• Valdez grounds out to first, Wagaman tags the bag and hits Rodriguez with his throw to second. Rodriguez advances to third.
• Triolo's bunt pops out to Meyer.
• A lot of patience there from Rodriguez. Battled back from an 0-2 count for a six-pitch walk.
• End of fourth inning: Fortes flies out to the warning track in center.
• 12-pitch battle with Hill results in a fielder's choice ground out to IKF. Double-play turn was a little slow to get Hill at first. Heaney up to 65 pitches.
• Bride flies out to center.
• Wagaman singles to left center.
• Suwinski flies out to center field. Reynolds is stranded at second.
• Cutch strikes out on a foul tip.
• Pham strikes out on an inside slider.
• More PitchCom issues for the Marlins.
• Reynolds doubles down the left field line. Put in the extra effort to get to second there.
• End of third inning: Strikeout 2-3 for Myers. He swung over a slider on the inner half. Heaney at 44 pitches through three.
• 1-3 ground out for Lopez.
• Heaney freezes Edwards with a changeup on the outer half.
• Edwards positioned perfectly behind second base for a Frazier ground out. 1-2-3.
• IKF strikes out on three pitches. All three were low in the zone.
• Valdez flies out to center.
• End of second inning: Sanoja lines out to Reynolds.
• Heaney fields his position and throws out Conine at first.
• RUN: Fortes doubles down the left field line and Hill scores from first. Tied, 1-1
• Valdez guns down Bride at second on a Hill ground out. Nice play.
• Bride reaches on a five-pitch walk.
• 5-3 ground out for Triolo.
• Rodriguez flies out to left.
• Suwinski strikes out on a 3-2 slider.
• 103.4 mph exit velocity on Cutch's home run. Traveled 393 feet.
• HOME RUN: McCutchen gets ahold of a 1-2 fastball up in the zone and sends it over the fence in left. That's the 800th extra-base hit of his career. Only Freddie Freeman (882) and Paul Goldschmidt (831) have more among active players. Pirates, 1-0
• Myers makes solid contact with a Heaney fastball and sends it to left field.
• Flyout to center feild for Lopez.
• Edwards lines out to second.
• 6-3 ground out for Pham. 1-2-3.
• Reynolds swings through a slider on the inside corner.
• Frazier flies out to center to kick this one off.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Marlins, Max Meyer to Adam Frazier, loanDepot Park, 1:42 p.m., roof closed
• Jeff Conine honored before today's game as he was inducted into the Marlins' Hall of Fame. Threw out the first pitch too.
• Cruz and Hayes get the day off, Rodriguez is behind the dish and Valdez gets the start at first.
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Tommy Pham, LF 4. Andrew McCutchen, DH 5. Jack Suwinski, CF 6. Endy Rodriguez, C 7. Jared Triolo, 3B 8. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Clayton McCullough's Marlins:
1. Xavier Edwards, SS 2. Otto Lopez, 2B 3. Dane Myers, CF 4. Eric Wagaman, 1B 5. Jonah Bride, 3B 6. Derek Hill, DH 7. Nick Fortes, C 8. Griffin Conine, RF 9. Javier Sanoja, LF
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
3:43 am - 03.30.2025MiamiFinal: Marlins 3, Pirates 2
• Who: Pirates (1-2) vs. Marlins (2-1)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 4
• When: 1:40 p.m.
• Where: loanDepot Park
• Weather: Roof closed
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney vs. RHP Max Meyer
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP 360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/855
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Marlins
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Hill steals second and Rodriguez's throw flies into center field. Hill advances to third.
• Hill reaches on a slow roller to third as Hayes' throw is off target.
• Ke'Bryan Hayes comes in at third and Bednar enters the game.
• Another crew chief review overturns the call and Rodriguez is out.
• Rodriguez steals second.
• Stowers robs Valdez of a hit in left center. Was tracking back toward the wall and it looked like it was going to fly over his head.
• Cruz strikes out on a checked swing in a 2-2 count.
• Oneil Cruz is pinch-hitting for Triolo
• David Bednar is warming in the pen.
• Rodriguez walks for the second time today.
• Anthony Bender enters the game for Miami
• End of eighth inning: Bride pops out to Frazier.
• Wagaman singles to left field.
• Stowers walks on six pitches.
• Lopez flies out to the warning track in center field.
• IKF ranges backward to catch a soft pop up by Edwards.
• Caleb Ferguson has entered the game.
• Call is overturned. Bae is out at third.
• Bae and Suwinski both advance on a wild pitch. Throw to third is being challenged.
• Suwinski walks, Bae held up between first and second on a steal attempt and he looks hurt. Trainers are checking on him.
• Ji Hwan Bae comes on to run for Cutch.
• Pitch-clock violation leads to a walk for Cutch.
• Pham, 6-3.
• 4-3 ground out for Reynolds.
• End of seventh inning: Sanoja lines out to right field.
• HOME RUN: Conine sends a high fastball to Home Run Harbor in left center. Tied, 2-2
• Holderman buzzes Fortes with a high inside cutter and then comes back with a nice sinker for the strike out.
• Holderman catches Hill looking at a cutter on the outer edge.
