• That's it. Acuña flies out to center field. Final: Pirates 4, Mets 0
• Baty puts a charge into one, but Bae catches it at the wall in center field.
• Torrens pops out in foul territory. Gorski catches it near the Mets dugout.
• Marte singles into left field on an 0-2 sinker.
• Santana does indeed get the ninth inning.
• Frazier strikes out.
• Alonso ranges over in front of the Mets dugout to snag a Triolo pop out.
• Bae flies out into the left-field corner.
• Dedniel Núñez comes on for the Mets.
• End of eighth inning: Nimmo flies out to right.
• Alonso freezes on Bednar's 2-2 curveball as it catches the bottom of the zone.
• Bednar strikes out Vientos with that nasty splitter.
• David Bednar will enter here in the eighth. Going to guess that leaves Dennis Santana for the ninth.
• Gorski pops out to second and the Pirates strand the bases loaded with a four-run lead.
• IKF fouls one off into Torrens' glove for the second out. Two away.
• Canario does the same and Mike Rabelo holds Cutch at third. Bases are loaded for IKF.
• Bart singles through the left side for his first hit tonight.
• Reynolds struck out on six pitches after watching a cutter on the inside edge. It barely caught the zone.
• He ended up walking on the next pitch.
• McCutchen thought he had ball four and tossed his bat but it was called a strike.
• A: 34, 473
• End of seventh inning: Gorski makes a nice stop at first to rob Lindor of a base-hit down the line.
• Acuña strikes out and Jeff McNeil, who was hitting for Azocar, singles into right field.
• Rainey snags a comebacker, looked like it just happened in his natural motion and went right into his glove.
• Brett Baty is pinch-hitting for Taylor
• Tanner Rainey enters the game.
• Frazier swings at the first pitch he sees and flies out to center field.
• Triolo strikes out swining. Cabrera got him with a 1-2 changeup.
• Bae strikes out on a fastball at the top of the zone.
• Génesis Cabrera enters the game. Holmes' final line: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.
• End of the sixth inning: Torrens grounds out to Frazier. Shugart retired six of the seven batters he faced, but faced the minimum as Alonso was thrown out to end the fifht inning.
• Marte turns on an inside sinker for a ground out to IKF.
• Triolo makes a nice back-handed stop and off balance throw across the diamond to get Nimmo. He's only hitting .171 but his glove work in the field has been great.
• Shugart gets another up.
• Gorski strikes out swinging over a 3-2 sweeper at the bttom of the zone.
• Kiner-Falefa grounds out to Vientos at first base.
• Canario strikes out on four pitches. He swung over a 1-2 slider at the bottom of the zone.
• End of fifth inning: Alonso singles into left field but tries to stretch it into a double and he comes off the bag after his slide. Frazier makes the tag.
• Vientos connects with an inside sweeper and flies out to Canario near the left field warning track.
• Lindor lines out directly to Frazier for a quick out.
• Bart grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Rolled over on a 1-2 slider at the bottom of the zone.
• Reynolds walks. Runners on first and second, one out.
• It's called a no catch. McCutchen is on first.
• McCutchen lines one to right field. Azocar slid to make a catch but the umpires are meeting about it.
• Frazier pops out to Acuña.
• HOME RUN: Triolo swings at the first pitch he sees, a sinker down the heart of the plate, and he sends it into the left-field seats. Pirates, 4-0
• Bae lays down a bunt and he reaches safely. That's his first hit of the season.
• The ball is going to be taken off the scoreboard and now Kelly is coming out to talk with the umpires.
• The Mets were called for a pitch clock violation and it doesn't look like Mendoza is happy about it. Looks like it had something to do with Torrens' PitchCom. Umpires are meeting about it now.
• Falter ended a seven-game streak in which a Pirates starting pitcher worked into at least the sixth inning.
• End of fourth inning: Azocar swings at the first pitch he sees and lines out to Bae.
• Chase Shugart enters the game. He'll face Azocar.
• That's going to be it for Falter. His final line: 3 2/3 IP, 3 H, 5 BB, 3 K. He threw 78 pitches, 41 strikes.
• Falter walks Acuna and the bases are loaded. Bart comes out for a mound visit with the rest of the infield. Big spot here.
• Taylor flies out to IKF, two away.
• Torrens hits a line drive to Reynolds in right and it bounces off Reynolds' glove, who slid while trying to make the catch. Nimmo held up between first and second and Reynolds could've had him but his throw was a little high.
• Marte flies out to Bae, who came a long way in to make the catch.
• Nimmo singles up the middle. That's the second hit for the Mets.
