• End of eighth inning: Cutch grounds out, Reynolds pops out, Pham walks, and Cruz hits one-hopper to second for the force out.
• Kendall Graveman pitching for Dbacks.
• Perdomo walks to start the inning, he's forced out at second base on Marte's groundout fielded by Bart. Carroll flies out to Reynolds. And Gurriel Jr. strikes out.
• Dennis Santana is out in his customary setup role.
• End of seventh inning: Against the left reliever, Horwitz strikes out.
• Hayes pops out in foul territory to the first baseman, Bart walks, and Peguero singles to center. IKF hits the ball to Perdomo's left, he has to making a sliding grab and only play is force out to second base. That will do it for Kelly as Lovullo calls on Andrew Saalfrank. This could be the big moment in the game -- besides Cruz's home run.
• A: 27,425
• English grounds out to Hayes, McCann bounces out to IKF, and Alexander strikes out swinging.
• Caleb Ferguson now pitching for the Pirates.
• End of sixth inning: Pham and Cruz fly out to right.
• Grichuk was pulled from the game due to being traded to the Royals according to MLB.com's Steve Gilbert.
• Reynolds shakes his head walking back to the dugout after being called out on strikes.
• Suarez singled to left and Barrosa strikes out looking.
• Cabrera gets Marte and Caroll, then gives up single to Gurriel. Kelly comes out for Yohan Ramirez and Cabrera walked off the mound quite unhappy.
• No quality start opportunity for Heaney as Genesis Cabrera replaces him on the mound.
• End of fifth inning: IKF grounds out to third base, Horwitz strikes out looking, and Cutch almost legs out a grounder to Suarez, who makes a really nice grab barehanded to throw him out.
• Carroll moves to right field, Jorge Barrosa moves to center field replacing Grichuk in the lineup.
• McCann singles to right, Alexander lines out to right, and Perdomo pops out to Hayes.
• We talk a lot about Hayes' defense at third, Pham just made another sliding catch in left to retire English. He has 7 defensive runs saved per FanGraphs.
• End of fourth inning: Peguero makes solid contact right to Perdomo to strand two runners.
• Bart goes the other way down the line for ground-rule double forcing Pham to stay at third.
• Pham stays hot with a single up the middle eluding Perdomo at shortstop. Cruz swings underneath the pitch popping up to Perdomo. An outstanding catch by Carroll to make a sliding catch to rob Hayes of an RBI and double.
• If you blinked, you missed that inning as Heaney was efficient and worked quick setting down Gurriel, Suarez (strikeout), and Grichuk.
• End of third inning: Horwitz continues to hit the ball well on this homestand with a single to right. Cutch grounds into a double play, a nice play by Perdomo to make the diving grab to flip to Marte. Reynolds grounds out to first base.
• Reynolds makes a diving catch on Perdomo's sinking liner to right, Marte pops out to second, and Carroll keeps Peguero busy with a grounds out.
• End of second inning: Bart follows Hayes grounds out to shortstop with a single to left. Peguero pops out to second base. IKF grounds into 6-4 force out.
• HOME RUN: Cruz launches his 17th home run of season, 2-run blast to right center. Pirates 2-0.
• Pham reaches first base on high chopper to Alexander, who has the ball bounce off the heel of his glove. It is ruled an error.
• Grichuk flies out to right field, English strikes out, and McCann is hit by the pitch on 0-2 count. Those are the kind of lost at-bats that can catch up to you during a game and season. Heaney doesn't let it hurt him as he comes back with three straight strikes to get Alexander on called check swing.
• End of first inning: Cutch strikes out looking and Reynolds rolls one to second.
• Horwitz doesn't get the positive outcome but he made Kelly throw 10 pitches to ground out to second base.
• Gurriel Jr. flies out to right and Suarez skies a shallow fly that Cruz takes over as Reynolds and Peguero were converging in the same spot.
• Heaney wins that 8-pitch at-bat to strikeout Carroll.
• Marte singles up the middle to Peguero, he can't handle the ball on his backhand.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Diamondbacks, 7:21 p.m., Andrew Heaney to Ketel Marte, 88 degrees, partly cloudy
• As we wait out this rainless delay, Pirates are airing a video tribute for Dave Parker on the jumbotron.
• Pirates announced a 7:20 p.m. start time.
• Game will begin in a rain delay.
• Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Tommy Pham, LF 5. Oneil Cruz, CF 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Joey Bart, C 8. Liover Peguero, 2B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
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Eric Bowser
3:03 am - 07.26.2025North ShoreFinal: Pirates 2, Diamondbacks 0
• Who: Pirates (42-62) vs. Diamondbacks (51-53)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 105
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 88°, cloudy, 20% chance rain
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (4-9, 5.03 ERA) vs. RHP Merrill Kelly (9-5, 3.32 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: Bednar closes it out. Pirates 2-0.
