• Who: Pirates (10-9) vs. Orioles (9-10) • When: 1:05 p.m. • What: Grapefruit League exhibition • Where: LECOM Park • Weather: 84°, clear • Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski vs. RHP Thaddeus Ward • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Satellite: SiriusXM 177/843 • Streaming: MLB Network • Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Another double play ends this one. Final: Pirates 15, Orioles 5.
• On to the ninth inning and it's Wilkin Ramos on to close it out.
• GRAND SLAM: Henry Davis just sent one over the wall in left field and it looked like it left the ball park. That was a shot on a fastball up in the zone. Waiting to see the statcast numbers on that one. WOW. PIRATES, 15-5.
• RUN: A wild pitch catches Servideo, which brings in a run. PIRATES, 11-5.
• Ramirez walks the bases loaded. Big jam to work out of here.
• Orioles have runners on second and third with two outs after Ramirez gets a pop out.
• Yohan Ramirez comes in for the eighth and a ball immediately drops in shallow right center field.
• RUN:Jase Bowen then doubles in Cimillo with a shot down the left field line. PIRATES, 11-4.
• RUNS:Nick Cimillo doubles in Davis and Williams and the Pirates take a six-run lead. PIRATES, 10-4.
• Henry Davis strikes out but reaches first on the wild pitch and advances to second on a ground out.
• It all comes to a screeching halt with another double play to end the top half of the inning.
• He walks Vazquez and then gives up a single to centerfield on a 1-0 curveball.
• Nicolas gets a second inning of work after a quick sixth inning.
• Stewart grounds out to second base to end the the Pirates' threat. We go to the seventh.
• RUNS: Suwinski with a great 12-pitch at bat before sending a sharp line drive to right field. Rodriguez and Bowen score. PIRATES, 8-4.
• RUN: Gutierrez singles in a run, had a little help from Burns there. PIRATES, 6-4.
• Cruz walks to load the bases for Abrahan Gutierrez.
• Alika Williams strikes out before Endy walks putting runners on first and second for Cruz.
• Ji Hwan Bae stretches what could've been a single into a double and continues his hot spring. That's his fourth double of the spring as he's hitting .444
• A ground ball double play ends it for Nicolas. Really efficient outing there, he threw 11 pitches, seven fastballs.
• Nicolas utilizes a really nice curveball that dropped out of the bottom of the zone to get his first strikeout of the afternoon. Really nice pitch.
• Kyle Nicolas gets a ground ball to start the sixth and Gonzales tries to throw out Mayo from his knees but the throw is well short and bounces across the diamond to first base.
• A fly out and a pop out start the bottom of the fifth for the Pirates before Gonzales grounds out to shortstop. On to the sixth.
• Quick inning of work for Justin Lawrence, that's good to see after being added to the roster a week or two ago. He'll be competing for a spot in the bullpen.
• Cruz also drove in another run in the fourth after a few walks. It was his second RBI of the day.
• Tough outing for Bednar there, but there wasn't really a hard hit in that bunch. A couple errors allowed baserunners to reach and Endy was pulling up on a curveball to try and throw a runner out at second base which led to the past ball and run.
• Valentin Linarez has entered the game for Bednar.
• RUNS: A 2-1 curveball gets past Rodriguez allowing Machin to score from third, Vazquez moves to third on the error and scores on a sac fly to right field. TIED 4-4.
• Another baserunner reaches on an error, although that might've been a tough play for Gonzales to make. Runners on the corner.
• Bednar bounces back to strike out Cameron, one away.
• A called third strike gets overturned and then Bednar gets galled for a balk, allowing Machin to move to second.
• RUN: A weak hit ground ball squeaks through the infield and Mayo scores from second. PIRATES, 4-2.
• A high fly ball drops in between Frazier, Cruz and Suwinski. Looked like Frazier was tracking it the whole way, Cruz might've had the best play at that. Mayo gets to second on the error.
• Here comes David Bednar.
• Gonzales is thrown out trying to steal second, looks like his slide was just a little high off the bag.
• Ben Vespi is now entering the game for Orioles.