• Gorski ends up grounding out to Acuña, who makes a nice throw on the run to first.
• That fourth pitch to Gorski was awfully close to being strike three. Torrens thought they had it and took a step toward the dugout.
• IKF slaps a slider the other way. Runners on first and second.
• Canario reaches on an infield single. Acuña fielded it behind second but it looked like he didn't have a good grip on the ball and decided to hold onto it. Canario extends his hitting streak to six games.
• Bart with an easy ground out to short.
• Reynolds starts the fourth with a ground out down the first base line. Holmes fielded it and tagged Reynolds before he reached first.
• End of third inning: Alonso lines out to Bae. Put a charge into a curveball at the top of the zone.
• Falter erases the Lindor walk with a 6-4-3 double play.
• Lindor walks on five pitches. The one strike he did throw probably should've been a ball as it was a little bit above the zone.
• McCutchen strikes out on six pitches as he misses a 2-2 sweeper.
• Frazier flies out to right field. Azocar had to chase that one down a little for the catch.
• Triolo flies out to right field.
• End of second inning: Falter gets Azocar at first with a nifty pickoff move. Azocar had no chance.
Bailey Falter strikes out the first 2 batters in the 2nd, then picks off the runner he allowed to walk pic.twitter.com/M3oycPnz4c
• Azocar walks on five pitches. Falter painted a 1-0 curveball on the outer edge before missing with three straight.
• Falter sets down Acuña as well as he gets him to chase a two-seam fastball above the zone.
• Taylor does down looking at a fastball on the inner edge. He knew it right away.
• The staff has left the field and it looks like they are preparing to start the inning.
• Field staff is attending to the field and spreading Quick Dry as quickly as they can while the pirates warm up between innings. It's a pretty chaotic scene.
GREG MACAFEE / DKPS
• Bae puts a charge into one as well. Taylor tracks it down on the warning track.
• HOME RUN: Gorski hammers a 3-2 sweeper into the seats into the seats in left field. That was a no doubter. Pirates, 2-0
MATT GORSKI NO-DOUBTER IN THE RAIN
107.9 MPH exit velocity, 407 feet, HR in 29/30 ballparks (except for Coors Field, maybe) pic.twitter.com/KNKIfGJM4K
• IKF advances to second on a wild pitch. It's really coming down now as fans head for cover.
• IKF pokes an outside sweeper into left field for the Pirates' first hit of the night.
• A Canario one-hopper finds Vientos' glove at third. Two quick outs.
• Bart flies out just short of the warning track in right.
• It's raining again. Gonna be interesting to see if they get this one in.
• End of first inning: Falter strands the bases loaded by striking out Torrens. Big moment there. Falter's at 32 pitches already.
• Falter walks Marte as well after seven pitches. Falter has thrown 28 pitches already.
• Nimmo flies out to left field on a sinker at the bottom of the zone.
• Bart and Nimmo exchanged a few words as Nimmo stepped into the box. I wonder if Nimmo was apologizing for robbing Bart twice the last two games.
• Alonso walks after 10 pitches.
• Alonso putting up a fight and making Falter work by fouling off four straight pitches.
• Vientos smacks a curveball through the left side. IKF made a dive for it, but didn't get to it.
• Lindor makes great contact on a 3-1 fastball but it's right at Canario. He had to take a few steps in.
• Pirates go 1-2-3 as Reynolds grounds out to third. Took Holmes just nine pitches.
• McCutchen connects on an 0-2 fastball down the middle and flies out to left field.
• Frazier strikes out to start this one as he swung at a fastball outside the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Mets, Clay Holmes to Adam Frazier, Citi Field, 7:25 p.m., 61 degrees, cloudy
• 6:36 p.m.: Tonight's game will start at 7:25 p.m.
• 6:29 p.m.: Just started raining again here at Citi Field and the Mets have announced that tonight's game will start in a rain delay.
• 5:16 p.m.: No word yet on any type of delay or rain out. I'll try to provide updates as much as I can throughout the evening.
• For Don Kelly's visitors:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Joey Bart, DH 5. Alexander Canario, LF 6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS 7. Matt Gorski, 1B 8. Ji Hwan Bae, CF 9. Jared Triolo, 3B
• For Carlos Mendoza's Mets:
1. Franciso Lindor, SS 2. Mark Vientos, 3B 3. Pete Alonso, 1B 4. Brandon Nimmo, LF 5. Starling Marte, DH 6. Luis Torrens, C 7. Tyrone Taylor, CF 8. Luisangel Acuña, 2B 9. José Azocar, RF
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Greg Macafee
5:49 am - 05.14.2025NEW YORKFinal: Pirates 4, Mets 0
• Who: Pirates (14-29) vs. Mets (28-15)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 44
• When: 7:10 p.m.
