveball in the dirt.
• End of third inning: IKF makes a backhanded play at short to take a hit away from Alonso. Skenes is at 45 pitches.
• After challenging Soto up and in, Skenes gets him to line out to right.
• Lindor goes down 0-2 before hitting a ground ball to Triolo on a 98 mph fastball.
• Pirates go down in order as McCutchen flies out to center field.
• Reynolds tries to check his swing but makes contact and grounds out to second.
• 5-3, Hayes. It was a little one or two hopper. An easy play for Baty.
• End of second inning: Acuña hits a ground ball to IKF, who flips it to Triolo for the final out. Pirates, 1-0
•ª Skenes gets ahead of Baty with two strikes and then finishes him off with a 1-2 fastball on the inner edge for his second strikeout of the night.
• Skenes dishes out his second free pass of the game already as Alvarez walks after a six-pitch at bat.
• Nice communication from Canario there in center as he calls off IKF to make the catch on a McNeil pop-up.
• Cutch gets his first action in left field on a Vientos single. He came up throwing and fired a strike to second.
• Peterson sets Davis down with a curveball in the dirt.
• Triolo strikes out looking at a fastball on the outer half. Two away.
• Canario flies out to right.
• HOME RUN: Kiner-Falefa hits his first home run of the season on a 1-1 changeup at the bottom of the zone. That's a nice return from the IL for IKF. Pirates, 1-0
• End of first inning: Skenes does what Skenes does and strikes out Nimmo with a 1-2 changeup at the bottom of the zone.
• Soto is quickly erased as Alonso grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Another hard-hit ball off Skenes. Lindor is standing at third.
• Skenes walks Soto on four straight pitches after a first-pitch strike.
• Lindor starts it off for the Mets with a hard-hit ball back up the middle. Exit velocity of 106.8 mph.
• Gorski strikes out on a curveball way outside the zone. He tried to hold up his swing but can't.
•.He battles back to draw a walk and put runners on first and second for Gorski.
• Bart must've thought that hit was fair. Looked like he thought he was out and was trotting back to the dugout. He got halfway there before turning back to the batter's box.
• McCutchen shows patience in his first AB and walks on six pitches after fouling off a 3-2 sinker.
• Rather than displaying a hitter's average, the Mets display OPS alongside a player's name on the center field scoreboard. Not sure, I've seen that before.
• Reynolds grounds out to short.
• Hayes flies out to right field to kick this one off.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Mets, David Peterson to Ke'Bryan Hayes, Citi Field, 7:11 p.m., 67 degrees, partly cloudy
• This is McCutchen's first start in left field since Oct. 3, 2022. I think this lineup also solidifies the fact that Davis is indeed Skenes' catcher, a role Yasmani Grandal took on last year.
• For Don Kelly's visitors:
1. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, LF 4. Joey Bart, DH 5. Matt Gorski, 1B 6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS 7. Alexander Canario, CF 8. Jared Triolo, 2B 9. Henry Davis, C
• For Carlos Mendoza's Mets:
1. Francisco Lindor, SS 2. Juan Soto, RF 3. Pete Alonso, 1B 4. Brandon Nimmo, LF 5. Mark Vientos, DH 6. Jeff McNeil, CF 7. Francisco Alvarez, C 8. Brett Baty, 3B 9. Luisangel Acuña, 2B
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Greg Macafee
3:59 am - 05.12.2025NEW YORKFinal: Mets 4, Pirates 3
• Who: Pirates (14-27) vs. Mets (26-15)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 42
• When: 7:10 p.m.
• Where: Citi Field
• Weather: 67°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (3-4, 2.77 ERA) vs. LHP David Peterson (2-2, 3.05 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/858
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Mets
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Alonso hits a sac fly to Reynolds in right to score Lindor and that's the game. Mets 4, Pirates 3
• Those here at Citi Field are on their feet for this at-bat.
• Soto singles into center field. Bae gets it in quickly but Lindor advanced all the way to third on the hit.
• Lindor hits one right back up the middle and it gets under IKF's glove and skips into center field.
• Bednar makes quick work of Acuña with three pitches. Now it turns over to the top fo the order.
• David Bednar gets the ninth. Bae stays in center field.
• Reynolds grounds into a 4-6-3 double play and that ends any chance the Pirates had of taking the lead.
• Hayes is safe at first. Runners on first and third with one out.
