• That's it De La Cruz flies out to Canario, who makes a sliding catch near foul territory. Final: Pirates 1, Reds 0
• Espinal grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
• Friedl singles into right field. That brings up Espinal.
• Renegade. David Bednar comes in for the save.
• End of eighth inning: Hayes grounds out to short.
• Canario hits a ground ball to short and De La Cruz bobbles it. Bases are loaded for Hayes.
• Horwitz is intentionally walked, bringing Canario to the plate.
• Bart hits a shot off Richardson's legs, but he's thrown out at first.
• Reynolds flies out to shallow let field for the first out.
• McCutchen singles up the middle for his first hit tonight.
• Lyon Richardson is gong to pitch the eighth.
• Joe grounds out to Triolo, who has to come charging in to make the play.
• McLain sends a soft linedrive to Hayes for out No. 2.
• Trevino lines out to left on a fastball right down the middle.
• Dennis Santana is going to get the eighth. Falter's final line: 7 IP, 4 H, 5 K, 0 BB, 0 ER. A great outing for the lefty.
• End of seventh inning: Cruz grounds out to second and leaves the bases loaded. Big missed opportunity there.
• Mey throws a ball off the backstop but it bounces back into play and everyone stays put.
• Triolo walks to load the bases for Cruz.
• As expected, there was fan interference. Frazier goes to second, Hayes stays at third.
• Frazier doubles into the left field corner, but Hayes gets thrown out at the plate. Kelly is challenging fan interference on the play and after seeing the replay on the scoreboard, there definitely was.
• Hayes now gets hit in the back and he jobs down to first. Two away.
• Canario is called out on a sinker down the heart of the plate.
• A: 10,071
• Horwitz grounds out to third.
• Luis Mey enters the game for the Reds.
• Stephenson flies out to right field. Reynolds made a nice catch on the run.
• Steer singles into left field.
• Hays now grounds out to third. Two away.
• De La Cruz loses his balance in the box and grounds out to shortstop. He's hitless today.
• Falter gets the seventh, he's at 66 pitches.
• End of sixth inning: Bart grounds into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play. Looks like he might've slipped on home plate coming out of the box.
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• He ends up swinging away and flies out to right field. Joe stays at first.
• Friedl offers up a bunt attempt at the first pitch.
• Joe singles into left field and Canario first a strike into second to hold Joe to one base.
• End of fifth inning: Frazier flies out to left center. Tried to go the other way with a down and away slider.
• Hayes squeaks one through the infield under McLain's glove.
• He's quickly erased with another 6-4-3 double play.
• Horwitz singles for the second time tonight. He flares a sinker on the outer edge into left field.
• Falter strikes out McLain for his fourth of the night. Got him on three pitches and utilized a high fastball for the punch out.
• Trevino puts a charge into one but Canario tracks it down in the left field corner.
• Falter continues his strong outing with a leadoff ground out to third from Stephenson.
• End of fourth inning: Bart strikes out as well on a foul tip fastball.
• Reynolds swings over a cutter in the bottom right corner of the zone. Didn't seem to pleased with a couple calls earlier in the at-bat.
• Cutch swings at the second pitch he sees and grounds out to third for the second time tonight.
• Falter catches Steer looking with a fastball on the inner edge. Nice location to strand another runner in scoring position.
• Hays grounds out to Hayes, who hesitated a little bit when judging the hops and had to take a step backward before fielding the ball.
• Falter seems to have lost the command a little here in the fourth. Has missed high on a few pitches.
• De La Cruz flies out to center on an inside slider.
• Espinal sprays one into the left field corner and Canario tries to make a sliding back-handed catch, very similar to the one Pham missed last night. Ball ends up on the ground and Espinal is at second.
• End of third inning: Cruz watches a called third strike fastball at the bottom of the zone.
• Triolo flies out to right field on a high fastball.
• Frazier hits one up the middle but De La Cruz barely has to move for it.
• Really nice work from Falter so far. He's thrown 30 pitches, given up one hit and has struck out two.
• Horwitz then makes a nice play up the line and flips it to Falter for the third out.
• Joe swings at the first pitch he sees -- a high sinker -- and flies out to center.
• McLain breaks his bat and pops out to second. That's the second broken bat for the Reds tonight.
• End of second inning: Hayes hits into a 6-4-3 double play on a 2-0 slider at the top of the zone.
• Canario pops out to second base on an inside sinker.
• Horwitz singles into right center. He takes a big turn around first but quickly retreats.
• Falter strikes out Trevino on six pitches, utilizing a high fastball for the punch out. He's up to 23 pitches.
• Stephenson hits a grounder to third and Hayes' throw is high but Horwitz makes the tag after jumping for the catch.
