• Who: Pirates (12-21) vs. Padres (20-11) • What: MLB regular season, Game 34 • When: 4:05 p.m. • Where: PNC Park • Weather: 62°, 58% chance of rain • Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (1-3, 5.93 ERA) vs. RHP Randy Vásquez (1-3, 4.28 ERA) • TV:SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV • Satellite: SiriusXM 861/862 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Medianotes: Pirates | Padres
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's it, Reynolds lines out to short and Cruz is doubled off at first. Final: Padres 2, Pirates 1
• Cruz walks for the fourth time tonight. He's showing a lot of patience tonight and hasn't really swung at anything outside the zone.
• Bogaerts grounds out to shortstop.
• RUN: Tatis steals home on a wild pitch. Ball bounced just to the right of Bart and he couldn't get back to the plate in time to make the tag. Padres, 2-1
• Bednar burns a fastball past Machado at the knees. Changed his eye level.
• Tatis swipes third. He was bouncing around at second, should've seen that one coming.
• Hayes fields this one, looks Tatis back to second and fires a strike to first. One away.
• Tatis doubles through the left side. Looked like Hayes just missed it. It was the third splitter Bednar threw Tatis.
• David Bednar has taken the mound.
• Renegade
•. End of eighth inning: Canario hits a slow roller up the middle for an easy out at first. He's 1-for-4 today.
• Frazier flies out to center.
• Hayes hits a chopper back to the mound for a quick first out. He saw three pitches.
• Jason Adam takes the mound for San Diego. Elias Díaz steps in behind the plate.
• Shugart does his job. He strikes out Heyward as Bart holds onto a foul tip. Let's see if the offense can provide some run support here as a storm cloud nears.
• Wade grounds out to first and now Jason Heyward is hitting for Maldonado.
• Tyler Wade is hitting for Lockridge.
• Shugart strikes out Iglesias.
• Shugart takes the mound for the second straight night. Allowed one hit in one inning of work last night. He also has produced a 1.32 ERA this season. He'll face 7-8-9 for the Padres.
• End of seventh inning: Valdez pops out to Machado in between third and second. We head to the eighth.
• A: 17,675
• Bart quickly erases McCutchen with a 5-4-3 double play.
• McCutchen walks on four straight pitches and nothing was really close.
• Alek Jacob has now taken the mound for the Padres.
• End of seventh inning: Falter finishes it out and gets an ovation as he walks off the field after striking out Gonzalez. Really nice outing from the lefty just made one crucial mistake.
• Chase Shugart is warming in the bullpen.
• Falter hands out his second walk of the evening to Campusano on seven pitches.
• Bogaerts lines out to center for a quick second out.
• HOME RUN: Machado makes his first mistake of the evening as Machado sends a 1-0 slider over the middle of the plate into the left field seats with a 114.3 exit velocity. Tied, 1-1
• Arrraez grounds out to Triolo. 11 straight for Falter.
• End of sixth inning: Cruz is quickly erased with a 6-4-3 double play by Reynolds.
• Cruz walks for the third time tonight. That's his ninth walk in seven games.
• Triolo nearly finds the left field seats, but Gonzalez reels it in on the warning track.
• Yuki Matsui enters the game for the Padres.
• Tatis Jr. flies out to centerfield. Falter needed just seven pitches to get out of that inning. He's at 73 total, has retired 10 straight and is just one over the minimum.
• Falter punches out Maldanado with a fastball on the outside edge for his fifth strikeout.
• Frazier and Reynolds almost collide in shallow right field but Frazier makes the over the shoulder catch for the first out of the sixth.
• End of fifth inning: Canario strikes out on a sweeper way outside of the zone to strand the bases loaded. It was another ugly swing for the left fielder.
• It looks like there is more rain coming this way around 7:45 p.m. With a one-run lead, it's important to get through this inning.
• A Frazier walk loads the bases for Canario.
• Hayes reaches on an infield single to third. Machado tried making a bare-handed play, but the throw was too late.
• Valdez sends Lockridge to the warning track in front of the bullpens in left center, but he easily reels it in. Two away.
• Bart barely beats out the back end of that double play. If Arraez makes the scoop, he might've been out.
• McCutchen is first-pitch swinging and he pokes one back through the middle into centerfield. First hit of the day for him.
• Another 1-2-3 inning from Falter as Iglesias grounds out to Hayes. Falter is at 66 pitches and has worked efficiently through five.
