• Final: Gorman flies out, Winn strikes out swinging, Saggese walks, and Pages is retired on weird hope to Gonzales, who has to barehand the ball to throw him out. Wild ending.
• Dennis Santana pitching for Pirates.
• Gonzales ground out to third, Cutch called out looking, Cruz walks after falling behind in a 1-2 count, and Davis goes down on strikes.
• End eighth inning: Mattson breezes through Herrera, Burleson, and Contreras.
• Isaac Mattson pitching for Pirates.
• Reynolds draws a one-out walk, but Pham grounds into an inning-ending double play.
• End seventh inning: Chandler breezes through the seventh and he's now finished off four scoreless to give him eight scoreless at the big-league level. Seems to me like Chandler is already adapting well.
• Quick top of the seventh. Two more strikeouts for Gray.
• End sixth inning: Chandler gets Saggese to ground out 6-3. Nine pitches at 100 in that inning from Chandler. Just ramps it up as he goes. He's at 46 pitches over three innings. Same exact number Mlodzinski finished at.
• Chandler strikes out Contreras and Gorman before hitting Winn with 100 mph heat.
• Pirates loaded the bases again on a Cutch walk, but Cruz goes down swinging to end the threat.
• RUNS: Pham delivers with a one-out, two-run single. Pirates, 2-1
• Horwitz reaches on an E3. Contreras looked to second, hesitated and then flipped it past Gray. Bases loaded with nobody out.
• Well, IKF and Triolo haven't had issues getting on against Gray. IKF doubles to lead off the sixth and Triolo walks for a second time.
• End fifth inning: Chandler starting to bring a little bit more heat. Gets Herrera to line out on a 100 mph fastball and then hits 101 to get Burleson to fly out. Strands two.
• Chandler's first big-league walk comes to Nootbaar after getting ahead 0-2. Two on with one out here in the fifth.
• Pages leads off the fifth with a single off Chandler.
• Bats just can't generate anything against Gray. Non-existent. Another 1-2-3 inning.
• End fourth inning: Chandler breezes through a scoreless frame. Wasn't ripping triple digits there, but consistently around 98, 99 with the fastball. Steady dose of heaters, changeups and sliders in a nine-pitch inning.
• Chandler gets the fourth.
• Gray strikes out two more in a scoreless fourth.
• Bubba Chandler is warming up in the bullpen.
• End third inning: Mlodzinski walked a batter and allowed a single with one out, but he strikes out the side and strands runners on the corners.
• Horwitz grounds out 4-3. Two stranded.
• IKF delivers the Pirates' first hit with a two-out single in the third. Triolo follows with a walk. Two on, two outs for Horwitz.
• End second inning: Cardinals get a run on an RBI single by Pages that followed a single by Winn and a walk to Saggese. But the latter is thrown out at third for the final out. Cardinals, 1-0
• Another quick 1-2-3 inning for Gray. Only at 15 pitches over two innings.
• End first inning: Mlodzinski allows a one-out walk to Herrera before inducing a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Burleson.
• A quick top of the first for Gray. Three ground ball outs off the bats of Triolo, Horwitz and Reynolds.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:46 p.m. Eastern, Gray to Triolo, 75 degrees, cloudy
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Jared Triolo, SS 2. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Tommy Pham, LF 5. Nick Gonzales, 2B 6. Andrew McCutchen, DH 7. Oneil Cruz, CF 8. Henry Davis, C 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 3B
• Oliver Marmol's lineup:
1. Lars Nootbaar, RF 2. Ivan Herrera, DH 3. Alec Burleson, LF 4. Willson Contreras, 1B 5. Nolan Gorman, 3B 6. Masyn Winn, SS 7. Thomas Saggese, 2B 8. Pedro Pages, C 9. Nathan Church, CF
THE ASYLUM
Final: Pirates 2, Cardinals 1
• Who: Pirates (58-75) vs. Cardinals (65-68)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 134
• When: 7:45 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Busch Stadium
• Weather: 74°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (3-7, 3.89 ERA) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (12-6, 4.33 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 179/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Cardinals
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Gorman flies out, Winn strikes out swinging, Saggese walks, and Pages is retired on weird hope to Gonzales, who has to barehand the ball to throw him out. Wild ending.