• RUN: Hayes' infield hit bounces off Nuñez's glove and Bae scores. Hayes was out at first but the play is under review. Tied, 3-3
• After popping a bunt into foul territory, Davis gets one down and advances both runners.
• Triolo reaches on an E6. Rabelo was waving Bae to third but it looked like he didn't see it as the ball bounced off Lindor's glove and into center field.
• Canario singles up the middle to start things in the ninth. Ji Hwan Bae will pinch-run for Canario.
• Huascar Brazoban comes in for the save.
• End of eighth inning: Taylor grounds out to IKF and the Pirates are down to their final three outs. Mets, 3-2
• McNeil advances to second on a wild pitch.
• Alvarez pops up to Frazier at second on a sweeper at the bottom of the zone.
• McNeil walks for the second time tonight.
• Vientos puts a charge into a 0-2 sweeper but Canario corrals it near the warning track in center.
• Frazier stays in at second and Triolo takes over at first.
• IKF pops up to short. Got under a high slider.
• A: 35,580
• Frazier rolls over on a ground ball to second.
• Adam Frazier is hitting for Gorski.
• Bart puts some power into one and Nimmo robs it at the wall. Holy cow.
• Dedniel Nuñez gets the eight inning for the Mets.
• End of seventh inning: Nimmo pops up to Hayes in foul territory, but the damage is done. Pirates will have to find a way to bounce back.
• The call stands. It's a run. Mets, 3-2
• Alonso singles as drives in Acuña from second after the ball bounced off Hayes' glove at third. IKF fired a throw home to try and get Acuña but it looks like Davis missed the tag. Kelly is challenging.
• Big spot for Holderman right here.
• Kelly goes to the pen and it's Holderman to face Alonso.
• RUN: Soto hits a lazy ground ball to Gorski, but it's enough to score Taylor from third. Acuña advances to second. Tied, 2-2
• Colin Holderman is up in the pen.
• Ferguson strikes Lindor out with a slurve. Huge pitch in that moment. He's trying to limit damage here.
• Ferguson's lazy pickoff attempt bounces to Gorski, who was to block it to keep Taylor at third.
• Acuña beats out an infield single to first base. Gorski pitched it to Ferguson, who was covering, but it didn't get there in time. Runners on first and third with no outs.
• Taylor steals second.
• Ferguson hits Taylor in the foot and he slowly walks down to first.
• Tyrone Taylor is pinch-hitting for Baty.
• Caleb Ferguson is entering the game. Skenes' final line: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K. He threw 92 pitches and 56 strikes.
• McCutchen grounds out to third but the Pirates take the lead heading into the bottom of the seventh.
• RUN: Reynolds hits a fielder's choice to Lindor and beats out the back end of the double play, allowing Triolo to score. Pirates, 2-1
• Hayes walks. Runners on first and third for Reynolds.
• Triolo almost gets picked off at second but advances to third after Butto was not succesful with three pick off attempts in the same at-bat.
• Davis strikes out again as Butto gets him with a slider outside the zone.
• Triolo swipes second and stays there as the ball bounces to the backstop.
• José Butto enters the game.
• Triolo works a 10-pitch walk and that's it for Peterson. He receives a standing ovation as he heads to the dugout. His final line: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Peterson, who's thrown 90 pitches, is out for the top of the seventh.
• End of the sixth inning: Just like that, Skenes gets out of it with a 6-4-3 double play ball. He's at 92 pitches. If he's not done, he's gotta be getting close.
• Skenes walks McNeil. He seemed frustrated after that one. Immediately called for the ball back from Davis who then ran out to the mound for an infield meeting.
• Vientos hits a ground rule double. It landed along the right field line and bounced into the seats.
• Skenes strikes out Nimmo for the second time tonight. Burned a 98 mph fastball by him.
• Canario flies out to right.
• IKF singles to right field.
• Gorski strikes out for the third time tonight as he watches a changeup at the bottom of the zone.
• Bart lines out to left field on an inside slider.
• McCutchen beats out an infield single there. Baty made a nice diving play at third but couldn't make the throw in time.
• End of fifth inning: Skenes strikes out Alonso with a 3-2 changeup on the inner edge. Skenes is at 77 pitches through five innings.
• Alonso gets another life as a pop fly soars just over the netting behind third base.
• Skenes wins this battle with Soto. He struck him out with a 1-2 sweeper in the top left corner of the zone.
• Lindor follows it up with a base hit through the right side. He's 2 for 3 tonight.
