• Sweeney walks, Keith flies out to left field, Torres singles to right, and the tying run comes to the plate. This is Bednar's third straight game, so fatigue is a concern.
• David Bednar gets the ninth, Trey Sweeney pinch-hitting for Rogers.
• End of eighth inning: Davis flies out to center.
• That'll be it for Hurter, Tyler Holton into game for Tigers.
• Canario walks.
• Hayes called out on strikes.
• Just shaking my head... Pham with a double down the left field line, his second of game. Cruz lines out to Jones in right field.
• Baez flies out to Canario in right field.
• RUN: Matt Vierling pinch-hitting for McKinstry strikes out looking, ball looked outside of the zone. Jahmai Jones is doing the same for Meadows for another righty against the lefty Ferguson and this time, it works for two-run home run - the first against Ferguson all year - that goes 451 feet. Pirates 8-5.
• A: 17,257
• Greene strikes out and Torkelson doubles just beyond Cruz's reach in center field.
• Caleb Ferguson, who had a rough outing in his last appearance getting just one out, is out for the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: IKF lines out to left field, Horwitz walks to reach base for the fourth time tonight, Gonzales grounder deep in the hole at short forces out Horwitz at second, and Reynolds lines out to deep right.
• Keith pops up to Hayes, Torres singles to left field and Perez is caught looking.
• Isaac Mattson takes over for Keller and strikes out Rogers to start seventh inning.
• End of sixth inning: Rough night for Canario with his fourth strikes out, then Rogers throws the ball off Davis' bat on Cruz's steal attempt of third, Hayes went to second on the error. Strange night. Inning ends as Davis pops up to third base.
• RUN: Hayes drives in Pham with an RBI single. Keeping the line moving. Mistakes have really proved costly for the Tigers tonight. Pirates, 8-3
• Three-hit nights for Horwitz and Reynolds. Two hits apiece for Pham and Cruz.
• RUN: Pham sends an RBI double into left. Reynolds scores easily. Pirates, 7-3
• RUN: Wild pitch on the third strike haunts the Tigers. Horwitz scores from second on an RBI single from Reynolds. Pirates, 6-3
• That should be it for Keller. Now tied for the MLB lead with 15 quality starts.
• Horwitz each reaches when he strikes out.
• Keller gets Baez looking to come away unscathed in the sixth. Don't know what Baez was arguing. Clearly a strike.
• Keller allows a leadoff single to Greene and now walks Meadows with two outs. The 84th pitch of the night he threw just a minute ago was a fastball clocked at 97 mph.
• End of fifth inning: Three in a row retired after the error.
• A second throwing error of the night from McKinstry allows Hayes to reach.
• Brenan Hanifee enters for Detroit. Only four innings of work for Mize.
• Keller limits the damage to three by retiring three in a row.
• First time Keller has allowed three or more earned runs since June 10.
• HOMERUN: And with one swing of the bat, we've got ourselves a ball game. Rogers sends a first-pitch slider out into the bullpen. Pirates, 5-3
• Baez follows with a single to left. Two on, no outs.
• Meadows leads off the fifth with a walk. Almost hurt Keller last inning. We'll see how he navigates around it this time.
• End of fourth inning: Pham is thrown out at the plate trying to score on a double by Cruz.
• RUN: RBI single to right for Pham. Pirates, 5-0
• RUN: Reynolds plates Horwitz with a single to left. Throw home was so bad that even a runner of Horwitz caliber could score easily. Pirates, 4-0
• Horwitz keeps hitting. Second straight three-hit night. He's 6 for his last 7.
• Nice ovation for Jim Leyland after he's shown on the big screen.
• Call is overturned. Perez misses the plate and he's ruled out. Even Keller has to laugh about it. Inning over on a 9-2 double play. Wow.
• Wait. Perez might have missed home here.
• McKinstry appears to plate Perez with a sac fly.
• Second hit of the night for Torkelson. Single puts runners on the corners.
• Tigers get a leadoff baserunner for the second time tonight. Walk to Perez.
• End of third inning: Pirates add on with an unearned run. One runner left on.
• RUN: Heads up stuff there by Cruz. Torkelson can't handle the throw from McKinstry and he's lackadaisical in getting to the loose ball in foul territory. Cruz notices and bolts for home. Pirates, 3-0
• Cruz sends a hard-hit double over the head of Meadows in center. Didn't seem like he had any track of that one.
