• Who: Pirates (12-22) vs. Padres (21-11) • What: MLB regular season, Game 35 • When: 1:35 p.m. • Where: PNC Park • Weather: 68°, 33% chance of rain • Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney(2-2, 2.50 ERA) vs. RHP Stephen Kolek (0-0, 0.00 ERA) • TV:SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV • Satellite: SiriusXM 861/862 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Medianotes: Pirates | Padres
► FOLLOW ALONG
• McCutchen strikes out and that's the game. Final: Padres 4, Pirates 0
• Looks like Alexander Canario will hit for Davis if it gets to that.
• Andrew McCutchen steps to the plate and receives a loud cheer from the crowd.
• Gorski tallies his second hit of the game with a single into left center.
• Pham strikes out for the second time today. Two away.
• Hayes singles through the right side.
• Valdez grounds out to short
• Jason Adam enters the game.
• End of eighth inning: Pirates go down in order for the second straight inning.
• Santana works a clean eighth as he strikes out Tatis on five pitches. He threw just eight pitches.
• Lockridge grounds out to second.
• Diaz flies out to left.
• Dennis Santana enters the game for Pittsburgh.
• End of seventh inning: Davis strikes out looking on a pitch at the top right corner of the zone. Definitely a strike.
• DK: Gorski just got the stone-cold treatment from Shelton going by at the dugout steps. Couldn't even look at the kid.
• Gorski gets thrown out at home trying to score on a Triolo fielder's choice. Shelton didn't look pleased as Gorski walked down the steps and into the dugout.
• Yup, Gorski's still here. He triples to the North Side Notch.
• DK: Matt Gorski’s still here?
• A: 17,184
• Matt Gorski will hit for Frazier.
• Pham watches a called third strike at the top of the zone.
• Adrian Morejon in for the Padres.
• Clean inning of relief for Rainey as he strikes out Iglesias as a 2-2 fastball catches the bottom right corner of the zone.
• Rainey sets down the first two batters he faces, one with a strikeout and then he gets Jason Heyward to ground out to first.
• Gavin Sheets is hitting for Campusano.
• Tanner Rainey comes in to make his Pirates debut.
• End of sixth inning: With runners on second and third, Estrada strikes out back-to-back hitters. Got Hayes on five pitches, including a fastball way up in the zone.
• Valdez strikes out on three pitches, all up in the zone. Two fastballs and a splitter.
• Bart doubles down the right field line as it kicks up chalk and bounces out of play. Reynolds has to hold up at third.
• Jeremiah Estrada enters the game to face Bart.
• Reynolds walks on six pitches. That's it for Kolek, he gets an ovation from the Padres contingent that's here. His final line: 5 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Cruz hits a rocket that knocks Bogaerts onto his butt. He gets up and makes the throw to first. 109.8 exit velocity on that one.
• Holderman gets Bogaerts to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. He's worked 2 1/3 today and has given up two hits while striking out one.
• Machado singles between both Hayes an Triolo, both dove for the ball.
• Arraez singles through the left side out of Triolo's reach.
• Tatis smokes one to short and Triolo fields it off to his glove side before throwing a strike to first.
• End of fifth inning: Davis flies out to center field. He's hitting .148.
• DK: What the heck kind of relay was that from Iglesias? Like he wasn’t even trying?
• Triolo grounds out to Machado but beats out the backend of the double play ball.
• Frazier flies out to right center. Lockridge called off Gonzalez, they had a few words after the play.
• Pham singles into right field.
• Lockridge lines out to Frazier. That's a 1-2-3 inning for Holderman.
• Hayes makes a play a backhanded play at third and fires to first to get Diaz.
• Iglesias grounds out to second base.
• End of fourth inning: Hayes grounds into a double play. That's the Pirates' 35 GIDP this season.
• Valdez flies out to centerfield. Four Padres converged on it and Lockridge made the catch. Tatis actually ended up on one knee to stop himself from a collision.
• Bart singles back up the middle.