• Steer flies out to Cruz on Falter's first pitch of the second.
• End of first inning: Bart rolls over on a ground ball to short and strands Cruz at third.
• Cruz takes third on a wild pitch.
• Cruz almost gets doubled up at second on a Reynolds linedrive to De La Cruz. That was close.
• McCutchen grounds out to third as Espinal makes a nice stop. Cruz freezes and retreats to second, smartly.
• Cruz showcases his speed and swipes second to move into scoring position.
• Cruz walks after a 3-2 changeup misses in the dirt.
• Martinez has this really weird wiggle to him before he throws. He kind of rocks on the mound before starting his windup.
• Hays pops out to the mound and Horwitz reels it in. Nice recovery for Falter. He threw 13 pitches.
• Falter strikes out De La Cruz for a big out. He got away with a slider at the top of the zone.
• Espinal breaks his bat on a grounder to Frazier. Friedl stays put.
• Friedl starts this one off with a triple off the Clemente Wall. Reynolds tried to jump and snag it but it hit and rolled back toward the infield. Tough start.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Reds, Bailey Falter to TJ Friedl, PNC Park, 6:42 p.m., 64 degrees, cloudy
• There is some rain headed toward the area around 7 p.m., but the grounds crew is currently preparing the field to start on time. So we'll see what happens.
• Don Kelly has Cruz back in the lineup today, along with Horwitz, while Isiah Kiner-Falefa gets a down day.
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 6. Alexander Canario, LF 7. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 8. Adam Frazier, 2B 9. Jared Triolo, SS
• For Terry Francona's visitors:
1. TJ Friedl, CF 2. Santiago Espinal, 3B 3. Elly De La Cruz, SS 4. Austin Hays, LF 5. Spencer Steer, 1B 6. Tyler Stephenson, DH 7. Jose Trevino, C 8. Matt McLain, 2B 9. Connor Joe, RF
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Greg Macafee
5:15 am - 05.20.2025North ShoreFinal: Pirates 1, Reds 0
• Who: Pirates (15-33) vs. Reds (25-24)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 49
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 64°, cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (2-3, 4.02 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Martinez (2-4, 3.66 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 847/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Reds
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's it De La Cruz flies out to Canario, who makes a sliding catch near foul territory. Final: Pirates 1, Reds 0
• Espinal grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
• Friedl singles into right field. That brings up Espinal.
• Renegade. David Bednar comes in for the save.
• End of eighth inning: Hayes grounds out to short.
• Canario hits a ground ball to short and De La Cruz bobbles it. Bases are loaded for Hayes.
• Horwitz is intentionally walked, bringing Canario to the plate.
• Bart hits a shot off Richardson's legs, but he's thrown out at first.
• Reynolds flies out to shallow let field for the first out.
• McCutchen singles up the middle for his first hit tonight.
• Lyon Richardson is gong to pitch the eighth.
• Joe grounds out to Triolo, who has to come charging in to make the play.
• McLain sends a soft linedrive to Hayes for out No. 2.
• Trevino lines out to left on a fastball right down the middle.
• Dennis Santana is going to get the eighth. Falter's final line: 7 IP, 4 H, 5 K, 0 BB, 0 ER. A great outing for the lefty.
• End of seventh inning: Cruz grounds out to second and leaves the bases loaded. Big missed opportunity there.
• Mey throws a ball off the backstop but it bounces back into play and everyone stays put.
• Triolo walks to load the bases for Cruz.
• As expected, there was fan interference. Frazier goes to second, Hayes stays at third.
• Frazier doubles into the left field corner, but Hayes gets thrown out at the plate. Kelly is challenging fan interference on the play and after seeing the replay on the scoreboard, there definitely was.
• Hayes now gets hit in the back and he jobs down to first. Two away.
• Canario is called out on a sinker down the heart of the plate.
• A: 10,071
• Horwitz grounds out to third.
• Luis Mey enters the game for the Reds.
• Stephenson flies out to right field. Reynolds made a nice catch on the run.
• Steer singles into left field.
• Hays now grounds out to third. Two away.
• De La Cruz loses his balance in the box and grounds out to shortstop. He's hitless today.
• Falter gets the seventh, he's at 66 pitches.
• End of sixth inning: Bart grounds into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play. Looks like he might've slipped on home plate coming out of the box.
• RUN: Reynolds singles into right field and Cruz races home from second with a head first slide at the plate. Pirates, 1-0
• He shakes it off and jogs to first.
• Cutch gets hit right on the hand and he's in pain. Walked right back towards the dugout. He's getting looked at by Kelly and a trainer.
• That's stolen base No. 18 for Cruz. He's leads all of Major League Baseball.
• Cruz walks for the second time tonight. Saw one good pitch and fouled it off. Nothing else was close.