• A quick 1-2-3 third for Keller. Two weak groundouts to third and a strikeout of Torres.
• End of second inning: Reynolds down swinging. Two stranded.
• Again, a runner at third running on contact. Baez with an easy play at the plate to gun down IKF.
• RUNS: Horwitz plates two with a double to left-center. Pirates, 2-0
• IKF reaches on an infield single. Big time spot for the top of the order with the bases loaded.
• Davis walks to put two on with one out for IKF.
• Hayes leads off the second with a double off the Clemente Wall. Took a 1-1 sinker near the outer half the other way.
• The leadoff double doesn't hurt Keller. The guy just knows how to lock things down when in tough situations. Strikes out Baez to end the second.
• Torkelson lines a double off the third-base bag and down the line.
• End of first inning: Mize freezes Cruz with a wicked slider on the outer edge.
• Horwitz caught at home trying to score on a ground ball to third. Not wise.
• Reynolds sends a double out to the track in right-center. Runners on second and third with one out for Pham.
• Not a good AB there from Gonzales. Looked at two in the zone and then swung through a fastball up and out of the zone.
• Leadoff single for Horwitz. Now four singles in his last five ABs.
• No harm done against Keller, as he induces a lineout and a groundout off the bat of Greene. Some quick ABs, aside from the leadoff AB from Keith, who struck out swinging. A 12-pitch first.
• Keller leaves a first-pitch fastball up in the zone and Torres sends it into right-center for a one-out double.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 6:42 p.m., Keller to Keith, 79 degrees, sunny
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Nick Gonzales, 2B 3. Bryan Reynolds, DH 4. Tommy Pham, LF 5. Oneil Cruz, CF 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Alexander Canario, RF 8. Henry Davis, C 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
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THE ASYLUM
Final: Pirates 8, Tigers 5
• Who: Pirates (40-61) vs. Tigers (60-41)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 102
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 80°, sunny
• Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller (3-10, 3.48 ERA) vs. RHP Casey Mize (9-3, 3.15 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 179/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Tigers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Greene strikes out. Pirates 8-5.
• Perez strikes out swinging. Two outs.
• Sweeney walks, Keith flies out to left field, Torres singles to right, and the tying run comes to the plate. This is Bednar's third straight game, so fatigue is a concern.
• David Bednar gets the ninth, Trey Sweeney pinch-hitting for Rogers.
• End of eighth inning: Davis flies out to center.
• That'll be it for Hurter, Tyler Holton into game for Tigers.
• Canario walks.
• Hayes called out on strikes.
• Just shaking my head... Pham with a double down the left field line, his second of game. Cruz lines out to Jones in right field.
• Baez flies out to Canario in right field.
• RUN: Matt Vierling pinch-hitting for McKinstry strikes out looking, ball looked outside of the zone. Jahmai Jones is doing the same for Meadows for another righty against the lefty Ferguson and this time, it works for two-run home run - the first against Ferguson all year - that goes 451 feet. Pirates 8-5.
• A: 17,257
• Greene strikes out and Torkelson doubles just beyond Cruz's reach in center field.
• Caleb Ferguson, who had a rough outing in his last appearance getting just one out, is out for the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: IKF lines out to left field, Horwitz walks to reach base for the fourth time tonight, Gonzales grounder deep in the hole at short forces out Horwitz at second, and Reynolds lines out to deep right.
• Keith pops up to Hayes, Torres singles to left field and Perez is caught looking.
• Isaac Mattson takes over for Keller and strikes out Rogers to start seventh inning.
• End of sixth inning: Rough night for Canario with his fourth strikes out, then Rogers throws the ball off Davis' bat on Cruz's steal attempt of third, Hayes went to second on the error. Strange night. Inning ends as Davis pops up to third base.
• RUN: Hayes drives in Pham with an RBI single. Keeping the line moving. Mistakes have really proved costly for the Tigers tonight. Pirates, 8-3
• Three-hit nights for Horwitz and Reynolds. Two hits apiece for Pham and Cruz.
• RUN: Pham sends an RBI double into left. Reynolds scores easily. Pirates, 7-3
• RUN: Wild pitch on the third strike haunts the Tigers. Horwitz scores from second on an RBI single from Reynolds. Pirates, 6-3
• That should be it for Keller. Now tied for the MLB lead with 15 quality starts.
