• HOME RUN: Lee hits one out. No one cares. Pirates, 9-3
• Bidois will remain on the mound to pitch the ninth inning.
• Bidois, just as Sanders did in the seventh, has an easy 1-2-3 inning with two ground outs and a strikeout.
• Down in order for the home seventh. Brandan Bidois is coming into the game to pitch the eighth inning.
• A: 19,358
• O'Hearn is stranded at first after a two-out single to left field. Cam Sanders will take over in the seventh inning. Ashcraft's final line 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, and 11 K.
• Ashcraft gets Bell fishing. Crowd stands and roars as he comes off, aware he'll be done. Yet another strong start for the young man. Six innings, two runs, five hits, ELEVEN strikeouts.
• HOME RUN. Two-run shot for Lee over the Clemente Wall. First real blemish on Ashcraft today. Pirates, 9-2
• Horwitz flies out. Five-run fifth.
• RUNS. Two-run single into left for Davis. Pirates, 9-0
• Review shows catcher's interference on Triolo. Bases loaded again.
• RUN. Mangum sac fly to center. Pirates, 7-0
• Gonzales walks. Bases loaded, one out, for Cruz.
• The righty, Mike Paredes, is on for Minnesota, making his big-league debut.
• Swinging K. And that'll be it for Matthews. Shelton coming to get him.
• Wild pitch. Both runners advance. Still no outs for O'Hearn.
• Ouch! Martin goes HARD to try to catch a foul pop by O'Hearn in right, flips over the short fence out there ... but he seems OK and is staying in for now.
• Reynolds walks.
• RUN. Lowe rips an RBI single to the base of the Clemente Wall. Pirates, 5-0
• Horwitz doubles to the base of the fence in right-center to open the Pittsburgh fifth.
• Ashcraft 1-2-3 through the Minnesota order again. That's five eggs. Man, this kid's good.
• Cherington's about to speak with us reporter types at the back of the press box at the end of this inning. All Mlodzinski.
• Ashcraft strikes out Larnach looking for his seventh through four innings. He's thrown 38 of 51 pitches for strikes.
• Bell with a two-out line single to right field. He can still rake.
• Cruz strikes out to end the inning.
• HOME RUN: Gonzales finally hits his first home run, on a 1-1 pitch, a two-run shot to center field, knocking in Reynolds. And he destroyed it, into the bullpen. Amusingly raises his head as he approaches second. He's been complaining about this for weeks. Pirates, 4-0
• Martin 5-3. Triolo owes Ashcraft a pint.
• Gray swinging, Jackson looking, two down. Keashcall still at second.
• Ashcraft had Keaschall hung up between first and second, but Triolo fails to catch the throw from Horwitz. Absurdly, Horwitz gets dinged with the error.
• Horwitz flies out to left field to leave Mangum and Triolo in scoring position.
• RUN: Triolo lines a single to right to bring in Cruz from third base. Pirates, 2-0
• HOME RUN: O'Hearn, in his first at-bat since returning, hits a home run over the Clemente Wall, his eighth. Pirates, 1-0
• Arcia bounces into the 6-4-3 to end the second inning.
• Pirates go down in order in the first. Lowe and Reynolds struck out.
• Ashcraft with his usual cruising start in the first inning, striking out two.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Twins, Ashcraft to Martin, 1:37 p.m., 68 degrees, sunny.
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Brandon Lowe, 2B 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Ryan O'Hearn, DH 5. Nick Gonzales, 3B 6. Oneil Cruz, CF 7. Jake Mangum, LF 8. Jared Triolo, SS 9. Henry Davis, C
THE ASYLUM
Final: Pirates 9, Twins 3
• Who: Pirates (31-28) vs. Twins (27-32)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 60
• When: 1:35 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Pitchers: RHP Braxton Ashcraft (4-2, 2.75 ERA) vs. RHP Zebby Matthews (1-2, 2.37)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Satellite: SiriusXM 176/861
• Boxscore: DKPS
• Media notes: Pirates | Twins
• ► FOLLOW ALONG
• BALLGAME. I clearly brought the lads luck.
