• Who: Pirates (1-5) vs. Rays (4-1) • What: MLB regular season, Game 7 • When: 1:10 p.m. • Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field • Weather: 89°, clear • Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (0-0, 3.38 ERA)vs. RHP Ryan Pepiot (0-0, 1.50 ERA) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio:Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: SNP 360, MLB.TV • Satellite:SiriusXM 861/866 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Media notes: Pirates| Rays
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Santana gets him to pop up to Suwinski in right field and that's it. Final: Pirates 4, Rays 2
• Christopher Morel pinch-hitting for Caballero.
• Santana walks Aranda after a 10-pitch battle.
• 6-3, Caminero.
• Mangum lines out to Hayes.
• Santana gets the ninth.
• Reynolds is thrown out trying to steal second.
• RUN: A Cruz sac fly scores IKF. Pirates, 4-2
• Dennis Santana is up and warming in the bullpen.
• Reynolds beats out the double play ball. Runners on first and third.
• Frazier with a base knock to center field.
• IKF gets pegged.
• Edwin Uceta gets the ninth for the Rays.
• End of eighth inning: Borucki gets Mead looking with a sweeper at the bottom of the zone. Huge strikeout there for Borucki to slam the door and keep the lead at one.
• Curtis Mead is hitting for Lowe.
• Ryan Borucki enters the game.
• Holderman strikes out Diaz. That ends his day.
• DeLuca steals second.
• RUN: DeLuca sneaks one into left field to score Walls. Pirates, 3-2
• Wild pitch gets away from Rodriguez. Walls advances to third.
• Frazier makes a nice play ranging to his left to get Rortvedt at first. Walls advances.
• Holderman walks Walls.
• Skenes' final line: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 6 K, 0 BB. He threw 102 pitches, 72 strikes. Great stuff from Skenes today.
• Colin Holderman is entering the game.
• 5-3, Triolo.
• RUN: Rodriguez singles and Suwinski scores from second. Pirates, 3-1
• Suwinski was moving on the pitch but Hayes grounds out to third.
• Suwinski singles to right.
• 6-3, Pham.
• Manuel Rodríguez has entered the game.
• End of seventh inning: In a big 3-2 count to end the inning, Skenes goes to a fastball up in the zone to strike out Caballero. Was down 3-0 in that count before battling back. He's been absolutely marvelous today.
• Skenes sets down Aranda with a sinker to end a seven-pitch battle.
• A: 10,046.
• Caminero flies out shallow right center and Frazier makes the catch as Suwinski collides with him. That's an important two-pitch out.
• Cruz watches a sweeper at the bottom of the zone.
• A fastball catches the bottom of the strike zone as Reynolds watches. Two away.
• Frazier gets pegged.
• 6-3, IKF.
• Garrett Cleavinger has also entered the game.
• End of sixth inning: Mangum flies out to center. Skenes is at 87 pitches. He threw 18 that inning, his most in an inning today. 23 of his pitches have also been fouled off.
• RUN: The Rays get to Skenes for a run as Lowe grounds out to second and DeLuca scores. Pirates, 2-1
• Pirates get another lucky break as Lowe's shot down the first-base line is foul.
• 4-3, Diaz. Pirates got lucky there. Diaz was jogging down the line and Frazier made an error on the play but was still able to throw him out. DeLuca advanced to third.
• DeLuca singles and gets second as IKF's throw sails out of play.
• F8, Triolo. 1-2-3.
• 6-3, Rodriguez.
• Hayes lines out to first base.
• Kevin Kelly has entered the game. Pepiot's final line: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K. Threw 88 pitches, 56 strikes.
• End of fifth inning: Rortvedt grounds out to first. Skenes sits at 69 pitches.
• F9, Walls.
• Skenes catches the bottom inside corner of the strike zone with a fastball to set down Caballero. He's cruising through these first five innings.
• End of fourth inning: Skenes sets down Aranda with a fastball on the inner half. He's up to 56 pitches and three strikeouts. Two came in that inning.
• Caminero flies out to right field.
• Skenes sets down Mangum after an eight-pitch fastball. Got him on a 99 mph fastball that Rodriguez squeezed.
• 6-3, Frazier.
• IKF stays hot and singles down the right field line. Almost took first-base coach Tarrik Brock out on the previous pitch.
• Triolo lines out to right field.
• Rodriguez pops up to Caminero in foul territory.
• End of third inning: Skenes Ks up Lowe with a 0-2 changeup on the inner half.