• RUN: A short chopper in the infield results in another RBI for Gonzales as Cruz xcomes home to score. PIRATES, 4-1.
• Strikeouts continue to pile up for Stewart as Ward gets him with a cutter down and out of the zone.
• Suwinski doubles off the left center wall, it nearly was a home run. Looks like Laureano might've struggled with the sun there a little bit. Cruz was holding on the hit and runners are now on second and third with one out.
• Cruz finally swipes second, his second stolen base of the game.
• RUN: Endy scores on an errant pickoff attempt by Ward. Cruz was drawing a lot of attention at first. Pirates, 3-1.
• Cutch strikes out looking at a sinker on the outer half of the plate. I think he knew he should've pulled the trigger.
• Endy draws a seven-pitch leadoff walk before Cruz squeezes one through the right side. Endy goes all the way to third on the hit.
• Mlodzinski is up to 63 pitches, he's used five different pitches to work through three innings. With the Pirates trying to lengthen him out into a starter role, we'll see if he comes back out for the fourth.
• Sanchez sends a lineout to Frazier at second base and he almost doubles up Kjerstad at first before Mlodzinski gets out of the inning with a 4-3 ground. Strands two to preserve the lead.
• Heston Kjerstad walks on four pitches to put runners on the corners. Mlodzinski wasn't close there.
• Mlodzinski gets his third strikeout after Endy challenges a called ball. One away.
• Mlodzinski's pickoff attempt is missed by Stewart at first and Carlson goes all the way to third as the ball rolls into the right field foul territory.
• A nice piece of opposite way hitting for Carlson there, just went with a fastball that was outside the zone and put it in play.
• Hayes flies out to right center to strand Gonzales at third base. Made decent contact, just didn't catch enough of it. It was a cutter over the middle of the plate.
• Bae strikes out after a called ball four was overturned in a full count. Just caught the outer edge of the plate. This ABS system is really interesting, Ward didn't hesitate to challenge there.
• RUN: Mayo makes a slick play at first to rob Frazier of a hit but Stewart comes home to score. PIRATES, 2-1.
• Nick Gonzales continues a pretty solid spring with a double to the right center gap. He hesitated a little between first and second and still made it in safely. Runners on second and third, no outs.
• DJ Stewart is on base after only seeing one strike in a five-pitch at-bat.
• After a seven-pitch battle, Mlodzinski gets a 4-3 ground out to end his second inning of work. However, he's already up to 41 pitches through two innings.
• Suwinski calls off Frazier at the last second while coming in from right to make the second out in shallow right.
• Mlodzinski dishes out a five-pitch walk. Was all over the zone there.
• Hayes makes a routine play at third for the first out of the second. Came in on it easily before throwing a strike to first.
• A 6-3 groundout from Suwinski strands Cruz at third. But, that's a good way to bounce back there.
• McCutchen moves him to third with a 4-3 groundout.
• Cruz then steals second, his fifth of the spring.
• RUN:Oneil Cruz comes through and makes great contact with a single through the right side for an RBI. TIED, 1-1.
• Sanchez tries to pick off Hayes at first base but throw goes down the right-field line and he advances to second before Endy moves him to third with a ground ball to second.
• Hayes draws a four-pitch walk in his first at-bat in over a week. Interesting seeing him in the leadoff spot.
• Mlodzinski bounces back with a groundout and two straight strikeouts to strand Laureano at third.
• Ramón Laureano then reaches on a throwing error by Nick Gonzales.
• HOME RUN:Dylan Carlson leads off this one with a blast to right center field. ORIOLES, 1-0.
• After Carmen Mlodzinski, Kyle Nicolas, Justin Lawrence, David Bednar and Yohan Ramírez are all expected to pitch today. Intrigued to see Bednar throw two days after his outing in Fort Myers, Fla. against the twins. Could be good to see a quick bounce back.
• Orioles lineup:
• Ke'Bryan Hayes is back in the lineup, at the leadoff spot. We'll also see Endy Rodriguez behind the dish, Jack Suwinski in right field, and Nick Gonzales at shortstop.
