• That's it, the Pirates take home their fourth win, 12-1.
• We're heading to the ninth as Yohan Ramirez strikes out Diego Cartaya.
• A: 4,933
• A flurry of runs score there in the eighth inning and the Pirates lead by 11 runs.
• RUN: Konnor Griffin scores on a wild pitch.
• RUN: The Twins walk in a run with the bases loaded. Pirates, 9-1.
• RUN:Jack Brannigan knows a double to left center to score Malcom Nunez. Pirates, 8-1.
• Davis grounds into a 5-4-3 double play.
• Bart walks on four straight pitches, bringing up Davis.
• Stewart makes a nice back-handed play at first base and tosses it to Mlodzinski for the last out of the inning. On to the fifth. Pirates, 4-1.
• Cruz track a ball down in right center but he and Solak almost collied. France tags and advances to third.
• France doubles down the right field line and into the corner. He caught a fastball on the outside of the plate.
• Solak corrals one in right center for the first out.
• Carmen Mlodzinski has entered the game.
• Cruz flies out to center field to end the top half of the fourth inning. Kind of a half hearted swing on a pitch down and away. Pirates, 4-1.
• Suwinski just stole third with Yorke at the plate and one out. But Yorke lines out to Correa at short on the next pitch.
• It's another RBI double for Suwinski. That makes it 4-1, Pirates.
• Williams flies out to right field and here comes another opportunity for Suwinski.
• Solak with another double, this one goes to the fence in left center.
• A called third strike gets overturned as a ball and Chandler induces a ground ball to Williams at short who takes it himself for the double play. Pirates, 3-1.
• Chandler walks Lewis on five pitches, the last one being a 98 mph fastball.
• Chandler's first pitch is a fly out to left field. 96 mph fastball.
• Bubba Chandler has now entered the game.
• Valdez grounds out to first base and that strands runners on first and second. Still 3-1 Pirates.
• Stewart gets hit and shrugs it off as he walks down to first.
• Davis strikes out again. This time it's on a challenged strike three.
• Cruz steals another bag, his second of the spring.
• Bart flies out to right field and it looks like that's it for Lopez. Kade Bragg enters the game.
• Cruz walks on six pitches and took a pretty massive hack at one of them, an 86-mph changeup on the lower outer half.
• Lopez is now back in the game for the Twins.
• Nice job by Ferguson to strand the bases loaded with back-to-back strikeouts. The last pitch to Buxton barely caught the plate.
• Correa strikes out looking for the second out. Ferguson was down 3-1 there and battled back to two borderline pitches.
• RUN: Ferguson pegs Wallner in on the hands to bring home Vazquez. Pirates, 3-1.
• Harrison Bader singles to left, Suwinski got to it pretty quickly and fired a throw home to hold Vazquez at third. Bases loaded, one out.
• Ty France singles into shallow left center as well.
• Vazquez hits a soft shot to shallow left center in front of Cruz. It's spring training, the effort isn't exactly there on some of these plays.
• Willi Castro pops out to Stewart in foul territory. A quick first out for Ferguson.
• Yorke strikes out. His third in two days. Didn't look happy after that one.
• Suwinski then steals second base with two outs.
• That's it for Lopez. Cody Laweryson has entered the game for the Twins.
• RUNS: Suwinski smacks one through the infield on an 8-pitch at bat to drive in Valdez and Solak. Pirates, 3-0.
• Valdez almost gets picked off at third base by Christian Vazquez. Pretty close play.
• Alika Williams flies out to shallow right field. It sounded like his bat broke as it left the bat.
• RUN: Solak doubles down the right field line and Stewart scores from second, Valdez advances to third. Pirates, 1-0.
• He draws a walk on a fastball that missed outside. Runners on first and second.
• Valdez is getting checked on by a trainer. It looked like he hit a ball off his foot and was bending over in pain after his swing.
• Stewart then follows up with a double to left center. His hot spring continues.
• Davis strikes out swinging on a 96 mph fastball up in the zone.
• Royce Lewis challenges a called third strike and it was indeed a strike. Ferguson strands two runners and keeps this one scoreless.
• Trevor Larnach then sends one into left field off the glove of Enmanuel Valdez. If Valdez was an inch or two taller, he would've caught that.
• D.J. Stewart stumbles trying to track down a ground ball from Byron Buxton, and it gets by Yorke as well. Buxton holds at first though.
• Nick Solak tracks down a deep fly ball in right field for the second out.
• Carlos Correa just sent a deep foul ball to right. The impact got a loud reaction from the crowd.
• Ferguson fields his position on his first pitch of the game and throws Matt Wallner out at first base.
• Lopez strikes out Suwinski, Cruz and Bart for a quick first inning. None of them were particularly good at bats.
• Oneil Cruz tries to hold up on a curveball way out of the zone, but it's another strikeout.
• Nick Yorke makes great contact with a hit to shallow right field. Nice little smack the other way as Lopez left a fastball up and in the middle of the zone.
• Suwinski starts the game with a swinging strikeout on a fastball on the outside of the plate.
• We get Jack Suwinski in the leadoff spot again, D.J. Stewart become the next candidate to get a start at first base, Oneil Cruz in center and Henry Davis at DH.
• Expect to see Carmen Mlodzinski, Bubba Chandler, Joey Wentz, Yohan Ramírez and Anthony Solometo on the mound today after Caleb Ferguson.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Pirates 12, Twins 1
• Who: Pirates (3-2) vs. Twins (3-1)
• When: 1:05 p.m.