• Diaz singles up the middle just out of Frazier's reach.
• 6-3, DeLuca.
• Rortvedt pops up to Rodriguez in foul territory.
• Hayes robbed of an RBI single in right field. Not sure if Caballero caught that, thought it might have bounced before it lodged in the palm of his glove.
• Pham swipes second base.
• Suwinski Ks on a low changeup. That's two for him today and seven this series. He got one fastball and three changeups in that at-bat.
• Pham draws his second walk of the day.
• Cruz grounds out to second.
• End of second inning: 3-unassisted, Walls. Skenes at 28 pitches through two.
• L6, Caballero.
• Aranda flies out to left field.
• Reynolds grounds out to second.
• RUN: Frazier singles into the left-center gap and Triolo scores from second. Runners on first and third, two outs. Pirates, 1-0
Adam Frazier's RBI single gives the Pirates a 1-0 lead!
• Skenes can't even get Mangum out. He's 8-for-9 in this series as he singles through the left side.
• Lowe flies out to center.
• Diaz grounds out to Hayes.
• Suwinski strikes out swinging, stranding runners on first and second. Pepiot got him with a low-and-away changeup.
• Pham walks.
• Cruz swipes second. That's his sixth stolen base.
• Cruz bloops a single out to left field.
• 3-unassisted, Reynolds
• F8, Frazier.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rays, Ryan Pepiot to Adam Frazier, George M. Steinbrenner Field, 1:10 p.m., 89 degrees, clear
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B 2. Bryan Reynolds, DH 3. Oneil Cruz, CF 4. Tommy Pham, LF 5. Jack Suwinski, RF 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Endy Rodriguez, C 8. Jared Triolo, 1B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Kevin Cash's Rays:
1. Yandy Diaz, DH 2. Brandon Lowe, 2B 3. Jake Mangum, LF 4. Junior Caminero, 3B 5. Jonathan Aranda, 1B 6. Jose Caballero, RF 7. Taylor Walls, SS 8. Ben Rortverdt, C 9. Jonny DeLuca, CF
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Greg Macafee
10:45 pm - 04.01.2025TAMPA, FLA,Final: Pirates 4, Rays 2
• Who: Pirates (1-5) vs. Rays (4-1)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 7
• When: 1:10 p.m.
• Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field
• Weather: 89°, clear
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (0-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Pepiot (0-0, 1.50 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP 360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/866
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Rays
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Santana gets him to pop up to Suwinski in right field and that's it. Final: Pirates 4, Rays 2
• Christopher Morel pinch-hitting for Caballero.
• Santana walks Aranda after a 10-pitch battle.
• 6-3, Caminero.
• Mangum lines out to Hayes.
• Santana gets the ninth.
• Reynolds is thrown out trying to steal second.
• RUN: A Cruz sac fly scores IKF. Pirates, 4-2
• Dennis Santana is up and warming in the bullpen.
• Reynolds beats out the double play ball. Runners on first and third.
• Frazier with a base knock to center field.
• IKF gets pegged.
• Edwin Uceta gets the ninth for the Rays.
• End of eighth inning: Borucki gets Mead looking with a sweeper at the bottom of the zone. Huge strikeout there for Borucki to slam the door and keep the lead at one.
• Curtis Mead is hitting for Lowe.
• Ryan Borucki enters the game.
• Holderman strikes out Diaz. That ends his day.
• DeLuca steals second.
• RUN: DeLuca sneaks one into left field to score Walls. Pirates, 3-2
• Wild pitch gets away from Rodriguez. Walls advances to third.
• Frazier makes a nice play ranging to his left to get Rortvedt at first. Walls advances.
• Holderman walks Walls.
• Skenes' final line: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 6 K, 0 BB. He threw 102 pitches, 72 strikes. Great stuff from Skenes today.
• Colin Holderman is entering the game.
• 5-3, Triolo.
• RUN: Rodriguez singles and Suwinski scores from second. Pirates, 3-1
• Suwinski was moving on the pitch but Hayes grounds out to third.
• Suwinski singles to right.
• 6-3, Pham.
• Manuel Rodríguez has entered the game.
• End of seventh inning: In a big 3-2 count to end the inning, Skenes goes to a fastball up in the zone to strike out Caballero. Was down 3-0 in that count before battling back. He's been absolutely marvelous today.
• Skenes sets down Aranda with a sinker to end a seven-pitch battle.
• A: 10,046.
• Caminero flies out shallow right center and Frazier makes the catch as Suwinski collides with him. That's an important two-pitch out.
