• Who: Pirates (6-4) vs. Red Sox (4-4) • When: 1:05 p.m. • What: Grapefruit League exhibition • Where: LECOM Park • Weather: 78°, sunny • Pitchers: LHP AndrewHeaney vs. RHP QuinnPriester • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Streaming: Pirates.com • Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Pirates fall to 6-5 this spring.
• Tsung-Che Cheng has three hits over the last three days after homering in the seventh. Collected two hits against the Tigers on Sunday.
• RUNS: Pirates struck for two on a HBP to McCutchen with the bases loaded and an RBI single by Gonzales. RED SOX, 10-3.
• Zavala strikes out to end the top of the fifth.
• GRANDSLAM: Eaton unloads the bases. Sinker right down the middle from Woods. RED SOX, 10-1.
• JadenWoods enters and walks Campbell to load the bases for Eaton.
• Sogard walks. Second free pass allowed by Ferguson, whose day is done after throwing 55 pitches. Allowed two runs on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.
• Runner to second on a wild pitch.
• Fastball up and out of the zone gets Thompson swinging.
• Ferguson gets the first out of the fifth on a force.
• IKF makes a long stop in the hole, but can't get the long throw to first in time. Grissom reaches on an infield single.
• Pirates retired in order. Quick fourth inning.
• Clean second inning of work for Ferguson. Induced a groundout, a popout and picked up a strikeout of Yoshida.
• HOME RUN: Ji Hwan Bae homers to center. RED SOX, 6-1.
• Ferguson gets Eaton swinging to end the top of the third.
• Campbell retired U3. Two outs.
• Two-hit afternoon for Sogard. Another cutter from Ferguson hit. Single past IKF.
• HOME RUN: Thompson sends a two-run shot to left. First-pitch cutter on the inner third. RED SOX, 6-0.
• Hickey lines out. One away.
• CalebFerguson in for the Pirates. Surrenders a leadoff walk to Grissom on a 3-2 slurve that missed outside.
• Billy Cook lines out to end the second.
• Darick Hall down swinging. Two outs.
• IKFgoes down on a check swing. One out.
• Leadoff single the other way for Ke’Bryan Hayes. Really liking the new two-handed swing.
• Heaney allowed four runs on two hits and three walks. Threw 22 of 41 pitches for strikes. A total of 16 fastballs and an even mix of sliders, cutters and changeups.
• RUNS: Bases-clearing triple to right for Toro. Reynolds unable to make a diving catch. That’s going to be it got Heaney. Not an ideal start to the spring, but that’s what this time of year is for. Build on it.
• Seby Zavala down swinging. Two away.
• Nathan Eaton flies out to shallow left-center. One out.
• Heaney really struggling to find the zone. Walks Kristian Campbell to load the bases. Three walks in the inning.
• RUN: Free passes hurt. Nick Sogard drives in the first run with an RBI single past IKF at short. REDSOX, 1-0.
• Another free pass to Trayce Thompson. This one came after he got ahead 0-2.
• Heaney surrenders a leadoff walk to NathanHickey.
• Wicked slider retires Gonzales to end the first. Priester looks good, man.
• Andrew McCutchen ends up winning that AB. Sends a single into left. Two outs for Nick Gonzales.
• Priester regularly hitting 95, 96 here in the first.
• Ji Hwan Bae singles to left on the first pitch he sees from Priester. Bryan Reynolds then grounds into a double play on the next pitch.
• Heaney gets VaughnGrissom to line out to center, concluding a 1-2-3 first inning. Heaney threw 6 of 10 pitches for strikes. Mixed his fastball and slider with two changeups in there to Grissom.
• MasatakaYoshida retired 4-3. Two outs.
• Toro gives one a ride off Heaney, but Billy Cook makes a nice running catch in center field for the first out.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Red Sox, 1:05 p.m., AndrewHeaney to AbrahamToro, 78 degrees, mostly cloudy
• Carmen Mlodzinski, Caleb Ferguson and PeterStrzelecki are also expected to throw today.