• What: Grapefruit League exhibition
• Where: Hammond Stadium
• Weather: 78°, mostly sunny
• Pitchers: LHP Caleb Ferguson vs. RHP Pablo López
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: Pirates.com
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• That's it, the Pirates take home their fourth win, 12-1.
• We're heading to the ninth as Yohan Ramirez strikes out Diego Cartaya.
• A: 4,933
• A flurry of runs score there in the eighth inning and the Pirates lead by 11 runs.
• RUN: Konnor Griffin scores on a wild pitch.
• RUN: The Twins walk in a run with the bases loaded. Pirates, 9-1.
• RUN: Jack Brannigan knows a double to left center to score Malcom Nunez. Pirates, 8-1.
• Davis grounds into a 5-4-3 double play.
• Bart walks on four straight pitches, bringing up Davis.
• Stewart makes a nice back-handed play at first base and tosses it to Mlodzinski for the last out of the inning. On to the fifth. Pirates, 4-1.
• Cruz track a ball down in right center but he and Solak almost collied. France tags and advances to third.
• France doubles down the right field line and into the corner. He caught a fastball on the outside of the plate.
• Solak corrals one in right center for the first out.
• Carmen Mlodzinski has entered the game.
• Cruz flies out to center field to end the top half of the fourth inning. Kind of a half hearted swing on a pitch down and away. Pirates, 4-1.
• Suwinski just stole third with Yorke at the plate and one out. But Yorke lines out to Correa at short on the next pitch.
• It's another RBI double for Suwinski. That makes it 4-1, Pirates.
• Williams flies out to right field and here comes another opportunity for Suwinski.
• Solak with another double, this one goes to the fence in left center.
• A called third strike gets overturned as a ball and Chandler induces a ground ball to Williams at short who takes it himself for the double play. Pirates, 3-1.
• Chandler walks Lewis on five pitches, the last one being a 98 mph fastball.
• Chandler's first pitch is a fly out to left field. 96 mph fastball.
• Bubba Chandler has now entered the game.
• Valdez grounds out to first base and that strands runners on first and second. Still 3-1 Pirates.
• Stewart gets hit and shrugs it off as he walks down to first.
• Davis strikes out again. This time it's on a challenged strike three.
• Cruz steals another bag, his second of the spring.
• Bart flies out to right field and it looks like that's it for Lopez. Kade Bragg enters the game.
• Cruz walks on six pitches and took a pretty massive hack at one of them, an 86-mph changeup on the lower outer half.
• Lopez is now back in the game for the Twins.
• Nice job by Ferguson to strand the bases loaded with back-to-back strikeouts. The last pitch to Buxton barely caught the plate.
• Correa strikes out looking for the second out. Ferguson was down 3-1 there and battled back to two borderline pitches.
• RUN: Ferguson pegs Wallner in on the hands to bring home Vazquez. Pirates, 3-1.
• Harrison Bader singles to left, Suwinski got to it pretty quickly and fired a throw home to hold Vazquez at third. Bases loaded, one out.
• Ty France singles into shallow left center as well.
• Vazquez hits a soft shot to shallow left center in front of Cruz. It's spring training, the effort isn't exactly there on some of these plays.
• Willi Castro pops out to Stewart in foul territory. A quick first out for Ferguson.
• Yorke strikes out. His third in two days. Didn't look happy after that one.
• Suwinski then steals second base with two outs.
• That's it for Lopez. Cody Laweryson has entered the game for the Twins.
• RUNS: Suwinski smacks one through the infield on an 8-pitch at bat to drive in Valdez and Solak. Pirates, 3-0.
• Valdez almost gets picked off at third base by Christian Vazquez. Pretty close play.
• Alika Williams flies out to shallow right field. It sounded like his bat broke as it left the bat.
• RUN: Solak doubles down the right field line and Stewart scores from second, Valdez advances to third. Pirates, 1-0.
• He draws a walk on a fastball that missed outside. Runners on first and second.
• Valdez is getting checked on by a trainer. It looked like he hit a ball off his foot and was bending over in pain after his swing.
• Stewart then follows up with a double to left center. His hot spring continues.
• Davis strikes out swinging on a 96 mph fastball up in the zone.
• Royce Lewis challenges a called third strike and it was indeed a strike. Ferguson strands two runners and keeps this one scoreless.
• Trevor Larnach then sends one into left field off the glove of Enmanuel Valdez. If Valdez was an inch or two taller, he would've caught that.
• D.J. Stewart stumbles trying to track down a ground ball from Byron Buxton, and it gets by Yorke as well. Buxton holds at first though.
• Nick Solak tracks down a deep fly ball in right field for the second out.
• Carlos Correa just sent a deep foul ball to right. The impact got a loud reaction from the crowd.
• Ferguson fields his position on his first pitch of the game and throws Matt Wallner out at first base.
• Lopez strikes out Suwinski, Cruz and Bart for a quick first inning. None of them were particularly good at bats.
• Oneil Cruz tries to hold up on a curveball way out of the zone, but it's another strikeout.
• Nick Yorke makes great contact with a hit to shallow right field. Nice little smack the other way as Lopez left a fastball up and in the middle of the zone.
• Suwinski starts the game with a swinging strikeout on a fastball on the outside of the plate.
• We get Jack Suwinski in the leadoff spot again, D.J. Stewart become the next candidate to get a start at first base, Oneil Cruz in center and Henry Davis at DH.
• Expect to see Carmen Mlodzinski, Bubba Chandler, Joey Wentz, Yohan Ramírez and Anthony Solometo on the mound today after Caleb Ferguson.
• Pirates starting lineup:
• Twins starting lineup:
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