• Final: Mlodzinski finishes off the Diamondbacks striking out the side.
• End eighth inning: Even Suwinski gets a hit, inning ends on Davis' fly out to left.
• RUN: Hayes two-run single to right. Pirates 6-0.
• Pham doubles to left field wall, Gonzales held at third.
• Cruz popped out to third base.
• Reynolds lines out to right.
• Gonzales singles to left.
• John Curtiss pitching for Arizona.
• English strikes out, Davis makes a really nice catch against the netting behind home plate to retire Carroll on the foul out and Marte singles to left and advances to second on a wild pitch. Perdomo grounds out to IKF.
• A: 20,779
• Carmen Mlodzinski is now pitching.
• End seventh inning: IKF grounds into a 6-4-3 double-play. Horwitz grounds out to shortstop.
• Pitching for Dbacks is newly recalled Brandyn Garcia. He walks Davis to start the bottom half of the seventh.
• Easy 1-2-3 inning for Ferguson.
• Caleb Ferguson now pitching for Pirates.
• End sixth inning: Pham and Hayes strike out, Suwinski grounds out to second stranding Cruz at third base.
• RUN: Reynolds reaches on a hit-by-pitch and scores on Cruz's double that rockets passed English at first base, had no time to react on that missile. Pirates 4-0.
• Skenes goes six shutout innings, allowing three hits, one walk, and struck out nine. He's down to 1.83 ERA on the season.
• Skenes started the inning at 87 pitches. Perdomo made him work with an 8-pitch at-bat grounding out to Gonzales. Suarez strikes out swinging on three pitches. 98-pitches gets a mound visit from Kelly, he stays in the game to throw one more pitch getting Del Castillo to fly out to Cruz. The crowd delivers a road of appreciation.
• End fifth inning: IKF grounds out to third on close play at first, Horwitz bounces out to Gallen, and Gonzales flies out to right.
• Better inning for Skenes getting English to fly out to right, Carroll ground out to Gonzales at second, and Marte grounder to Horwitz.
• End fourth inning: Davis strikes out looking... he's a bit ahead of Suwinski at .178 average.
• Hayes rolls a grounder to third, Suwinski flies out to right to bring his batting average to .098....
• Skenes has eight strike outs through four innings on 77 pitches, 45 for strikes.
• More action on the bases for Skenes this inning without allowing a run. Suarez reached on a hit-by-pitch and moved to third base on McCarthy's double. He struck out Del Castillo, McCann, and Thomas.
• End third inning: Pham strikes out.
• RUN: Cruz singles to right to knock in Reynolds. Pirates 3-0.
• RUN: IKF singles to center, Horwitz lines out to second base, IKF forced out at second on grounder by Gonzales, and Reynolds doubles down the right field line, advances to third on the throw. Pirates 2-0.
• Marte grounds out to second and Perdomo pops out.
• Carroll goes down swinging again.
• English doubles off Skenes for his first career major league hit.
• End second inning: Hayes flies out to left, Pham is forced out at second base on grounder to Perdomo at shortstop. Davis strikes out.
• RUN: After a bad swing on the first pitch, Cruz is able to work a walk. Pham follows with a single to center, Cruz races all the way around to score from first base. Pirates 1-0.
• Thomas flies out in shallow left field to IKF stranding McCarthy at third base. Skenes' fastball command is just a tad off at the moment.
• McCann goes down swinging on a nasty changeup.
• Del Castillo strikes out on 98 mph fastball up in the zone. McCarthy lines a triple over Cruz's head. It wasn't a great route by Cruz but his speed almost made up for it on the sliding attempt near the notch.
• End first inning. Wow, super-quick 1-2-3 for the club. Horwitz chopper 6-3, Gonzales lines out to third, and Reynolds does likewise to center.
• Gonzales lines out to third.
• Horwitz 6-3. One chop.
• Suarez comebacker. That's three.
• Perdomo lunges for a whiff. Two down.
• Almost all of the scoreboards just went dark. All over the stadium. Hardly going to stop the game.
• Marte walks. Close.
• Carroll whiffs. That's one.
• First pitch: Pirates vs Diamondbacks, Skenes to Carroll, 1:39 p.m., 83 degrees, partly cloudy
• Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Nick Gonzales, 2B 3. Bryan Reynolds, DH 4. Oneil Cruz, CF 5. Tommy Pham, LF 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Jack Suwinski, RF 8. Henry Davis, C 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Torey Lovullo's Diamondbacks:
1. Corbin Carroll, RF 2. Ketel Marte, 2B 3. Geraldo Perdomo, SS 4. Eugenio Suarez, 3B 5. Adrian Del Castillo, DH 6. Jake McCarthy, LF 7. James McCann, C 8. Alek Thomas, CF 9. Tristin English, 1B
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THE ASYLUM
Final: Pirates 6, Diamondbacks 0
• Who: Pirates (43-62) vs. Diamondbacks (51-54)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 106
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 82°, cloudy, 25% chance rain
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (5-8, 1.91 ERA) vs. RHP Zac Gallen (7-11, 5.58 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 179/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Diamondbacks
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Mlodzinski finishes off the Diamondbacks striking out the side.
