• Who: Pirates (1-0) vs. Twins (1-0) • When: 1:05 p.m. • What: Grapefruit League exhibition • Where: LECOM Park • Weather: 76°, sunny • Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller vs. RHP David Festa • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: MLB Network • Satellite: SiriusXM 857 • Boxscore: MLB.com
• And that's all folks. The Pirates seal up their second win of spring training with a 5-1 victory after a 4-run explosion in the bottom of the seventh inning.
• Sorry, guys. I’m in the clubhouse as the Pirates stack up a few runs. Saw Konnor Griffin’s RBI single on the TV in here. Looked like a solid hit.
• A pop out to Matt Gorski ends the inning. That's quick work from Santana in his first action this spring. Good to see.
• Two quick outs from Santana on back-to-back ground balls. Five total pitches for those two at bats.
• Dennis Santana is in for the Pirates now.
• RUN: Jason Delay singles to left field to score Bae but is thrown out trying to advance to second. Tied, 1-1.
• As I type that, Bae doubles to center field but it looked like Martin lost it in the sun.
• Still nothing going for the Pirates offensively. Hayes' hit early in the game is still their only one.
• RUN:DaShawn Keirsey Jr. drives a ball out to left field to score Austin Martin but Suwinski throws out Keirsey at second to end the inning. Twins, 1-0.
• Two straight high fastballs in the zone get Chandler his first strikeout of the spring
• Ke'Bryan Hayes comes a long way to make the play. Looked like Delay couldn't find it in the sun.
• Chandler hands out a five-pitch walk with his first pitch reaching 99.1 mph.
• Bubba Chandler has entered the game. The first extended look at the young prospect here this spring.
• Triolo strikes out on a curveball way out of the zone. That sends it to the fifth.
• There have been a flurry of challenges here and Suwinski draws a walk after the Twins tried challenging it.
• Man, a curveball from Castellano freezes Reynolds for a strikeout and the first out of the inning.
• After building up to a 3-0 count, Ferguson induces a pop up with a fastball up in the zone and that turns it to the bottom half of the inning.
• Ferguson challenged a pitch in the upper-right corner of the zone that was called a ball and it ends up being ruled a strike. He then gets a flyout.
• Hayes catches a rocket line drive at third base.
• Frazier hits a weak ground ball to second base and that sends it to the fourth.
• Delay strikes out looking on a slider on the very edge of the strike zone. I was hoping to see an ABS challenge there, but didn't happen.
• Ji-Hwan Bae grounds out to the mound in his first at-bat of the spring.
• Kody Funderburk is in for the Twins.
• Keirsey is picked off by Jason Delay at first base and Triolo runs him down. Nice throw by Delay there.
• Julien lines out to Jack Suwinski in left field for the second out of the inning.
• Ferguson strikes out Armando Alvarez for the first out of the inning after a 10-pitch at-bat.
• Ferguson issues a leadoff walk to start the third.
• Caleb Ferguson is entering the game.
• Festa said not today with D.J. Stewart and strikes him out on a 96 mph fastball down the middle.
• WOW. Festa makes a nice stab at a ball Isiah Kiner-Falefa sent up the middle and makes the throw to first for the second out.
• Jared Triolo takes a few big hacks, even sends out foul out onto the street and works it to a full count before grounding out to third base.
• He follows that up with another double play to get out of it. Nice outing from Keller, you would think he's done after that.
• Keller strikes out Mike Ford for the first out off the inning. Real gutsy battle.
• Jose Miranda hits a hard line drive back up the middle to kick off the second and Austin Martin follows with a single to right. Miranda advances all the way to third.
• An ugly swing from Jack Suwinski on that strikeout. On to the second inning.
• Ke'Bryan Hayes make really solid contact and goes the other way to right field for a single. That's a good one to get out of the way.
• Bryan Reynolds grounds out to first base, it sounded like solid contact off the bat. But, it was collected easily.
• Adam Frazier hits a rocket back up the middle at Festa but he was able to snag it and make the throw to first.
• Keller erases an single by Edouard Julien with a 4-6-3 double play and Ryan Jeffers then grounds out to shortstop to hand the game to the offense.
• Jared Triolo getting the start at first is notable on a day like today. Obviously no Oneil Cruz or Tommy Pham. We’ll get a look at Jack Suwinski for the first time this spring.