• Cruz watches a sweeper at the bottom of the zone.
• A fastball catches the bottom of the strike zone as Reynolds watches. Two away.
• Frazier gets pegged.
• 6-3, IKF.
• Garrett Cleavinger has also entered the game.
• End of sixth inning: Mangum flies out to center. Skenes is at 87 pitches. He threw 18 that inning, his most in an inning today. 23 of his pitches have also been fouled off.
• RUN: The Rays get to Skenes for a run as Lowe grounds out to second and DeLuca scores. Pirates, 2-1
• Pirates get another lucky break as Lowe's shot down the first-base line is foul.
• 4-3, Diaz. Pirates got lucky there. Diaz was jogging down the line and Frazier made an error on the play but was still able to throw him out. DeLuca advanced to third.
• DeLuca singles and gets second as IKF's throw sails out of play.
• F8, Triolo. 1-2-3.
• 6-3, Rodriguez.
• Hayes lines out to first base.
• Kevin Kelly has entered the game. Pepiot's final line: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K. Threw 88 pitches, 56 strikes.
• End of fifth inning: Rortvedt grounds out to first. Skenes sits at 69 pitches.
• F9, Walls.
• Skenes catches the bottom inside corner of the strike zone with a fastball to set down Caballero. He's cruising through these first five innings.
• Suwinski strikes out ... again.
• Pham lines out to left field.
• HOME RUN: Cruz watches as a ball barely flies over the left field wall for a solo shot. Pirates, 2-0
• 4-3, Reynolds.
• End of fourth inning: Skenes sets down Aranda with a fastball on the inner half. He's up to 56 pitches and three strikeouts. Two came in that inning.
• Caminero flies out to right field.
• Skenes sets down Mangum after an eight-pitch fastball. Got him on a 99 mph fastball that Rodriguez squeezed.
• 6-3, Frazier.
• IKF stays hot and singles down the right field line. Almost took first-base coach Tarrik Brock out on the previous pitch.
• Triolo lines out to right field.
• Rodriguez pops up to Caminero in foul territory.
• End of third inning: Skenes Ks up Lowe with a 0-2 changeup on the inner half.
• Diaz singles up the middle just out of Frazier's reach.
• 6-3, DeLuca.
• Rortvedt pops up to Rodriguez in foul territory.
• Hayes robbed of an RBI single in right field. Not sure if Caballero caught that, thought it might have bounced before it lodged in the palm of his glove.
• Pham swipes second base.
• Suwinski Ks on a low changeup. That's two for him today and seven this series. He got one fastball and three changeups in that at-bat.
• Pham draws his second walk of the day.
• Cruz grounds out to second.
• End of second inning: 3-unassisted, Walls. Skenes at 28 pitches through two.
• L6, Caballero.
• Aranda flies out to left field.
• Reynolds grounds out to second.
• RUN: Frazier singles into the left-center gap and Triolo scores from second. Runners on first and third, two outs. Pirates, 1-0
• IKF grounds out to Pepiot and Hayes gets caught between third and home and is tagged out after retreating to third. Runners on first and second.
• Triolo walks on four pitches, nothing close.
• Rodriguez lines out to first.
• DeLuca misplays a dive in center field and Hayes ends up at third. 106.3 mph exit velocity on that one.
• End of first inning: 5-3, Caminero.
• Skenes can't even get Mangum out. He's 8-for-9 in this series as he singles through the left side.
• Lowe flies out to center.
• Diaz grounds out to Hayes.
• Suwinski strikes out swinging, stranding runners on first and second. Pepiot got him with a low-and-away changeup.
• Pham walks.
• Cruz swipes second. That's his sixth stolen base.
• Cruz bloops a single out to left field.
• 3-unassisted, Reynolds
• F8, Frazier.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rays, Ryan Pepiot to Adam Frazier, George M. Steinbrenner Field, 1:10 p.m., 89 degrees, clear
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B
2. Bryan Reynolds, DH
3. Oneil Cruz, CF
4. Tommy Pham, LF
5. Jack Suwinski, RF
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Endy Rodriguez, C
8. Jared Triolo, 1B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Kevin Cash's Rays:
1. Yandy Diaz, DH
2. Brandon Lowe, 2B
3. Jake Mangum, LF
4. Junior Caminero, 3B
5. Jonathan Aranda, 1B
6. Jose Caballero, RF
7. Taylor Walls, SS
8. Ben Rortverdt, C
9. Jonny DeLuca, CF
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