• Renegade time: David Bednar
• End of eighth inning: Cutch grounds out, Reynolds pops out, Pham walks, and Cruz hits one-hopper to second for the force out.
• Kendall Graveman pitching for Dbacks.
• Perdomo walks to start the inning, he's forced out at second base on Marte's groundout fielded by Bart. Carroll flies out to Reynolds. And Gurriel Jr. strikes out.
• Dennis Santana is out in his customary setup role.
• End of seventh inning: Against the left reliever, Horwitz strikes out.
• Hayes pops out in foul territory to the first baseman, Bart walks, and Peguero singles to center. IKF hits the ball to Perdomo's left, he has to making a sliding grab and only play is force out to second base. That will do it for Kelly as Lovullo calls on Andrew Saalfrank. This could be the big moment in the game -- besides Cruz's home run.
• A: 27,425
• English grounds out to Hayes, McCann bounces out to IKF, and Alexander strikes out swinging.
• Caleb Ferguson now pitching for the Pirates.
• End of sixth inning: Pham and Cruz fly out to right.
• Grichuk was pulled from the game due to being traded to the Royals according to MLB.com's Steve Gilbert.
• Reynolds shakes his head walking back to the dugout after being called out on strikes.
• Suarez singled to left and Barrosa strikes out looking.
• Cabrera gets Marte and Caroll, then gives up single to Gurriel. Kelly comes out for Yohan Ramirez and Cabrera walked off the mound quite unhappy.
• No quality start opportunity for Heaney as Genesis Cabrera replaces him on the mound.
• End of fifth inning: IKF grounds out to third base, Horwitz strikes out looking, and Cutch almost legs out a grounder to Suarez, who makes a really nice grab barehanded to throw him out.
• Carroll moves to right field, Jorge Barrosa moves to center field replacing Grichuk in the lineup.
• McCann singles to right, Alexander lines out to right, and Perdomo pops out to Hayes.
• We talk a lot about Hayes' defense at third, Pham just made another sliding catch in left to retire English. He has 7 defensive runs saved per FanGraphs.
• End of fourth inning: Peguero makes solid contact right to Perdomo to strand two runners.
• Bart goes the other way down the line for ground-rule double forcing Pham to stay at third.
• Pham stays hot with a single up the middle eluding Perdomo at shortstop. Cruz swings underneath the pitch popping up to Perdomo. An outstanding catch by Carroll to make a sliding catch to rob Hayes of an RBI and double.
• If you blinked, you missed that inning as Heaney was efficient and worked quick setting down Gurriel, Suarez (strikeout), and Grichuk.
• End of third inning: Horwitz continues to hit the ball well on this homestand with a single to right. Cutch grounds into a double play, a nice play by Perdomo to make the diving grab to flip to Marte. Reynolds grounds out to first base.
• Reynolds makes a diving catch on Perdomo's sinking liner to right, Marte pops out to second, and Carroll keeps Peguero busy with a grounds out.
• End of second inning: Bart follows Hayes grounds out to shortstop with a single to left. Peguero pops out to second base. IKF grounds into 6-4 force out.
• HOME RUN: Cruz launches his 17th home run of season, 2-run blast to right center. Pirates 2-0.
• Pham reaches first base on high chopper to Alexander, who has the ball bounce off the heel of his glove. It is ruled an error.
• Grichuk flies out to right field, English strikes out, and McCann is hit by the pitch on 0-2 count. Those are the kind of lost at-bats that can catch up to you during a game and season. Heaney doesn't let it hurt him as he comes back with three straight strikes to get Alexander on called check swing.
• End of first inning: Cutch strikes out looking and Reynolds rolls one to second.
• Horwitz doesn't get the positive outcome but he made Kelly throw 10 pitches to ground out to second base.
• Gurriel Jr. flies out to right and Suarez skies a shallow fly that Cruz takes over as Reynolds and Peguero were converging in the same spot.
• Heaney wins that 8-pitch at-bat to strikeout Carroll.
• Marte singles up the middle to Peguero, he can't handle the ball on his backhand.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Diamondbacks, 7:21 p.m., Andrew Heaney to Ketel Marte, 88 degrees, partly cloudy
• As we wait out this rainless delay, Pirates are airing a video tribute for Dave Parker on the jumbotron.
• Pirates announced a 7:20 p.m. start time.
• Game will begin in a rain delay.
• Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Tommy Pham, LF
5. Oneil Cruz, CF
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Joey Bart, C
8. Liover Peguero, 2B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Torey Lovullo's Diamondbacks:
1. Ketel Marte, DH
2. Corbin Carroll, CF
3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., LF
4. Eugenio Suarez, 3B
5. Randal Grichuk, RF
6. Tristin English, 1B
7. James McCann, C
8. Blaze Alexander, 2B
9. Geraldo Perdomo, SS
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