• Where: Citi Field
• Weather: 63°, cloudy, 61% chance of rain
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (2-3 4.36 ERA) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (5-1, 2.74 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, MLB Network
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 858/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Mets
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's it. Acuña flies out to center field. Final: Pirates 4, Mets 0
• Baty puts a charge into one, but Bae catches it at the wall in center field.
• Torrens pops out in foul territory. Gorski catches it near the Mets dugout.
• Marte singles into left field on an 0-2 sinker.
• Santana does indeed get the ninth inning.
• Frazier strikes out.
• Alonso ranges over in front of the Mets dugout to snag a Triolo pop out.
• Bae flies out into the left-field corner.
• Dedniel Núñez comes on for the Mets.
• End of eighth inning: Nimmo flies out to right.
• Alonso freezes on Bednar's 2-2 curveball as it catches the bottom of the zone.
• Bednar strikes out Vientos with that nasty splitter.
• David Bednar will enter here in the eighth. Going to guess that leaves Dennis Santana for the ninth.
• Gorski pops out to second and the Pirates strand the bases loaded with a four-run lead.
• IKF fouls one off into Torrens' glove for the second out. Two away.
• Canario does the same and Mike Rabelo holds Cutch at third. Bases are loaded for IKF.
• Bart singles through the left side for his first hit tonight.
• Reynolds struck out on six pitches after watching a cutter on the inside edge. It barely caught the zone.
• He ended up walking on the next pitch.
• McCutchen thought he had ball four and tossed his bat but it was called a strike.
• A: 34, 473
• End of seventh inning: Gorski makes a nice stop at first to rob Lindor of a base-hit down the line.
• Acuña strikes out and Jeff McNeil, who was hitting for Azocar, singles into right field.
• Rainey snags a comebacker, looked like it just happened in his natural motion and went right into his glove.
• Brett Baty is pinch-hitting for Taylor
• Tanner Rainey enters the game.
• Frazier swings at the first pitch he sees and flies out to center field.
• Triolo strikes out swining. Cabrera got him with a 1-2 changeup.
• Bae strikes out on a fastball at the top of the zone.
• Génesis Cabrera enters the game. Holmes' final line: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.
• End of the sixth inning: Torrens grounds out to Frazier. Shugart retired six of the seven batters he faced, but faced the minimum as Alonso was thrown out to end the fifht inning.
• Marte turns on an inside sinker for a ground out to IKF.
• Triolo makes a nice back-handed stop and off balance throw across the diamond to get Nimmo. He's only hitting .171 but his glove work in the field has been great.
• Shugart gets another up.
• Gorski strikes out swinging over a 3-2 sweeper at the bttom of the zone.
• Kiner-Falefa grounds out to Vientos at first base.
• Canario strikes out on four pitches. He swung over a 1-2 slider at the bottom of the zone.
• End of fifth inning: Alonso singles into left field but tries to stretch it into a double and he comes off the bag after his slide. Frazier makes the tag.
• Vientos connects with an inside sweeper and flies out to Canario near the left field warning track.
• Lindor lines out directly to Frazier for a quick out.
• Bart grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Rolled over on a 1-2 slider at the bottom of the zone.
• Reynolds walks. Runners on first and second, one out.
• It's called a no catch. McCutchen is on first.
• McCutchen lines one to right field. Azocar slid to make a catch but the umpires are meeting about it.
• Frazier pops out to Acuña.
• HOME RUN: Triolo swings at the first pitch he sees, a sinker down the heart of the plate, and he sends it into the left-field seats. Pirates, 4-0
• Bae lays down a bunt and he reaches safely. That's his first hit of the season.
• The ball is going to be taken off the scoreboard and now Kelly is coming out to talk with the umpires.
• The Mets were called for a pitch clock violation and it doesn't look like Mendoza is happy about it. Looks like it had something to do with Torrens' PitchCom. Umpires are meeting about it now.
• Falter ended a seven-game streak in which a Pirates starting pitcher worked into at least the sixth inning.
• End of fourth inning: Azocar swings at the first pitch he sees and lines out to Bae.
• Chase Shugart enters the game. He'll face Azocar.
• That's going to be it for Falter. His final line: 3 2/3 IP, 3 H, 5 BB, 3 K. He threw 78 pitches, 41 strikes.
• Falter walks Acuna and the bases are loaded. Bart comes out for a mound visit with the rest of the infield. Big spot here.
