• Now Heaney walks Jones to load the bases once again for Greene.
• RUN: Dingler scores on a sac fly to center by Torres. Tigers, 2-0
• Meadows walks on four pitches. Now time to see what a good offensive team does with the bases loaded.
• Baez concludes a nine-pitch AB with a single to right.
• Dingler delivers a one-out single to right.
• Pirates go down in order in the second. Triolo and Pham retired 6-3 and Cook pops out in his first big-league at-bat of the season.
• End of first inning: Torkelson pops out to Triolo in foul territory and Perez goes down swinging. Heaney limits the damage.
• RUN: Torres scores on a sacrifice fly by Greene. Tigers, 1-0
• Jones sends a double down the left-field line. Two in scoring position right out of the gate.
• Torres bloops a single into right.
• Skubal comes back to strike out Hayes on three pitches and get IKF to line out to right on the first pitch he sees. Bases left loaded.
• Now Canario walks to load the bases. Uncharacteristic for Skubal, who has only walked two or more in a game three times this season.
• Bart walks to put two on for Canario.
• Skubal strikes out Gonzales before McCutchen singles to right.
• Guess I'll never second guess the Detroit grounds crew again.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 1:50 p.m., Skubal to Gonzales, 64 degrees, cloudy
• They are taking the tarp off here, but the rain is still really coming down.
• The scene here:
JOSE NEGRON / DKPS
• So, yeah, it's absolutely pouring now. In my non-expert opinion, this isn't starting in 17 minutes.
• I'm not convinced this game is actually going to start at 1:50. But we'll see. Tarp remains on the field.
• Game 1 is scheduled to begin at approximately 1:50 p.m.
• It's official: Today's game will begin in a delay due to inclement weather in the area.
• Less than an hour until first pitch and the tarp is back on the field. No word on a delay just yet, but not a good sign.
• The Tigers have recalled right-handed pitcher DylanSmith from Class AAA Toledo to serve as their 27th man for today's doubleheader. Still no starter for Game 2.
• For Don Kelly’s Pirates:
1. Nick Gonzales, 2B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Joey Bart, C 4. Alexander Canario, RF 5. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS 7. Jared Triolo, 1B 8. Tommy Pham, LF 9. Billy Cook, CF
• And as soon as I type that, the tarp is now coming off. Rainy conditions are expected from 11 to 3, though, so stay tuned.
• Good morning from Comerica Park. The Pirates are scheduled to play two against the Tigers today. The tarp is currently out on the field and the early forecast doesn’t look ideal, but I’ll have updates on game status and more throughout the day, both here and in our feed.
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José Negron
12:15 am - 06.19.2025DetroitFinal: Tigers 9, Pirates 2
• Who: Pirates (29-45) vs. Tigers (47-27)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 75
• When: 1:50 p.m.
• Where: Comerica Park
• Weather: 69°, cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (3-5, 3.33 ERA) vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (7-2, 1.99 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 184/845/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Tigers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Triolo grounder to third, Pham walked, Cook is caught-looking, and Gonzales flies out to right. Tigers, 9-2
• Baez shifts to 2B and Trey Sweeney now playing shortstop.
• End of eighth inning: Borucki struck out Keith, a groundout to 2B by Greene, and Torkelson groundout to Triolo at short.
• Ryan Borucki replaces Shugart.
• Pirates down in order in the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Shugart sets the Tigers down in order. Two groundouts and a flyout to center.
• Some defensive changes for the Pirates: Cook moves to first and Triolo shifts to short. Jack Suwinski enters to play center.
• Hernandez gets two more strikeouts during a 1-2-3 seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Shugart allows a two-out hit, but gets Dingler to fly out to come away unscathed.
• That's it for Skubal after 5 2/3 innings. Carlos Hernandez takes over and gets Cook to ground out 6-3.
• RUN: Pham drives in Canario with a sac fly and the other two runners advance. Tigers, 9-2
• Pirates have loaded the bases on singles by Canario and IKF, and a walk to Triolo.
• Second time in the last 70 years that the Tigers have produced four sacrifice flies in a game. Last did it back in 1985.
• End of fifth inning: Triolo makes a diving stop and makes the play at first to retire Greene.
• RUN: Keith drives in Dingler with a sac fly. Tigers, 9-1
• Torres singles to center. Bases loaded for Colt Keith.
• Baez bloops a single to center.
• Dingler reaches on a HBP.