• Dennis Santana pitching for Pirates.
• Gonzales ground out to third, Cutch called out looking, Cruz walks after falling behind in a 1-2 count, and Davis goes down on strikes.
• End eighth inning: Mattson breezes through Herrera, Burleson, and Contreras.
• Isaac Mattson pitching for Pirates.
• Reynolds draws a one-out walk, but Pham grounds into an inning-ending double play.
• End seventh inning: Chandler breezes through the seventh and he's now finished off four scoreless to give him eight scoreless at the big-league level. Seems to me like Chandler is already adapting well.
• Quick top of the seventh. Two more strikeouts for Gray.
• End sixth inning: Chandler gets Saggese to ground out 6-3. Nine pitches at 100 in that inning from Chandler. Just ramps it up as he goes. He's at 46 pitches over three innings. Same exact number Mlodzinski finished at.
• Chandler strikes out Contreras and Gorman before hitting Winn with 100 mph heat.
• Pirates loaded the bases again on a Cutch walk, but Cruz goes down swinging to end the threat.
• RUNS: Pham delivers with a one-out, two-run single. Pirates, 2-1
• Horwitz reaches on an E3. Contreras looked to second, hesitated and then flipped it past Gray. Bases loaded with nobody out.
• Well, IKF and Triolo haven't had issues getting on against Gray. IKF doubles to lead off the sixth and Triolo walks for a second time.
• End fifth inning: Chandler starting to bring a little bit more heat. Gets Herrera to line out on a 100 mph fastball and then hits 101 to get Burleson to fly out. Strands two.
• Chandler's first big-league walk comes to Nootbaar after getting ahead 0-2. Two on with one out here in the fifth.
• Pages leads off the fifth with a single off Chandler.
• Bats just can't generate anything against Gray. Non-existent. Another 1-2-3 inning.
• End fourth inning: Chandler breezes through a scoreless frame. Wasn't ripping triple digits there, but consistently around 98, 99 with the fastball. Steady dose of heaters, changeups and sliders in a nine-pitch inning.
• Chandler gets the fourth.
• Gray strikes out two more in a scoreless fourth.
• Bubba Chandler is warming up in the bullpen.
• End third inning: Mlodzinski walked a batter and allowed a single with one out, but he strikes out the side and strands runners on the corners.
• Horwitz grounds out 4-3. Two stranded.
• IKF delivers the Pirates' first hit with a two-out single in the third. Triolo follows with a walk. Two on, two outs for Horwitz.
• End second inning: Cardinals get a run on an RBI single by Pages that followed a single by Winn and a walk to Saggese. But the latter is thrown out at third for the final out. Cardinals, 1-0
• Another quick 1-2-3 inning for Gray. Only at 15 pitches over two innings.
• End first inning: Mlodzinski allows a one-out walk to Herrera before inducing a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Burleson.
• A quick top of the first for Gray. Three ground ball outs off the bats of Triolo, Horwitz and Reynolds.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:46 p.m. Eastern, Gray to Triolo, 75 degrees, cloudy
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Jared Triolo, SS
2. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Tommy Pham, LF
5. Nick Gonzales, 2B
6. Andrew McCutchen, DH
7. Oneil Cruz, CF
8. Henry Davis, C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 3B
• Oliver Marmol's lineup:
1. Lars Nootbaar, RF
2. Ivan Herrera, DH
3. Alec Burleson, LF
4. Willson Contreras, 1B
5. Nolan Gorman, 3B
6. Masyn Winn, SS
7. Thomas Saggese, 2B
8. Pedro Pages, C
9. Nathan Church, CF
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