• Horwitz each reaches when he strikes out.
• Keller gets Baez looking to come away unscathed in the sixth. Don't know what Baez was arguing. Clearly a strike.
• Keller allows a leadoff single to Greene and now walks Meadows with two outs. The 84th pitch of the night he threw just a minute ago was a fastball clocked at 97 mph.
• End of fifth inning: Three in a row retired after the error.
• A second throwing error of the night from McKinstry allows Hayes to reach.
• Brenan Hanifee enters for Detroit. Only four innings of work for Mize.
• Keller limits the damage to three by retiring three in a row.
• First time Keller has allowed three or more earned runs since June 10.
• HOME RUN: And with one swing of the bat, we've got ourselves a ball game. Rogers sends a first-pitch slider out into the bullpen. Pirates, 5-3
• Baez follows with a single to left. Two on, no outs.
• Meadows leads off the fifth with a walk. Almost hurt Keller last inning. We'll see how he navigates around it this time.
• End of fourth inning: Pham is thrown out at the plate trying to score on a double by Cruz.
• RUN: RBI single to right for Pham. Pirates, 5-0
• RUN: Reynolds plates Horwitz with a single to left. Throw home was so bad that even a runner of Horwitz caliber could score easily. Pirates, 4-0
• Horwitz keeps hitting. Second straight three-hit night. He's 6 for his last 7.
• Nice ovation for Jim Leyland after he's shown on the big screen.
• Call is overturned. Perez misses the plate and he's ruled out. Even Keller has to laugh about it. Inning over on a 9-2 double play. Wow.
• Wait. Perez might have missed home here.
• McKinstry appears to plate Perez with a sac fly.
• Second hit of the night for Torkelson. Single puts runners on the corners.
• Tigers get a leadoff baserunner for the second time tonight. Walk to Perez.
• End of third inning: Pirates add on with an unearned run. One runner left on.
• RUN: Heads up stuff there by Cruz. Torkelson can't handle the throw from McKinstry and he's lackadaisical in getting to the loose ball in foul territory. Cruz notices and bolts for home. Pirates, 3-0
• Cruz sends a hard-hit double over the head of Meadows in center. Didn't seem like he had any track of that one.
• A quick 1-2-3 third for Keller. Two weak groundouts to third and a strikeout of Torres.
• End of second inning: Reynolds down swinging. Two stranded.
• Again, a runner at third running on contact. Baez with an easy play at the plate to gun down IKF.
• RUNS: Horwitz plates two with a double to left-center. Pirates, 2-0
• IKF reaches on an infield single. Big time spot for the top of the order with the bases loaded.
• Davis walks to put two on with one out for IKF.
• Hayes leads off the second with a double off the Clemente Wall. Took a 1-1 sinker near the outer half the other way.
• The leadoff double doesn't hurt Keller. The guy just knows how to lock things down when in tough situations. Strikes out Baez to end the second.
• Torkelson lines a double off the third-base bag and down the line.
• End of first inning: Mize freezes Cruz with a wicked slider on the outer edge.
• Horwitz caught at home trying to score on a ground ball to third. Not wise.
• Reynolds sends a double out to the track in right-center. Runners on second and third with one out for Pham.
• Not a good AB there from Gonzales. Looked at two in the zone and then swung through a fastball up and out of the zone.
• Leadoff single for Horwitz. Now four singles in his last five ABs.
• No harm done against Keller, as he induces a lineout and a groundout off the bat of Greene. Some quick ABs, aside from the leadoff AB from Keith, who struck out swinging. A 12-pitch first.
• Keller leaves a first-pitch fastball up in the zone and Torres sends it into right-center for a one-out double.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Tigers, 6:42 p.m., Keller to Keith, 79 degrees, sunny
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Nick Gonzales, 2B
3. Bryan Reynolds, DH
4. Tommy Pham, LF
5. Oneil Cruz, CF
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Alexander Canario, RF
8. Henry Davis, C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• A.J. Hinch's lineup:
1. Colt Keith, DH
2. Gleyber Torres, 2B
3. Wenceel Perez, RF
4. Riley Greene, LF
5. Spencer Torkelson, 1B
6. Zach McKinstry, 3B
7. Parker Meadows, CF
8. Javier Baez, SS
9. Jake Rogers, C
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