• HOME RUN: Lee hits one out. No one cares. Pirates, 9-3
• Bidois will remain on the mound to pitch the ninth inning.
• Bidois, just as Sanders did in the seventh, has an easy 1-2-3 inning with two ground outs and a strikeout.
• Down in order for the home seventh. Brandan Bidois is coming into the game to pitch the eighth inning.
• A: 19,358
• O'Hearn is stranded at first after a two-out single to left field. Cam Sanders will take over in the seventh inning. Ashcraft's final line 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, and 11 K.
• Ashcraft gets Bell fishing. Crowd stands and roars as he comes off, aware he'll be done. Yet another strong start for the young man. Six innings, two runs, five hits, ELEVEN strikeouts.
• HOME RUN. Two-run shot for Lee over the Clemente Wall. First real blemish on Ashcraft today. Pirates, 9-2
• Horwitz flies out. Five-run fifth.
• RUNS. Two-run single into left for Davis. Pirates, 9-0
• Review shows catcher's interference on Triolo. Bases loaded again.
• RUN. Mangum sac fly to center. Pirates, 7-0
• Gonzales walks. Bases loaded, one out, for Cruz.
• The righty, Mike Paredes, is on for Minnesota, making his big-league debut.
• Swinging K. And that'll be it for Matthews. Shelton coming to get him.
• Wild pitch. Both runners advance. Still no outs for O'Hearn.
• Ouch! Martin goes HARD to try to catch a foul pop by O'Hearn in right, flips over the short fence out there ... but he seems OK and is staying in for now.
• Reynolds walks.
• RUN. Lowe rips an RBI single to the base of the Clemente Wall. Pirates, 5-0
• Horwitz doubles to the base of the fence in right-center to open the Pittsburgh fifth.
• Ashcraft 1-2-3 through the Minnesota order again. That's five eggs. Man, this kid's good.
• Cherington's about to speak with us reporter types at the back of the press box at the end of this inning. All Mlodzinski.
• Ashcraft strikes out Larnach looking for his seventh through four innings. He's thrown 38 of 51 pitches for strikes.
• Bell with a two-out line single to right field. He can still rake.
• Cruz strikes out to end the inning.
• HOME RUN: Gonzales finally hits his first home run, on a 1-1 pitch, a two-run shot to center field, knocking in Reynolds. And he destroyed it, into the bullpen. Amusingly raises his head as he approaches second. He's been complaining about this for weeks. Pirates, 4-0
• Martin 5-3. Triolo owes Ashcraft a pint.
• Gray swinging, Jackson looking, two down. Keashcall still at second.
• Ashcraft had Keaschall hung up between first and second, but Triolo fails to catch the throw from Horwitz. Absurdly, Horwitz gets dinged with the error.
• Horwitz flies out to left field to leave Mangum and Triolo in scoring position.
• RUN: Triolo lines a single to right to bring in Cruz from third base. Pirates, 2-0
• HOME RUN: O'Hearn, in his first at-bat since returning, hits a home run over the Clemente Wall, his eighth. Pirates, 1-0
• Arcia bounces into the 6-4-3 to end the second inning.
• Pirates go down in order in the first. Lowe and Reynolds struck out.
• Ashcraft with his usual cruising start in the first inning, striking out two.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Twins, Ashcraft to Martin, 1:37 p.m., 68 degrees, sunny.
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Brandon Lowe, 2B
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Ryan O'Hearn, DH
5. Nick Gonzales, 3B
6. Oneil Cruz, CF
7. Jake Mangum, LF
8. Jared Triolo, SS
9. Henry Davis, C
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Austin Martin, RF
2. Brooks Lee, 3B
3. Kody Clemens, CF
4. Josh Bell, DH
5. Trevor Larnach, LF
6. Orlando Arcia, 1B
7. Luke Keaschall, 2B
8. Tristan Gray, 3B
9. Alex Jackson, C
• No manager access before day games. Clubhouse open to media at 10 a.m. I've got you.
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