• End eighth inning: Even Suwinski gets a hit, inning ends on Davis' fly out to left.
• RUN: Hayes two-run single to right. Pirates 6-0.
• Pham doubles to left field wall, Gonzales held at third.
• Cruz popped out to third base.
• Reynolds lines out to right.
• Gonzales singles to left.
• John Curtiss pitching for Arizona.
• English strikes out, Davis makes a really nice catch against the netting behind home plate to retire Carroll on the foul out and Marte singles to left and advances to second on a wild pitch. Perdomo grounds out to IKF.
• A: 20,779
• Carmen Mlodzinski is now pitching.
• End seventh inning: IKF grounds into a 6-4-3 double-play. Horwitz grounds out to shortstop.
• Pitching for Dbacks is newly recalled Brandyn Garcia. He walks Davis to start the bottom half of the seventh.
• Easy 1-2-3 inning for Ferguson.
• Caleb Ferguson now pitching for Pirates.
• End sixth inning: Pham and Hayes strike out, Suwinski grounds out to second stranding Cruz at third base.
• RUN: Reynolds reaches on a hit-by-pitch and scores on Cruz's double that rockets passed English at first base, had no time to react on that missile. Pirates 4-0.
• Skenes goes six shutout innings, allowing three hits, one walk, and struck out nine. He's down to 1.83 ERA on the season.
• Skenes started the inning at 87 pitches. Perdomo made him work with an 8-pitch at-bat grounding out to Gonzales. Suarez strikes out swinging on three pitches. 98-pitches gets a mound visit from Kelly, he stays in the game to throw one more pitch getting Del Castillo to fly out to Cruz. The crowd delivers a road of appreciation.
• End fifth inning: IKF grounds out to third on close play at first, Horwitz bounces out to Gallen, and Gonzales flies out to right.
• Better inning for Skenes getting English to fly out to right, Carroll ground out to Gonzales at second, and Marte grounder to Horwitz.
• End fourth inning: Davis strikes out looking... he's a bit ahead of Suwinski at .178 average.
• Hayes rolls a grounder to third, Suwinski flies out to right to bring his batting average to .098....
• Skenes has eight strike outs through four innings on 77 pitches, 45 for strikes.
• More action on the bases for Skenes this inning without allowing a run. Suarez reached on a hit-by-pitch and moved to third base on McCarthy's double. He struck out Del Castillo, McCann, and Thomas.
• End third inning: Pham strikes out.
• RUN: Cruz singles to right to knock in Reynolds. Pirates 3-0.
• RUN: IKF singles to center, Horwitz lines out to second base, IKF forced out at second on grounder by Gonzales, and Reynolds doubles down the right field line, advances to third on the throw. Pirates 2-0.
• Marte grounds out to second and Perdomo pops out.
• Carroll goes down swinging again.
• English doubles off Skenes for his first career major league hit.
• End second inning: Hayes flies out to left, Pham is forced out at second base on grounder to Perdomo at shortstop. Davis strikes out.
• RUN: After a bad swing on the first pitch, Cruz is able to work a walk. Pham follows with a single to center, Cruz races all the way around to score from first base. Pirates 1-0.
• Thomas flies out in shallow left field to IKF stranding McCarthy at third base. Skenes' fastball command is just a tad off at the moment.
• McCann goes down swinging on a nasty changeup.
• Del Castillo strikes out on 98 mph fastball up in the zone. McCarthy lines a triple over Cruz's head. It wasn't a great route by Cruz but his speed almost made up for it on the sliding attempt near the notch.
• End first inning. Wow, super-quick 1-2-3 for the club. Horwitz chopper 6-3, Gonzales lines out to third, and Reynolds does likewise to center.
• Gonzales lines out to third.
• Horwitz 6-3. One chop.
• Suarez comebacker. That's three.
• Perdomo lunges for a whiff. Two down.
• Almost all of the scoreboards just went dark. All over the stadium. Hardly going to stop the game.
• Marte walks. Close.
• Carroll whiffs. That's one.
• First pitch: Pirates vs Diamondbacks, Skenes to Carroll, 1:39 p.m., 83 degrees, partly cloudy
• Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Nick Gonzales, 2B
3. Bryan Reynolds, DH
4. Oneil Cruz, CF
5. Tommy Pham, LF
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Jack Suwinski, RF
8. Henry Davis, C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Torey Lovullo's Diamondbacks:
1. Corbin Carroll, RF
2. Ketel Marte, 2B
3. Geraldo Perdomo, SS
4. Eugenio Suarez, 3B
5. Adrian Del Castillo, DH
6. Jake McCarthy, LF
7. James McCann, C
8. Alek Thomas, CF
9. Tristin English, 1B
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