• Pirates lineup:
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Greg Macafee
3:12 am - 03.15.2025Bradenton, Fla.Final: Pirates 15, Orioles 5
• Who: Pirates (10-9) vs. Orioles (9-10)
• When: 1:05 p.m.
• What: Grapefruit League exhibition
• Where: LECOM Park
• Weather: 84°, clear
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski vs. RHP Thaddeus Ward
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Satellite: SiriusXM 177/843
• Streaming: MLB Network
• Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Another double play ends this one. Final: Pirates 15, Orioles 5.
• On to the ninth inning and it's Wilkin Ramos on to close it out.
• GRAND SLAM: Henry Davis just sent one over the wall in left field and it looked like it left the ball park. That was a shot on a fastball up in the zone. Waiting to see the statcast numbers on that one. WOW. PIRATES, 15-5.
• RUN: A wild pitch catches Servideo, which brings in a run. PIRATES, 11-5.
• Ramirez walks the bases loaded. Big jam to work out of here.
• Orioles have runners on second and third with two outs after Ramirez gets a pop out.
• Yohan Ramirez comes in for the eighth and a ball immediately drops in shallow right center field.
• RUN: Jase Bowen then doubles in Cimillo with a shot down the left field line. PIRATES, 11-4.
• RUNS: Nick Cimillo doubles in Davis and Williams and the Pirates take a six-run lead. PIRATES, 10-4.
• Henry Davis strikes out but reaches first on the wild pitch and advances to second on a ground out.
• It all comes to a screeching halt with another double play to end the top half of the inning.
• He walks Vazquez and then gives up a single to centerfield on a 1-0 curveball.
• Nicolas gets a second inning of work after a quick sixth inning.
• Stewart grounds out to second base to end the the Pirates' threat. We go to the seventh.
• RUNS: Suwinski with a great 12-pitch at bat before sending a sharp line drive to right field. Rodriguez and Bowen score. PIRATES, 8-4.
• RUN: Gutierrez singles in a run, had a little help from Burns there. PIRATES, 6-4.
• Cruz walks to load the bases for Abrahan Gutierrez.
• Alika Williams strikes out before Endy walks putting runners on first and second for Cruz.
• Ji Hwan Bae stretches what could've been a single into a double and continues his hot spring. That's his fourth double of the spring as he's hitting .444
• A ground ball double play ends it for Nicolas. Really efficient outing there, he threw 11 pitches, seven fastballs.
• Nicolas utilizes a really nice curveball that dropped out of the bottom of the zone to get his first strikeout of the afternoon. Really nice pitch.
• Kyle Nicolas gets a ground ball to start the sixth and Gonzales tries to throw out Mayo from his knees but the throw is well short and bounces across the diamond to first base.
• A fly out and a pop out start the bottom of the fifth for the Pirates before Gonzales grounds out to shortstop. On to the sixth.
• Quick inning of work for Justin Lawrence, that's good to see after being added to the roster a week or two ago. He'll be competing for a spot in the bullpen.
• Cruz also drove in another run in the fourth after a few walks. It was his second RBI of the day.
• Tough outing for Bednar there, but there wasn't really a hard hit in that bunch. A couple errors allowed baserunners to reach and Endy was pulling up on a curveball to try and throw a runner out at second base which led to the past ball and run.
• Valentin Linarez has entered the game for Bednar.
• RUNS: A 2-1 curveball gets past Rodriguez allowing Machin to score from third, Vazquez moves to third on the error and scores on a sac fly to right field. TIED 4-4.
• Another baserunner reaches on an error, although that might've been a tough play for Gonzales to make. Runners on the corner.
• Bednar bounces back to strike out Cameron, one away.
• A called third strike gets overturned and then Bednar gets galled for a balk, allowing Machin to move to second.
• RUN: A weak hit ground ball squeaks through the infield and Mayo scores from second. PIRATES, 4-2.
• A high fly ball drops in between Frazier, Cruz and Suwinski. Looked like Frazier was tracking it the whole way, Cruz might've had the best play at that. Mayo gets to second on the error.
• Here comes David Bednar.
• Gonzales is thrown out trying to steal second, looks like his slide was just a little high off the bag.
• Ben Vespi is now entering the game for Orioles.