• Holderman strikes out Gonzalez with a sweeper that broke way out of the zone.
• Here comes Colin Holderman.
• Campusano walks and that's it for Heaney. He worked through 3 2/3 innings and threw 100 pitches. He allowed 8 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 BB
• Double steal moves runners to second and third.
• Bogaerts walks, ball four probably should've been a strike.
• Padres have eight hits already through 3 2/3 innings, four of them have been extra-base hits.
• Machado records his second hit of the day with a single into right.
• Pham makes a nice sliding catch in left field to rob Arraez of a hit. Came up rolling and held up his glove while on his back.
• Tatis grounds out on a fastball at the bottom right corner of the zone. Triolo makes a nice back-handed stop before firing to first.
• End of third inning: Reynolds strikes out looking. All three pitches were in the same spot at the bottom left corner of the zone. Padres, 4-0
• Cruz strikes out looking for the second time today. Came right across the top of the zone in his wheelhouse.
• Machado makes a great back-handed play at third and fires across the diamond to get Davis.
• Triolo walks on five pitches.
• Lockridge grounds out to short, Triolo flips it to Frazier for the third out.
• Diaz pokes one the opposite way for a base hit. Went right over Valdez's head and into right field.
• Iglesias hits a dribbler in front of the plate and Davis throws a strike to first.
• DK: Judging from the way people are seated in here — highly unusual — I can tell you in advance that the official attendance figure will be FAR higher than the reality. Came for the bobblehead and did a hard U-turn at the gate.
• Gonzalez hits one to Frazier for an easy ground out.
• DK: Stomach-turning stuff, man. No chants yet.
• End of second inning: Hayes is picked off at second. Just ugly baseball.
• Frazier strikes out on looking.
• Pham beats out an infield single to third, but Machado made it very close.
• A soft single from Hayes sneaks through the middle.
• Valdez with a soft ground ball to second.
• Heaney ends the suffering as Campusano grounds out to Hayes.
• DK: My God, this is awful.
• RUNS: Bogaerts doubles into left field, Lockridge and Arraez both score. Padres, 4-0
• End of first inning: Bart goes the opposite way and flies out to Tatis in right.
• Cruz and Reynolds go down quickly. Cruz is called out on strikes and Reynolds grounds out to second.
• Iglesias grounds out to Triolo.
• Heaney then walks Gonzalez on eight pitches. Missed low with a changeup.
• Wild pitch allows both runners to advance.
• Heaney walks Campusano after working to a full count. Missed with a fastball inside.
• Hayes has to make that play. Not sure if it took a bad bounce or what happened, but he seemed to try and field it off his glove side and didn't get behind it.
• RUN: Bogaerts rips one past Hayes at third and it rolls slowly into left field. Padres, 1-0
• Machado then doubles down the left-field line on a first-pitch curveball. It bounced off the fence in foul territory and Pham was slow getting to it.
• Machado taking his time to get to the batter's box. He gets an automatic strike for a time violation. Shildt comes out to talk to home plate umpire Derek Thomas.
• Arraez hits a soft grounder back to Heaney for the next out.
• A 2-2 fastball at the bottom of the zone freezes Tatis for Heaney's first K of the day.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Andrew Heaney to Fernando Tatis Jr., PNC Park, 1:36 p.m., 63 degrees, partly cloudy
• For Derek Shelton’s Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Joey Bart, DH 4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Tommy Pham, LF 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Jared Triolo, SS 9. Henry Davis, C
• For Mike Shildt's visitors:
1. Fernando Tatis Jr., RF 2. Luis Arraez, 1B 3. Manny Machado, 3B 4. Xander Bogaerts, SS 5. Luis Campusano, DH 6. Oscar Gonzalez, LF 7. Jose Iglesias, 2B 8. Elias Díaz, C 9. Brandon Lockridge, CF
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Greg Macafee
3:28 am - 05.04.2025NORTH SHOREFinal: Padres 4, Pirates 0
• Who: Pirates (12-22) vs. Padres (21-11)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 35
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 68°, 33% chance of rain
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (2-2, 2.50 ERA) vs. RHP Stephen Kolek (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/862
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Padres
► FOLLOW ALONG
• McCutchen strikes out and that's the game. Final: Padres 4, Pirates 0
• Looks like Alexander Canario will hit for Davis if it gets to that.