• For the Red Sox:
• Here’s how the Pirates will line up in AndrewHeaney’s spring debut:
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José Negron
9:08 pm - 03.03.2025Bradenton, Fla.Final: Red Sox 12, Pirates 4
• Who: Pirates (6-4) vs. Red Sox (4-4)
• When: 1:05 p.m.
• What: Grapefruit League exhibition
• Where: LECOM Park
• Weather: 78°, sunny
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney vs. RHP Quinn Priester
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Streaming: Pirates.com
• Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Pirates fall to 6-5 this spring.
• Tsung-Che Cheng has three hits over the last three days after homering in the seventh. Collected two hits against the Tigers on Sunday.
• RUNS: Pirates struck for two on a HBP to McCutchen with the bases loaded and an RBI single by Gonzales. RED SOX, 10-3.
• Zavala strikes out to end the top of the fifth.
• GRAND SLAM: Eaton unloads the bases. Sinker right down the middle from Woods. RED SOX, 10-1.
• Jaden Woods enters and walks Campbell to load the bases for Eaton.
• Sogard walks. Second free pass allowed by Ferguson, whose day is done after throwing 55 pitches. Allowed two runs on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.
• Runner to second on a wild pitch.
• Fastball up and out of the zone gets Thompson swinging.
• Ferguson gets the first out of the fifth on a force.
• IKF makes a long stop in the hole, but can't get the long throw to first in time. Grissom reaches on an infield single.
• Pirates retired in order. Quick fourth inning.
• Clean second inning of work for Ferguson. Induced a groundout, a popout and picked up a strikeout of Yoshida.
• HOME RUN: Ji Hwan Bae homers to center. RED SOX, 6-1.
• Ferguson gets Eaton swinging to end the top of the third.
• Campbell retired U3. Two outs.
• Two-hit afternoon for Sogard. Another cutter from Ferguson hit. Single past IKF.
• HOME RUN: Thompson sends a two-run shot to left. First-pitch cutter on the inner third. RED SOX, 6-0.
• Hickey lines out. One away.
• Caleb Ferguson in for the Pirates. Surrenders a leadoff walk to Grissom on a 3-2 slurve that missed outside.
• Billy Cook lines out to end the second.
• Darick Hall down swinging. Two outs.
• IKF goes down on a check swing. One out.
• Leadoff single the other way for Ke’Bryan Hayes. Really liking the new two-handed swing.
• Heaney allowed four runs on two hits and three walks. Threw 22 of 41 pitches for strikes. A total of 16 fastballs and an even mix of sliders, cutters and changeups.
• RUNS: Bases-clearing triple to right for Toro. Reynolds unable to make a diving catch. That’s going to be it got Heaney. Not an ideal start to the spring, but that’s what this time of year is for. Build on it.
• Seby Zavala down swinging. Two away.
• Nathan Eaton flies out to shallow left-center. One out.
• Heaney really struggling to find the zone. Walks Kristian Campbell to load the bases. Three walks in the inning.
• RUN: Free passes hurt. Nick Sogard drives in the first run with an RBI single past IKF at short. RED SOX, 1-0.
• Another free pass to Trayce Thompson. This one came after he got ahead 0-2.
• Heaney surrenders a leadoff walk to Nathan Hickey.
• Wicked slider retires Gonzales to end the first. Priester looks good, man.
• Andrew McCutchen ends up winning that AB. Sends a single into left. Two outs for Nick Gonzales.
• Priester regularly hitting 95, 96 here in the first.
• Ji Hwan Bae singles to left on the first pitch he sees from Priester. Bryan Reynolds then grounds into a double play on the next pitch.
• Heaney gets Vaughn Grissom to line out to center, concluding a 1-2-3 first inning. Heaney threw 6 of 10 pitches for strikes. Mixed his fastball and slider with two changeups in there to Grissom.
• Masataka Yoshida retired 4-3. Two outs.
• Toro gives one a ride off Heaney, but Billy Cook makes a nice running catch in center field for the first out.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Red Sox, 1:05 p.m., Andrew Heaney to Abraham Toro, 78 degrees, mostly cloudy
• Carmen Mlodzinski, Caleb Ferguson and Peter Strzelecki are also expected to throw today.
• For the Red Sox:
• Here’s how the Pirates will line up in Andrew Heaney’s spring debut:
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