• Taylor flies out to IKF, two away.
• Torrens hits a line drive to Reynolds in right and it bounces off Reynolds' glove, who slid while trying to make the catch. Nimmo held up between first and second and Reynolds could've had him but his throw was a little high.
• Marte flies out to Bae, who came a long way in to make the catch.
• Nimmo singles up the middle. That's the second hit for the Mets.
• Gorski ends up grounding out to Acuña, who makes a nice throw on the run to first.
• That fourth pitch to Gorski was awfully close to being strike three. Torrens thought they had it and took a step toward the dugout.
• IKF slaps a slider the other way. Runners on first and second.
• Canario reaches on an infield single. Acuña fielded it behind second but it looked like he didn't have a good grip on the ball and decided to hold onto it. Canario extends his hitting streak to six games.
• Bart with an easy ground out to short.
• Reynolds starts the fourth with a ground out down the first base line. Holmes fielded it and tagged Reynolds before he reached first.
• End of third inning: Alonso lines out to Bae. Put a charge into a curveball at the top of the zone.
• Falter erases the Lindor walk with a 6-4-3 double play.
• Lindor walks on five pitches. The one strike he did throw probably should've been a ball as it was a little bit above the zone.
• McCutchen strikes out on six pitches as he misses a 2-2 sweeper.
• Frazier flies out to right field. Azocar had to chase that one down a little for the catch.
• Triolo flies out to right field.
• End of second inning: Falter gets Azocar at first with a nifty pickoff move. Azocar had no chance.
• Azocar walks on five pitches. Falter painted a 1-0 curveball on the outer edge before missing with three straight.
• Falter sets down Acuña as well as he gets him to chase a two-seam fastball above the zone.
• Taylor does down looking at a fastball on the inner edge. He knew it right away.
• The staff has left the field and it looks like they are preparing to start the inning.
• Field staff is attending to the field and spreading Quick Dry as quickly as they can while the pirates warm up between innings. It's a pretty chaotic scene.
GREG MACAFEE / DKPS
• Bae puts a charge into one as well. Taylor tracks it down on the warning track.
• HOME RUN: Gorski hammers a 3-2 sweeper into the seats into the seats in left field. That was a no doubter. Pirates, 2-0
• IKF advances to second on a wild pitch. It's really coming down now as fans head for cover.
• IKF pokes an outside sweeper into left field for the Pirates' first hit of the night.
• A Canario one-hopper finds Vientos' glove at third. Two quick outs.
• Bart flies out just short of the warning track in right.
• It's raining again. Gonna be interesting to see if they get this one in.
• End of first inning: Falter strands the bases loaded by striking out Torrens. Big moment there. Falter's at 32 pitches already.
• Falter walks Marte as well after seven pitches. Falter has thrown 28 pitches already.
• Nimmo flies out to left field on a sinker at the bottom of the zone.
• Bart and Nimmo exchanged a few words as Nimmo stepped into the box. I wonder if Nimmo was apologizing for robbing Bart twice the last two games.
• Alonso walks after 10 pitches.
• Alonso putting up a fight and making Falter work by fouling off four straight pitches.
• Vientos smacks a curveball through the left side. IKF made a dive for it, but didn't get to it.
• Lindor makes great contact on a 3-1 fastball but it's right at Canario. He had to take a few steps in.
• Pirates go 1-2-3 as Reynolds grounds out to third. Took Holmes just nine pitches.
• McCutchen connects on an 0-2 fastball down the middle and flies out to left field.
• Frazier strikes out to start this one as he swung at a fastball outside the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Mets, Clay Holmes to Adam Frazier, Citi Field, 7:25 p.m., 61 degrees, cloudy
• 6:36 p.m.: Tonight's game will start at 7:25 p.m.
• 6:29 p.m.: Just started raining again here at Citi Field and the Mets have announced that tonight's game will start in a rain delay.
• 5:16 p.m.: No word yet on any type of delay or rain out. I'll try to provide updates as much as I can throughout the evening.
• For Don Kelly's visitors:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Joey Bart, DH
5. Alexander Canario, LF
6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
7. Matt Gorski, 1B
8. Ji Hwan Bae, CF
9. Jared Triolo, 3B
• For Carlos Mendoza's Mets:
1. Franciso Lindor, SS
2. Mark Vientos, 3B
3. Pete Alonso, 1B
4. Brandon Nimmo, LF
5. Starling Marte, DH
6. Luis Torrens, C
7. Tyrone Taylor, CF
8. Luisangel Acuña, 2B
9. José Azocar, RF
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