• Triolo grounds out to third to start the bottom half. He's hitting a whopping .114 over his last 15 games.
• After six, Falter has thrown 66 pitches, 46 strikes.
• Strike em out, throw em out. Falter Ks up Espinal and Bart catches Joe at second. Big moment right there.
• He ends up swinging away and flies out to right field. Joe stays at first.
• Friedl offers up a bunt attempt at the first pitch.
• Joe singles into left field and Canario first a strike into second to hold Joe to one base.
• End of fifth inning: Frazier flies out to left center. Tried to go the other way with a down and away slider.
• Hayes squeaks one through the infield under McLain's glove.
• He's quickly erased with another 6-4-3 double play.
• Horwitz singles for the second time tonight. He flares a sinker on the outer edge into left field.
• Falter strikes out McLain for his fourth of the night. Got him on three pitches and utilized a high fastball for the punch out.
• Trevino puts a charge into one but Canario tracks it down in the left field corner.
• Falter continues his strong outing with a leadoff ground out to third from Stephenson.
• End of fourth inning: Bart strikes out as well on a foul tip fastball.
• Reynolds swings over a cutter in the bottom right corner of the zone. Didn't seem to pleased with a couple calls earlier in the at-bat.
• Cutch swings at the second pitch he sees and grounds out to third for the second time tonight.
• Falter catches Steer looking with a fastball on the inner edge. Nice location to strand another runner in scoring position.
• Hays grounds out to Hayes, who hesitated a little bit when judging the hops and had to take a step backward before fielding the ball.
• Falter seems to have lost the command a little here in the fourth. Has missed high on a few pitches.
• De La Cruz flies out to center on an inside slider.
• Espinal sprays one into the left field corner and Canario tries to make a sliding back-handed catch, very similar to the one Pham missed last night. Ball ends up on the ground and Espinal is at second.
• End of third inning: Cruz watches a called third strike fastball at the bottom of the zone.
• Triolo flies out to right field on a high fastball.
• Frazier hits one up the middle but De La Cruz barely has to move for it.
• Really nice work from Falter so far. He's thrown 30 pitches, given up one hit and has struck out two.
• Horwitz then makes a nice play up the line and flips it to Falter for the third out.
• Joe swings at the first pitch he sees -- a high sinker -- and flies out to center.
• McLain breaks his bat and pops out to second. That's the second broken bat for the Reds tonight.
• End of second inning: Hayes hits into a 6-4-3 double play on a 2-0 slider at the top of the zone.
• Canario pops out to second base on an inside sinker.
• Horwitz singles into right center. He takes a big turn around first but quickly retreats.
• Falter strikes out Trevino on six pitches, utilizing a high fastball for the punch out. He's up to 23 pitches.
• Stephenson hits a grounder to third and Hayes' throw is high but Horwitz makes the tag after jumping for the catch.
• Steer flies out to Cruz on Falter's first pitch of the second.
• End of first inning: Bart rolls over on a ground ball to short and strands Cruz at third.
• Cruz takes third on a wild pitch.
• Cruz almost gets doubled up at second on a Reynolds linedrive to De La Cruz. That was close.
• McCutchen grounds out to third as Espinal makes a nice stop. Cruz freezes and retreats to second, smartly.
• Cruz showcases his speed and swipes second to move into scoring position.
• Cruz walks after a 3-2 changeup misses in the dirt.
• Martinez has this really weird wiggle to him before he throws. He kind of rocks on the mound before starting his windup.
• Hays pops out to the mound and Horwitz reels it in. Nice recovery for Falter. He threw 13 pitches.
• Falter strikes out De La Cruz for a big out. He got away with a slider at the top of the zone.
• Espinal breaks his bat on a grounder to Frazier. Friedl stays put.
• Friedl starts this one off with a triple off the Clemente Wall. Reynolds tried to jump and snag it but it hit and rolled back toward the infield. Tough start.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Reds, Bailey Falter to TJ Friedl, PNC Park, 6:42 p.m., 64 degrees, cloudy
• There is some rain headed toward the area around 7 p.m., but the grounds crew is currently preparing the field to start on time. So we'll see what happens.
• Don Kelly has Cruz back in the lineup today, along with Horwitz, while Isiah Kiner-Falefa gets a down day.
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
6. Alexander Canario, LF
7. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
8. Adam Frazier, 2B
9. Jared Triolo, SS
• For Terry Francona's visitors:
1. TJ Friedl, CF
2. Santiago Espinal, 3B
3. Elly De La Cruz, SS
4. Austin Hays, LF
5. Spencer Steer, 1B
6. Tyler Stephenson, DH
7. Jose Trevino, C
8. Matt McLain, 2B
9. Connor Joe, RF
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