• Triolo shows off his gold-glove ability and robs Acuña of a base hit with an over-the-shoulder catch in shallow right field.
• Peterson strikes out Reynolds with an inside slider that broke out of the zone. His struggles continue this year.
• Hayes' hit bounces off Baty's glove, past Lindor and into shallow right field. Triolo probably could've scored but he's held up at third. For all the running mistakes they've made at home plate, I don't have a problem with Triolo holding there.
• Baty just robbed Davis of a base hit with a diving stop at third base.
• Triolo squares up a middle-middle fastball from Peterson and doubles into the left field corner.
• Canario flies out to center.
• End of fourth inning: Skenes retires the next two batters he faces and strands McNeil at second. He's a 61 pitches.
• Sorry, guys, having some internet issues.
• RUN: McNeil strokes one down the right field line to score Nimmo from second. Tied, 1-1
• Skenes strikes out Vientos.
• Nimmo doubles off the wall in right center field.
• IKF swings at the first pitch he sees and grounds out to third.
• Peterson changes pace on Gorski and gets him to swing over a 2-2 curveball.
• Bart strikes out swinging to start the top of the fourth. He offered a pretty ugly swing at an 0-2 curveball in the dirt.
• End of third inning: IKF makes a backhanded play at short to take a hit away from Alonso. Skenes is at 45 pitches.
• After challenging Soto up and in, Skenes gets him to line out to right.
• Lindor goes down 0-2 before hitting a ground ball to Triolo on a 98 mph fastball.
• Pirates go down in order as McCutchen flies out to center field.
• Reynolds tries to check his swing but makes contact and grounds out to second.
• 5-3, Hayes. It was a little one or two hopper. An easy play for Baty.
• End of second inning: Acuña hits a ground ball to IKF, who flips it to Triolo for the final out. Pirates, 1-0
•ª Skenes gets ahead of Baty with two strikes and then finishes him off with a 1-2 fastball on the inner edge for his second strikeout of the night.
• Skenes dishes out his second free pass of the game already as Alvarez walks after a six-pitch at bat.
• Nice communication from Canario there in center as he calls off IKF to make the catch on a McNeil pop-up.
• Cutch gets his first action in left field on a Vientos single. He came up throwing and fired a strike to second.
• Peterson sets Davis down with a curveball in the dirt.
• Triolo strikes out looking at a fastball on the outer half. Two away.
• Canario flies out to right.
• HOME RUN: Kiner-Falefa hits his first home run of the season on a 1-1 changeup at the bottom of the zone. That's a nice return from the IL for IKF. Pirates, 1-0
• End of first inning: Skenes does what Skenes does and strikes out Nimmo with a 1-2 changeup at the bottom of the zone.
• Soto is quickly erased as Alonso grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Another hard-hit ball off Skenes. Lindor is standing at third.
• Skenes walks Soto on four straight pitches after a first-pitch strike.
• Lindor starts it off for the Mets with a hard-hit ball back up the middle. Exit velocity of 106.8 mph.
• Gorski strikes out on a curveball way outside the zone. He tried to hold up his swing but can't.
•.He battles back to draw a walk and put runners on first and second for Gorski.
• Bart must've thought that hit was fair. Looked like he thought he was out and was trotting back to the dugout. He got halfway there before turning back to the batter's box.
• McCutchen shows patience in his first AB and walks on six pitches after fouling off a 3-2 sinker.
• Rather than displaying a hitter's average, the Mets display OPS alongside a player's name on the center field scoreboard. Not sure, I've seen that before.
• Reynolds grounds out to short.
• Hayes flies out to right field to kick this one off.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Mets, David Peterson to Ke'Bryan Hayes, Citi Field, 7:11 p.m., 67 degrees, partly cloudy
• This is McCutchen's first start in left field since Oct. 3, 2022. I think this lineup also solidifies the fact that Davis is indeed Skenes' catcher, a role Yasmani Grandal took on last year.
• For Don Kelly's visitors:
1. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, LF
4. Joey Bart, DH
5. Matt Gorski, 1B
6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
7. Alexander Canario, CF
8. Jared Triolo, 2B
9. Henry Davis, C
• For Carlos Mendoza's Mets:
1. Francisco Lindor, SS
2. Juan Soto, RF
3. Pete Alonso, 1B
4. Brandon Nimmo, LF
5. Mark Vientos, DH
6. Jeff McNeil, CF
7. Francisco Alvarez, C
8. Brett Baty, 3B
9. Luisangel Acuña, 2B
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