• Andrew McCutchen steps to the plate and receives a loud cheer from the crowd.
• Gorski tallies his second hit of the game with a single into left center.
• Pham strikes out for the second time today. Two away.
• Hayes singles through the right side.
• Valdez grounds out to short
• Jason Adam enters the game.
• End of eighth inning: Pirates go down in order for the second straight inning.
• Santana works a clean eighth as he strikes out Tatis on five pitches. He threw just eight pitches.
• Lockridge grounds out to second.
• Diaz flies out to left.
• Dennis Santana enters the game for Pittsburgh.
• End of seventh inning: Davis strikes out looking on a pitch at the top right corner of the zone. Definitely a strike.
• DK: Gorski just got the stone-cold treatment from Shelton going by at the dugout steps. Couldn't even look at the kid.
• Gorski gets thrown out at home trying to score on a Triolo fielder's choice. Shelton didn't look pleased as Gorski walked down the steps and into the dugout.
• Yup, Gorski's still here. He triples to the North Side Notch.
• DK: Matt Gorski’s still here?
• A: 17,184
• Matt Gorski will hit for Frazier.
• Pham watches a called third strike at the top of the zone.
• Adrian Morejon in for the Padres.
• Clean inning of relief for Rainey as he strikes out Iglesias as a 2-2 fastball catches the bottom right corner of the zone.
• Rainey sets down the first two batters he faces, one with a strikeout and then he gets Jason Heyward to ground out to first.
• Gavin Sheets is hitting for Campusano.
• Tanner Rainey comes in to make his Pirates debut.
• End of sixth inning: With runners on second and third, Estrada strikes out back-to-back hitters. Got Hayes on five pitches, including a fastball way up in the zone.
• Valdez strikes out on three pitches, all up in the zone. Two fastballs and a splitter.
• Bart doubles down the right field line as it kicks up chalk and bounces out of play. Reynolds has to hold up at third.
• Jeremiah Estrada enters the game to face Bart.
• Reynolds walks on six pitches. That's it for Kolek, he gets an ovation from the Padres contingent that's here. His final line: 5 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Cruz hits a rocket that knocks Bogaerts onto his butt. He gets up and makes the throw to first. 109.8 exit velocity on that one.
• Holderman gets Bogaerts to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. He's worked 2 1/3 today and has given up two hits while striking out one.
• Machado singles between both Hayes an Triolo, both dove for the ball.
• Arraez singles through the left side out of Triolo's reach.
• Tatis smokes one to short and Triolo fields it off to his glove side before throwing a strike to first.
• End of fifth inning: Davis flies out to center field. He's hitting .148.
• DK: What the heck kind of relay was that from Iglesias? Like he wasn’t even trying?
• Triolo grounds out to Machado but beats out the backend of the double play ball.
• Frazier flies out to right center. Lockridge called off Gonzalez, they had a few words after the play.
• Pham singles into right field.
• Lockridge lines out to Frazier. That's a 1-2-3 inning for Holderman.
• Hayes makes a play a backhanded play at third and fires to first to get Diaz.
• Iglesias grounds out to second base.
• End of fourth inning: Hayes grounds into a double play. That's the Pirates' 35 GIDP this season.
• Valdez flies out to centerfield. Four Padres converged on it and Lockridge made the catch. Tatis actually ended up on one knee to stop himself from a collision.
• Bart singles back up the middle.
• Holderman strikes out Gonzalez with a sweeper that broke way out of the zone.
• Here comes Colin Holderman.
• Campusano walks and that's it for Heaney. He worked through 3 2/3 innings and threw 100 pitches. He allowed 8 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 BB
• Double steal moves runners to second and third.