• Gonzalez lines out to third base. Quick reactions over there by Hayes.
• Greg: Alright, guys, I'm back as Tatis Jr. flies out to left field.
• End of fourth inning: Reynolds gives one a ride, but flies out to Gonzalez in front of the 379 sign in left field.
• Cruz walks again. His second of the game. He's reached base all three times.
• Triolo swipes second base. So, they can steal with two outs ...
• The inning stays alive with Triolo reaching on a throwing error by Machado. Horrendous throw. Zero effort.
• Canario ends up sitting on the plate after his latest at-bat. Vásquez fooled him with a curveball.
• Frazier forces Gonzalez toward the left field fence, but the outfielder tracks it down.
• Falter gets Bogaerts swinging. He's one over the minimum through four innings. Pretty, pretty good.
• Machado bounces out to Hayes at third. A quick second out in the Padres' fourth.
• On the eighth pitch of the at-bat, Arraez flies out to Cruz in centerfield.
• End of third inning: Hayes hits one into centerfield, but Valdez is gunned down at home plate by a mile. Not even close. The ball wasn't hit that hard.
• Valdez takes second base on a passed ball, then wild throw from Madonado into centerfield. Lockridge gets to it quick enough to keep Valdez from moving up to third base.
• Valdez sprays a single into shallow centerfield. Two outs with Hayes coming to the plate.
• Bart bounces out to shortstop on the second pitch of the at-bat.
• Cutch strikes out on three pitches to start the home half of the third.
• Chris: I'm taking over the live file for the time being. Prepare yourselves.
• Frazier is positioned perfectly behind the second-base bag to field a ground ball from Tatis Jr. He steps on the bag before throwing to first for the double play. It's the second straight 1-2-3 inning from Falter as he's set down seven straight.
• Maldonado hits a screamer through the middle. Just got over Frazier's glove.
• Falter starts the third by striking out Lockridge with a fastball up high. He got a piece of it but Bart hung on.
• Chris: No fortitude. Cruz should've been running early in that count.
• End of second inning: Reynolds grounds out to first for the second time tonight.
• RUN: Cruz hits a line-drive single with an exit velocity of 118 mph that bounces off Iglesias' glove and into the outfield. Canario scores on the play. Pirates, 1-0
• Triolo now draws a walk, the Pirates' third of the day as Cruz steps to the plate with two on.
• Canario reaches on a broken-bat single. His barrel flew toward the mound and Vásquez wisely got out of the way.
• Hayes grounded out to short and then Bogaerts robbed Frazier of a base hit on a ball back up the middle. Bogaerts was shaded toward the bag and made a decent play.
• Chris: Shelton and home plate umpire Estabrook were having a colorful discussion in the middle of the second inning. Not sure what the exact details were, obviously. But, it didn't look like he was inviting him for a drink after the game.
• It's a 1-2-3 inning for Falter as he gets Iglesias to ground out to first on a fastball up and in.
• Valdez makes a great diving stop at first to rob Gonzalez of a hit down the first-base line.
• Campusano, who was recalled by the Padres today, grounds out to third on a fastball up in the zone.
• End of first inning: Valdez rolls over on a 2-2 cutter up and in for the final out of the first. Strands runners at first and second.
• Home plate umpire Mike Estabrook has an awfully tight strike zone this afternoon and Bart benefits from it there as a couple borderline strikes were called balls.
• McCutchen flies out to left field on a sweeper in the bottom left corner of the zone.
• Reynolds grounds out to first. He pulled a Javy Baez and backpedaled toward home plate to avoid the tag.
• It's a six-pitch walk for Cruz. That's his seventh walk in the last seven games.
• Bogaerts watches a fastball on the bottom left corner for strike three. Good start for Falter as he threw 15 pitches.
• Machado walks on four straight balls but two of them should've been strikes. Caught the edges of the strike zone.
• Arraez flies out to left.
• Falter starts this one off with a strikeout. Got Tatis on a foul tip slider down in the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Bailey Falter vs. Fernando Tatis Jr., PNC Park, 5:47 p.m., 63 degrees, overcast.
• Right at 5 p.m. on the dot, the grounds crew came onto the field to the announcement of an estimated first pitch of 5:45 p.m.
• The Pirates' game against the Padres today will start in a rain delay. No start time has been announced.