• HOME RUN: McKinstry takes Shugart deep to right. Solo shot. Tigers, 8-1
• Heaney's day is done after four innings of work. Allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and three walks over four innings. Chase Shugart enters.
• Bart down swinging to end the top half.
• RUN: McCutchen plates Cook with a 4-3 groundout. Tigers, 7-1
• Double off the wall in right for Gonzales. Two on for Cutch.
• Cook bloops a one-out single into center. Third hit of the day for the Pirates.
• End of fourth inning: Heaney gets Perez swinging.
• RUN: Canario's throw makes it close, but Torres scores on a sac fly to right by Torkelson. Tigers, 7-0
• Greene singles to left to load the bases for Torkelson.
• Jones walks. Third free pass allowed by Heaney. Brings up Greene, who already has four RBIs today.
• RUN: Torres plates Meadows with a double to left. Tigers, 6-0
• Meadows sends a one-out single into left.
• Skubal strikes out two more in a clean fourth. He's up to five strikeouts and has retired three of his last four in that fashion.
• End of third inning: Heaney sets the Tigers down in order.
• McCutchen gets to third on a groundout and Canario strikes out to end the top of the third.
• Pirates have two hits and they've all been courtesy of McCutchen. One-out double to left.
• End of second inning: Torkelson grounds out 5-3.
• RUNS: Greene drives in three with a double to center. Ball gets past a diving Cook, allowing Greene to get in with a double. Tigers, 5-0
• Now Heaney walks Jones to load the bases once again for Greene.
• RUN: Dingler scores on a sac fly to center by Torres. Tigers, 2-0
• Meadows walks on four pitches. Now time to see what a good offensive team does with the bases loaded.
• Baez concludes a nine-pitch AB with a single to right.
• Dingler delivers a one-out single to right.
• Pirates go down in order in the second. Triolo and Pham retired 6-3 and Cook pops out in his first big-league at-bat of the season.
• End of first inning: Torkelson pops out to Triolo in foul territory and Perez goes down swinging. Heaney limits the damage.
• RUN: Torres scores on a sacrifice fly by Greene. Tigers, 1-0
• Jones sends a double down the left-field line. Two in scoring position right out of the gate.
• Torres bloops a single into right.
• Skubal comes back to strike out Hayes on three pitches and get IKF to line out to right on the first pitch he sees. Bases left loaded.
• Now Canario walks to load the bases. Uncharacteristic for Skubal, who has only walked two or more in a game three times this season.
• Bart walks to put two on for Canario.
• Skubal strikes out Gonzales before McCutchen singles to right.
• Guess I'll never second guess the Detroit grounds crew again.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 1:50 p.m., Skubal to Gonzales, 64 degrees, cloudy
• They are taking the tarp off here, but the rain is still really coming down.
• The scene here:
JOSE NEGRON / DKPS
• So, yeah, it's absolutely pouring now. In my non-expert opinion, this isn't starting in 17 minutes.
• I'm not convinced this game is actually going to start at 1:50. But we'll see. Tarp remains on the field.
• Game 1 is scheduled to begin at approximately 1:50 p.m.
• It's official: Today's game will begin in a delay due to inclement weather in the area.
• Less than an hour until first pitch and the tarp is back on the field. No word on a delay just yet, but not a good sign.
• The Tigers have recalled right-handed pitcher Dylan Smith from Class AAA Toledo to serve as their 27th man for today's doubleheader. Still no starter for Game 2.
• For Don Kelly’s Pirates:
1. Nick Gonzales, 2B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Joey Bart, C
4. Alexander Canario, RF
5. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
7. Jared Triolo, 1B
8. Tommy Pham, LF
9. Billy Cook, CF
• A.J. Hinch's starting nine:
1. Gleyber Torres, 2B
2. Jahmai Jones, DH
3. Riley Greene, LF
4. Spencer Torkelson, 1B
5. Wenceel Perez, RF
6. Zach McKinstry, 3B
7. Dillon Dingler, C
8. Javier Baez, SS
9. Parker Meadows, CF
• And as soon as I type that, the tarp is now coming off. Rainy conditions are expected from 11 to 3, though, so stay tuned.
• Good morning from Comerica Park. The Pirates are scheduled to play two against the Tigers today. The tarp is currently out on the field and the early forecast doesn’t look ideal, but I’ll have updates on game status and more throughout the day, both here and in our feed.
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