• Bogaerts walks, ball four probably should've been a strike.
• Padres have eight hits already through 3 2/3 innings, four of them have been extra-base hits.
• Machado records his second hit of the day with a single into right.
• Pham makes a nice sliding catch in left field to rob Arraez of a hit. Came up rolling and held up his glove while on his back.
• Tatis grounds out on a fastball at the bottom right corner of the zone. Triolo makes a nice back-handed stop before firing to first.
• End of third inning: Reynolds strikes out looking. All three pitches were in the same spot at the bottom left corner of the zone. Padres, 4-0
• Cruz strikes out looking for the second time today. Came right across the top of the zone in his wheelhouse.
• Machado makes a great back-handed play at third and fires across the diamond to get Davis.
• Triolo walks on five pitches.
• Lockridge grounds out to short, Triolo flips it to Frazier for the third out.
• Diaz pokes one the opposite way for a base hit. Went right over Valdez's head and into right field.
• Iglesias hits a dribbler in front of the plate and Davis throws a strike to first.
• DK: Judging from the way people are seated in here — highly unusual — I can tell you in advance that the official attendance figure will be FAR higher than the reality. Came for the bobblehead and did a hard U-turn at the gate.
• Gonzalez hits one to Frazier for an easy ground out.
• DK: Stomach-turning stuff, man. No chants yet.
• End of second inning: Hayes is picked off at second. Just ugly baseball.
• Frazier strikes out on looking.
• Pham beats out an infield single to third, but Machado made it very close.
• A soft single from Hayes sneaks through the middle.
• Valdez with a soft ground ball to second.
• Heaney ends the suffering as Campusano grounds out to Hayes.
• DK: My God, this is awful.
• RUNS: Bogaerts doubles into left field, Lockridge and Arraez both score. Padres, 4-0
• Machado swings over a 3-2 fastball for the second out.
• Arraez singles and Lockridge advances to third.
• Heaney strikes out Tatis.
• Lockridge fouls that up with a double down the right field line.
• HOME RUN: Diaz goes deep to left field. Punished a 2-2 zone on the inside half. Looked like Pham almost robbed it. Padres 2-0
• End of first inning: Bart goes the opposite way and flies out to Tatis in right.
• Cruz and Reynolds go down quickly. Cruz is called out on strikes and Reynolds grounds out to second.
• Iglesias grounds out to Triolo.
• Heaney then walks Gonzalez on eight pitches. Missed low with a changeup.
• Wild pitch allows both runners to advance.
• Heaney walks Campusano after working to a full count. Missed with a fastball inside.
• Hayes has to make that play. Not sure if it took a bad bounce or what happened, but he seemed to try and field it off his glove side and didn't get behind it.
• RUN: Bogaerts rips one past Hayes at third and it rolls slowly into left field. Padres, 1-0
• Machado then doubles down the left-field line on a first-pitch curveball. It bounced off the fence in foul territory and Pham was slow getting to it.
• Machado taking his time to get to the batter's box. He gets an automatic strike for a time violation. Shildt comes out to talk to home plate umpire Derek Thomas.
• Arraez hits a soft grounder back to Heaney for the next out.
• A 2-2 fastball at the bottom of the zone freezes Tatis for Heaney's first K of the day.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Andrew Heaney to Fernando Tatis Jr., PNC Park, 1:36 p.m., 63 degrees, partly cloudy
• For Derek Shelton’s Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Joey Bart, DH
4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Tommy Pham, LF
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Jared Triolo, SS
9. Henry Davis, C
• For Mike Shildt's visitors:
1. Fernando Tatis Jr., RF
2. Luis Arraez, 1B
3. Manny Machado, 3B
4. Xander Bogaerts, SS
5. Luis Campusano, DH
6. Oscar Gonzalez, LF
7. Jose Iglesias, 2B
8. Elias Díaz, C
9. Brandon Lockridge, CF
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