• For Derek Shelton's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Alexander Canario, LF 9. Jared Triolo, SS
• 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, SS 8. Brandon Lockridge, CF 9. Martín Maldonado, C
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Greg Macafee
2:34 am - 05.03.2025NORTH SHOREFinal: Padres 2, Pirates 1
• Who: Pirates (12-21) vs. Padres (20-11)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 34
• When: 4:05 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 62°, 58% chance of rain
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (1-3, 5.93 ERA) vs. RHP Randy Vásquez (1-3, 4.28 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
• That's it, Reynolds lines out to short and Cruz is doubled off at first. Final: Padres 2, Pirates 1
• Cruz walks for the fourth time tonight. He's showing a lot of patience tonight and hasn't really swung at anything outside the zone.
• Bogaerts grounds out to shortstop.
• RUN: Tatis steals home on a wild pitch. Ball bounced just to the right of Bart and he couldn't get back to the plate in time to make the tag. Padres, 2-1
• Bednar burns a fastball past Machado at the knees. Changed his eye level.
• Tatis swipes third. He was bouncing around at second, should've seen that one coming.
• Hayes fields this one, looks Tatis back to second and fires a strike to first. One away.
• Tatis doubles through the left side. Looked like Hayes just missed it. It was the third splitter Bednar threw Tatis.
• David Bednar has taken the mound.
• Renegade
•. End of eighth inning: Canario hits a slow roller up the middle for an easy out at first. He's 1-for-4 today.
• Frazier flies out to center.
• Hayes hits a chopper back to the mound for a quick first out. He saw three pitches.
• Jason Adam takes the mound for San Diego. Elias Díaz steps in behind the plate.
• Shugart does his job. He strikes out Heyward as Bart holds onto a foul tip. Let's see if the offense can provide some run support here as a storm cloud nears.
• Wade grounds out to first and now Jason Heyward is hitting for Maldonado.
• Tyler Wade is hitting for Lockridge.
• Shugart strikes out Iglesias.
• Shugart takes the mound for the second straight night. Allowed one hit in one inning of work last night. He also has produced a 1.32 ERA this season. He'll face 7-8-9 for the Padres.
• End of seventh inning: Valdez pops out to Machado in between third and second. We head to the eighth.
• A: 17,675
• Bart quickly erases McCutchen with a 5-4-3 double play.
• McCutchen walks on four straight pitches and nothing was really close.
• Alek Jacob has now taken the mound for the Padres.
• End of seventh inning: Falter finishes it out and gets an ovation as he walks off the field after striking out Gonzalez. Really nice outing from the lefty just made one crucial mistake.
• Chase Shugart is warming in the bullpen.
• Falter hands out his second walk of the evening to Campusano on seven pitches.
• Bogaerts lines out to center for a quick second out.
• HOME RUN: Machado makes his first mistake of the evening as Machado sends a 1-0 slider over the middle of the plate into the left field seats with a 114.3 exit velocity. Tied, 1-1
• Arrraez grounds out to Triolo. 11 straight for Falter.
• End of sixth inning: Cruz is quickly erased with a 6-4-3 double play by Reynolds.
• Cruz walks for the third time tonight. That's his ninth walk in seven games.
• Triolo nearly finds the left field seats, but Gonzalez reels it in on the warning track.
• Yuki Matsui enters the game for the Padres.
• Tatis Jr. flies out to centerfield. Falter needed just seven pitches to get out of that inning. He's at 73 total, has retired 10 straight and is just one over the minimum.
• Falter punches out Maldanado with a fastball on the outside edge for his fifth strikeout.
• Frazier and Reynolds almost collide in shallow right field but Frazier makes the over the shoulder catch for the first out of the sixth.
• End of fifth inning: Canario strikes out on a sweeper way outside of the zone to strand the bases loaded. It was another ugly swing for the left fielder.
• It looks like there is more rain coming this way around 7:45 p.m. With a one-run lead, it's important to get through this inning.
• A Frazier walk loads the bases for Canario.
• Hayes reaches on an infield single to third. Machado tried making a bare-handed play, but the throw was too late.
• Valdez sends Lockridge to the warning track in front of the bullpens in left center, but he easily reels it in. Two away.
• Bart barely beats out the back end of that double play. If Arraez makes the scoop, he might've been out.
• McCutchen is first-pitch swinging and he pokes one back through the middle into centerfield. First hit of the day for him.
• Another 1-2-3 inning from Falter as Iglesias grounds out to Hayes. Falter is at 66 pitches and has worked efficiently through five.
• Gonzalez lines out to third base. Quick reactions over there by Hayes.
