• Mlodzinski allows a single before striking out three straight. That's game, and a sweep. Pirates 6, Tigers 1
• End of eighth inning: Pirates strand one after a two-out single by Pham.
• A 1-2-3 eighth for Mlodzinski. Cruz concludes it with a diving catch on a liner off the bat of Torres. Timed it up nicely there.
• Carmen Mlodzinski gets the eighth. Falter's line: 7.0 IP, 4 H, ER, 0 BB, 8 K.
• End of seventh inning: Pirates retired in order.
• A: 17,248
• Falter limits the damage to one run. Gets Dingler on a check swing for his eighth strikeout to end the inning. Season-high strikeout total. First with eight since Aug. 17 of last year against the Mariners. Seven solid innings.
• RUN: Shutout bid is broken. Falter allows a one-out double to Torkelson and then an RBI single to Vierling. Pirates, 6-1
• End of sixth inning: Hayes, Bart and IKF strike out in order.
• A quick sixth for Falter, who threw just eight pitches. He's been fantastic today. Executing and isn't finding himself in deep counts consistently. He's at 69 pitches over six innings.
• End of fifth inning: Pham strikes out swinging and slams his bat in anger.
• Pirates threatening again here with two outs in the fifth. Reynolds singles and now Cruz adds one to right. Reynolds goes first to third to put runners on the corners for Pham.
• Falter allows another hit -- a one-out single to McKinstry -- but escapes danger. Struck out two more batters to give him five on the day. First outing of five-plus innings since July 4 in Seattle. Bouncing back nicely after a few rough outings.
• End of fourth inning: Pirates strand one after a leadoff single by Hayes.
• Torkelson pops out in foul territory to end the top of the fourth. Falter still rolling.
• Perez has Detroit's first hit with a two-out single to left here in the fourth. Falter retired the first 11 batters he faced.
• End of third inning: Pham flies out.
• RUN: Reynolds doubles, moves to third on a flyout by Gonzales and scores on a sac fly by Cruz. Pirates, 6-0
• Falter retires the side in the third.
• End of second inning: Cutch down swinging.
• GRAND SLAM: First in Horwitz's career. Quite the series for him. Pirates, 5-0
• Bart walks to load the bases.
• Remarkable stop at second by Torres on a sharply-hit ball off the bat of Hayes. They get the out at second, but that's it. Runners on the corners.
• Walk to Pham puts two on for Hayes.
• Cruz leads off the second with a single to right before swiping his 32nd bag of the season.
• Six up, six down for Falter. Almost gave up a homer to Vierling with one out, but Cruz had enough room to make the catch near the wall in center.
• McCutchen is now tied with MikeSchmidt on MLB's all-time hits list with 2,234. He'll downplay it, but man he's had a special career.
• End of first inning: Reynolds and Gonzales ground out.
• HOMERUN: McCutchen goes deep to center. First pitch he sees from Melton. First home run since June 19. I believe that's the team's first of the second half, too. Pirates, 1-0
• A 1-2-3 first for Falter, who induces a pair of groundouts before getting Perez to chase something up high for his first strikeout of the afternoon.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 12:37 p.m., Falter to Torres, 83 degrees, sunny
• Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Nick Gonzales, 2B 5. Oneil Cruz, CF 6. Tommy Pham, LF 7. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 8. Joey Bart, C 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For A.J. Hinch’s Tigers:
1. Gleyber Torres, 2B 2. Jahmai Jones, DH 3. Wenceel Perez, RF 4. Spencer Torkelson, 1B 5. Matt Vierling, LF 6. Zach McKinstry, 3B 7. Dillon Dingler, C 8. Javier Baez, SS 9. Parker Meadows, CF
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José Negron
3:19 am - 07.23.2025North ShoreFinal: Pirates 6, Tigers 1
• Who: Pirates (41-61) vs. Tigers (60-42)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 103
• When: 12:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 83°, sunny
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (6-5, 4.00 ERA) vs. RHP Troy Melton (MLB debut)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 179/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Tigers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Mlodzinski allows a single before striking out three straight. That's game, and a sweep. Pirates 6, Tigers 1
• End of eighth inning: Pirates strand one after a two-out single by Pham.
• A 1-2-3 eighth for Mlodzinski. Cruz concludes it with a diving catch on a liner off the bat of Torres. Timed it up nicely there.
• Carmen Mlodzinski gets the eighth. Falter's line: 7.0 IP, 4 H, ER, 0 BB, 8 K.
• End of seventh inning: Pirates retired in order.
• A: 17,248
• Falter limits the damage to one run. Gets Dingler on a check swing for his eighth strikeout to end the inning. Season-high strikeout total. First with eight since Aug. 17 of last year against the Mariners. Seven solid innings.
• RUN: Shutout bid is broken. Falter allows a one-out double to Torkelson and then an RBI single to Vierling. Pirates, 6-1
• End of sixth inning: Hayes, Bart and IKF strike out in order.
• A quick sixth for Falter, who threw just eight pitches. He's been fantastic today. Executing and isn't finding himself in deep counts consistently. He's at 69 pitches over six innings.
• End of fifth inning: Pham strikes out swinging and slams his bat in anger.
• Pirates threatening again here with two outs in the fifth. Reynolds singles and now Cruz adds one to right. Reynolds goes first to third to put runners on the corners for Pham.
• Falter allows another hit -- a one-out single to McKinstry -- but escapes danger. Struck out two more batters to give him five on the day. First outing of five-plus innings since July 4 in Seattle. Bouncing back nicely after a few rough outings.
• End of fourth inning: Pirates strand one after a leadoff single by Hayes.
• Torkelson pops out in foul territory to end the top of the fourth. Falter still rolling.
• Perez has Detroit's first hit with a two-out single to left here in the fourth. Falter retired the first 11 batters he faced.
• End of third inning: Pham flies out.
• RUN: Reynolds doubles, moves to third on a flyout by Gonzales and scores on a sac fly by Cruz. Pirates, 6-0
• Falter retires the side in the third.
• End of second inning: Cutch down swinging.
• GRAND SLAM: First in Horwitz's career. Quite the series for him. Pirates, 5-0
• Bart walks to load the bases.
• Remarkable stop at second by Torres on a sharply-hit ball off the bat of Hayes. They get the out at second, but that's it. Runners on the corners.
• Walk to Pham puts two on for Hayes.
• Cruz leads off the second with a single to right before swiping his 32nd bag of the season.
• Six up, six down for Falter. Almost gave up a homer to Vierling with one out, but Cruz had enough room to make the catch near the wall in center.
• McCutchen is now tied with Mike Schmidt on MLB's all-time hits list with 2,234. He'll downplay it, but man he's had a special career.
• End of first inning: Reynolds and Gonzales ground out.
• HOME RUN: McCutchen goes deep to center. First pitch he sees from Melton. First home run since June 19. I believe that's the team's first of the second half, too. Pirates, 1-0
• A 1-2-3 first for Falter, who induces a pair of groundouts before getting Perez to chase something up high for his first strikeout of the afternoon.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 12:37 p.m., Falter to Torres, 83 degrees, sunny
• Don Kelly’s lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Nick Gonzales, 2B
5. Oneil Cruz, CF
6. Tommy Pham, LF
7. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
8. Joey Bart, C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For A.J. Hinch’s Tigers:
1. Gleyber Torres, 2B
2. Jahmai Jones, DH
3. Wenceel Perez, RF
4. Spencer Torkelson, 1B
5. Matt Vierling, LF
6. Zach McKinstry, 3B
7. Dillon Dingler, C
8. Javier Baez, SS
9. Parker Meadows, CF
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