• Side note: It's pouring outside. Lucky to have a roof here at loanDepot.
• Here comes Holderman.
• Frazier pops out in foul territory behind third.
• IKF flies out to right.
• Valdez walks on four pitches. None of them were close.
• Triolo thought he had ball four but Curry's fastball catches the bottom of the zone.
• Colin Holderman warming up.
• End of sixth inning: Lawrence Ks Bride with a sweeper.
• Call confirmed. Both runners are out. Valdez barely held his foot on the bag at first.
• Frazier takes it himself and turns the double play. The Marlins are challenging the call.
• Lawrence hits Stowers with his first pitch.
• Kyle Stowers is pinch hitting for Myers.
• Lawrence enters the game. Heaney's final line: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K. He threw 79 pitches and 55 strikes.
• Rodriguez grounds out to first. Two more runners stranded in scoring position. Pirates are 1-for-5 with RISP and have left four on base.
• Suwinski swipes second.
• Justin Lawrence warming up in the Pirates bullpen.
• Here comes Xzavion Curry out of the Marlins bullpen. Meyer's day is done. His final line: 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. 93 pitches, 60 strikes.
• Suwinski singles into right field, Conine can't come up with it and Pham advances to third.
• Cutch strikes out on a slider at the bottom of the zone. That's seven for Meyer, which ties his career-high.
• Pham singles into left field.
• Reynolds strikes out on three pitches. Swung over another slider.
• End of fifth inning: Reynolds with another diving catch in right field. Saves a base hit and a run.
• Edwards swipes second. Rodriguez's throw was high.
• The throw on a double play is a little slow again and Edwards is safe at first. Thought it was a good turn by IKF with his body going the other way.
• Sanoja hits one just out of the reach of a diving Frazier at second.
• Conine flies out to right.
• Frazier, 4-3
• RUN: IKF beats out a high chopper and Rodriguez scores. Pirates, 2-1
• Valdez grounds out to first, Wagaman tags the bag and hits Rodriguez with his throw to second. Rodriguez advances to third.
• Triolo's bunt pops out to Meyer.
• A lot of patience there from Rodriguez. Battled back from an 0-2 count for a six-pitch walk.
• End of fourth inning: Fortes flies out to the warning track in center.
• 12-pitch battle with Hill results in a fielder's choice ground out to IKF. Double-play turn was a little slow to get Hill at first. Heaney up to 65 pitches.
• Bride flies out to center.
• Wagaman singles to left center.
• Suwinski flies out to center field. Reynolds is stranded at second.
• Cutch strikes out on a foul tip.
• Pham strikes out on an inside slider.
• More PitchCom issues for the Marlins.
• Reynolds doubles down the left field line. Put in the extra effort to get to second there.
• End of third inning: Strikeout 2-3 for Myers. He swung over a slider on the inner half. Heaney at 44 pitches through three.
• 1-3 ground out for Lopez.
• Heaney freezes Edwards with a changeup on the outer half.
• Edwards positioned perfectly behind second base for a Frazier ground out. 1-2-3.
• IKF strikes out on three pitches. All three were low in the zone.
• Valdez flies out to center.
• End of second inning: Sanoja lines out to Reynolds.
• Heaney fields his position and throws out Conine at first.
• RUN: Fortes doubles down the left field line and Hill scores from first. Tied, 1-1
• Valdez guns down Bride at second on a Hill ground out. Nice play.
• Bride reaches on a five-pitch walk.
• 5-3 ground out for Triolo.
• Rodriguez flies out to left.
• Suwinski strikes out on a 3-2 slider.
• 103.4 mph exit velocity on Cutch's home run. Traveled 393 feet.
• HOME RUN: McCutchen gets ahold of a 1-2 fastball up in the zone and sends it over the fence in left. That's the 800th extra-base hit of his career. Only Freddie Freeman (882) and Paul Goldschmidt (831) have more among active players. Pirates, 1-0
• End of first inning: 5-3 groundout for Wagaman.
• Myers makes solid contact with a Heaney fastball and sends it to left field.
• Flyout to center feild for Lopez.
• Edwards lines out to second.
• 6-3 ground out for Pham. 1-2-3.
• Reynolds swings through a slider on the inside corner.
• Frazier flies out to center to kick this one off.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Marlins, Max Meyer to Adam Frazier, loanDepot Park, 1:42 p.m., roof closed
• Jeff Conine honored before today's game as he was inducted into the Marlins' Hall of Fame. Threw out the first pitch too.
• Cruz and Hayes get the day off, Rodriguez is behind the dish and Valdez gets the start at first.
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Adam Frazier, 2B
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Tommy Pham, LF
4. Andrew McCutchen, DH
5. Jack Suwinski, CF
6. Endy Rodriguez, C
7. Jared Triolo, 3B
8. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Clayton McCullough's Marlins:
1. Xavier Edwards, SS
2. Otto Lopez, 2B
3. Dane Myers, CF
4. Eric Wagaman, 1B
5. Jonah Bride, 3B
6. Derek Hill, DH
7. Nick Fortes, C
8. Griffin Conine, RF
9. Javier Sanoja, LF
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