• Pirates starting lineup:
• Twins lineup:
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Greg Macafee
2:14 am - 02.23.2025Bradenton, Fla.Final: Pirates 5, Twins 1
• Who: Pirates (1-0) vs. Twins (1-0)
• When: 1:05 p.m.
• What: Grapefruit League exhibition
• Where: LECOM Park
• Weather: 76°, sunny
• Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller vs. RHP David Festa
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: MLB Network
• Satellite: SiriusXM 857
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• And that's all folks. The Pirates seal up their second win of spring training with a 5-1 victory after a 4-run explosion in the bottom of the seventh inning.
• Sorry, guys. I’m in the clubhouse as the Pirates stack up a few runs. Saw Konnor Griffin’s RBI single on the TV in here. Looked like a solid hit.
• A pop out to Matt Gorski ends the inning. That's quick work from Santana in his first action this spring. Good to see.
• Two quick outs from Santana on back-to-back ground balls. Five total pitches for those two at bats.
• Dennis Santana is in for the Pirates now.
• RUN: Jason Delay singles to left field to score Bae but is thrown out trying to advance to second. Tied, 1-1.
• As I type that, Bae doubles to center field but it looked like Martin lost it in the sun.
• Still nothing going for the Pirates offensively. Hayes' hit early in the game is still their only one.
• RUN: DaShawn Keirsey Jr. drives a ball out to left field to score Austin Martin but Suwinski throws out Keirsey at second to end the inning. Twins, 1-0.
• Two straight high fastballs in the zone get Chandler his first strikeout of the spring
• Ke'Bryan Hayes comes a long way to make the play. Looked like Delay couldn't find it in the sun.
• Chandler hands out a five-pitch walk with his first pitch reaching 99.1 mph.
• Bubba Chandler has entered the game. The first extended look at the young prospect here this spring.
• Triolo strikes out on a curveball way out of the zone. That sends it to the fifth.
• There have been a flurry of challenges here and Suwinski draws a walk after the Twins tried challenging it.
• Man, a curveball from Castellano freezes Reynolds for a strikeout and the first out of the inning.
• After building up to a 3-0 count, Ferguson induces a pop up with a fastball up in the zone and that turns it to the bottom half of the inning.
• Ferguson challenged a pitch in the upper-right corner of the zone that was called a ball and it ends up being ruled a strike. He then gets a flyout.
• Hayes catches a rocket line drive at third base.
• Frazier hits a weak ground ball to second base and that sends it to the fourth.
• Delay strikes out looking on a slider on the very edge of the strike zone. I was hoping to see an ABS challenge there, but didn't happen.
• Ji-Hwan Bae grounds out to the mound in his first at-bat of the spring.
• Kody Funderburk is in for the Twins.
• Keirsey is picked off by Jason Delay at first base and Triolo runs him down. Nice throw by Delay there.
• Julien lines out to Jack Suwinski in left field for the second out of the inning.
• Ferguson strikes out Armando Alvarez for the first out of the inning after a 10-pitch at-bat.
• Ferguson issues a leadoff walk to start the third.
• Caleb Ferguson is entering the game.
• Festa said not today with D.J. Stewart and strikes him out on a 96 mph fastball down the middle.
• WOW. Festa makes a nice stab at a ball Isiah Kiner-Falefa sent up the middle and makes the throw to first for the second out.
• Jared Triolo takes a few big hacks, even sends out foul out onto the street and works it to a full count before grounding out to third base.
• He follows that up with another double play to get out of it. Nice outing from Keller, you would think he's done after that.
• Keller strikes out Mike Ford for the first out off the inning. Real gutsy battle.
• Jose Miranda hits a hard line drive back up the middle to kick off the second and Austin Martin follows with a single to right. Miranda advances all the way to third.
• An ugly swing from Jack Suwinski on that strikeout. On to the second inning.
• Ke'Bryan Hayes make really solid contact and goes the other way to right field for a single. That's a good one to get out of the way.
• Bryan Reynolds grounds out to first base, it sounded like solid contact off the bat. But, it was collected easily.
• Adam Frazier hits a rocket back up the middle at Festa but he was able to snag it and make the throw to first.
• Keller erases an single by Edouard Julien with a 4-6-3 double play and Ryan Jeffers then grounds out to shortstop to hand the game to the offense.
• Jared Triolo getting the start at first is notable on a day like today. Obviously no Oneil Cruz or Tommy Pham. We’ll get a look at Jack Suwinski for the first time this spring.
• Pirates starting lineup:
• Twins lineup:
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