• Greg: Alright, guys, I'm back as Tatis Jr. flies out to left field.
• End of fourth inning: Reynolds gives one a ride, but flies out to Gonzalez in front of the 379 sign in left field.
• Cruz walks again. His second of the game. He's reached base all three times.
• Triolo swipes second base. So, they can steal with two outs ...
• The inning stays alive with Triolo reaching on a throwing error by Machado. Horrendous throw. Zero effort.
• Canario ends up sitting on the plate after his latest at-bat. Vásquez fooled him with a curveball.
• Frazier forces Gonzalez toward the left field fence, but the outfielder tracks it down.
• Falter gets Bogaerts swinging. He's one over the minimum through four innings. Pretty, pretty good.
• Machado bounces out to Hayes at third. A quick second out in the Padres' fourth.
• On the eighth pitch of the at-bat, Arraez flies out to Cruz in centerfield.
• End of third inning: Hayes hits one into centerfield, but Valdez is gunned down at home plate by a mile. Not even close. The ball wasn't hit that hard.
• Valdez takes second base on a passed ball, then wild throw from Madonado into centerfield. Lockridge gets to it quick enough to keep Valdez from moving up to third base.
• Valdez sprays a single into shallow centerfield. Two outs with Hayes coming to the plate.
• Bart bounces out to shortstop on the second pitch of the at-bat.
• Cutch strikes out on three pitches to start the home half of the third.
• Chris: I'm taking over the live file for the time being. Prepare yourselves.
• Frazier is positioned perfectly behind the second-base bag to field a ground ball from Tatis Jr. He steps on the bag before throwing to first for the double play. It's the second straight 1-2-3 inning from Falter as he's set down seven straight.
• Maldonado hits a screamer through the middle. Just got over Frazier's glove.
• Falter starts the third by striking out Lockridge with a fastball up high. He got a piece of it but Bart hung on.
• Chris: No fortitude. Cruz should've been running early in that count.
• End of second inning: Reynolds grounds out to first for the second time tonight.
• RUN: Cruz hits a line-drive single with an exit velocity of 118 mph that bounces off Iglesias' glove and into the outfield. Canario scores on the play. Pirates, 1-0
• Triolo now draws a walk, the Pirates' third of the day as Cruz steps to the plate with two on.
• Canario reaches on a broken-bat single. His barrel flew toward the mound and Vásquez wisely got out of the way.
• Hayes grounded out to short and then Bogaerts robbed Frazier of a base hit on a ball back up the middle. Bogaerts was shaded toward the bag and made a decent play.
• Chris: Shelton and home plate umpire Estabrook were having a colorful discussion in the middle of the second inning. Not sure what the exact details were, obviously. But, it didn't look like he was inviting him for a drink after the game.
• It's a 1-2-3 inning for Falter as he gets Iglesias to ground out to first on a fastball up and in.
• Valdez makes a great diving stop at first to rob Gonzalez of a hit down the first-base line.
• Campusano, who was recalled by the Padres today, grounds out to third on a fastball up in the zone.
• End of first inning: Valdez rolls over on a 2-2 cutter up and in for the final out of the first. Strands runners at first and second.
• Home plate umpire Mike Estabrook has an awfully tight strike zone this afternoon and Bart benefits from it there as a couple borderline strikes were called balls.
• McCutchen flies out to left field on a sweeper in the bottom left corner of the zone.
• Reynolds grounds out to first. He pulled a Javy Baez and backpedaled toward home plate to avoid the tag.
• It's a six-pitch walk for Cruz. That's his seventh walk in the last seven games.
• Bogaerts watches a fastball on the bottom left corner for strike three. Good start for Falter as he threw 15 pitches.
• Machado walks on four straight balls but two of them should've been strikes. Caught the edges of the strike zone.
• Arraez flies out to left.
• Falter starts this one off with a strikeout. Got Tatis on a foul tip slider down in the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Padres, Bailey Falter vs. Fernando Tatis Jr., PNC Park, 5:47 p.m., 63 degrees, overcast.
• Right at 5 p.m. on the dot, the grounds crew came onto the field to the announcement of an estimated first pitch of 5:45 p.m.
• The Pirates' game against the Padres today will start in a rain delay. No start time has been announced.
• For Derek Shelton's Pirates:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Alexander Canario, LF
9. Jared Triolo, SS
• 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, SS
8. Brandon Lockridge, CF
9. Martín Maldonado, C
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