• RUN: A short chopper in the infield results in another RBI for Gonzales as Cruz xcomes home to score. PIRATES, 4-1.
• Strikeouts continue to pile up for Stewart as Ward gets him with a cutter down and out of the zone.
• Suwinski doubles off the left center wall, it nearly was a home run. Looks like Laureano might've struggled with the sun there a little bit. Cruz was holding on the hit and runners are now on second and third with one out.
• Cruz finally swipes second, his second stolen base of the game.
• RUN: Endy scores on an errant pickoff attempt by Ward. Cruz was drawing a lot of attention at first. Pirates, 3-1.
• Cutch strikes out looking at a sinker on the outer half of the plate. I think he knew he should've pulled the trigger.
• Endy draws a seven-pitch leadoff walk before Cruz squeezes one through the right side. Endy goes all the way to third on the hit.
• Mlodzinski is up to 63 pitches, he's used five different pitches to work through three innings. With the Pirates trying to lengthen him out into a starter role, we'll see if he comes back out for the fourth.
• Sanchez sends a lineout to Frazier at second base and he almost doubles up Kjerstad at first before Mlodzinski gets out of the inning with a 4-3 ground. Strands two to preserve the lead.
• Heston Kjerstad walks on four pitches to put runners on the corners. Mlodzinski wasn't close there.
• Mlodzinski gets his third strikeout after Endy challenges a called ball. One away.
• Mlodzinski's pickoff attempt is missed by Stewart at first and Carlson goes all the way to third as the ball rolls into the right field foul territory.
• A nice piece of opposite way hitting for Carlson there, just went with a fastball that was outside the zone and put it in play.
• Hayes flies out to right center to strand Gonzales at third base. Made decent contact, just didn't catch enough of it. It was a cutter over the middle of the plate.
• Bae strikes out after a called ball four was overturned in a full count. Just caught the outer edge of the plate. This ABS system is really interesting, Ward didn't hesitate to challenge there.
• RUN: Mayo makes a slick play at first to rob Frazier of a hit but Stewart comes home to score. PIRATES, 2-1.
• Nick Gonzales continues a pretty solid spring with a double to the right center gap. He hesitated a little between first and second and still made it in safely. Runners on second and third, no outs.
• DJ Stewart is on base after only seeing one strike in a five-pitch at-bat.
• After a seven-pitch battle, Mlodzinski gets a 4-3 ground out to end his second inning of work. However, he's already up to 41 pitches through two innings.
• Suwinski calls off Frazier at the last second while coming in from right to make the second out in shallow right.
• Mlodzinski dishes out a five-pitch walk. Was all over the zone there.
• Hayes makes a routine play at third for the first out of the second. Came in on it easily before throwing a strike to first.
• A 6-3 groundout from Suwinski strands Cruz at third. But, that's a good way to bounce back there.
• McCutchen moves him to third with a 4-3 groundout.
• Cruz then steals second, his fifth of the spring.
• RUN: Oneil Cruz comes through and makes great contact with a single through the right side for an RBI. TIED, 1-1.
• Sanchez tries to pick off Hayes at first base but throw goes down the right-field line and he advances to second before Endy moves him to third with a ground ball to second.
• Hayes draws a four-pitch walk in his first at-bat in over a week. Interesting seeing him in the leadoff spot.
• Mlodzinski bounces back with a groundout and two straight strikeouts to strand Laureano at third.
• Ramón Laureano then reaches on a throwing error by Nick Gonzales.
• HOME RUN: Dylan Carlson leads off this one with a blast to right center field. ORIOLES, 1-0.
• After Carmen Mlodzinski, Kyle Nicolas, Justin Lawrence, David Bednar and Yohan Ramírez are all expected to pitch today. Intrigued to see Bednar throw two days after his outing in Fort Myers, Fla. against the twins. Could be good to see a quick bounce back.
• Orioles lineup:
• Ke'Bryan Hayes is back in the lineup, at the leadoff spot. We'll also see Endy Rodriguez behind the dish, Jack Suwinski in right field, and Nick Gonzales at shortstop.
• Pirates lineup:
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