• Who: Pirates (13-10) vs. Phillies (11-9) • When: 1:05 p.m. • What: Grapefruit League exhibition • Where: LECOM Park • Weather: 74°, clear • Pitchers: RHP Thomas Harrington vs. LHP Cristopher Sánchez • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Listen:MLB Radio • Streaming:MLB Network • Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• HOME RUN: Minor leaguer Javier Rivas wins it for the Pirates. He sends one out beyond the fence in left field. Crushed it, no doubt about it. Final: PIRATES 3, PHILLIES 2
• RUN:Bryce Johnson then hits another sacrifice fly to center field to tie it up. TIED, 2-2.
• RUN: Yorke hits a sacrifice fly to right field and Solak scores. PHILLIES, 2-1.
• It's a broken bat double down the right field line for DJ Stewart as Nick Solak advances to third.
• Ramos goes on to retire the side in order.
• Ramos strikes out Trent Farquhar on six pitches, he gets him swinging at a sinker away.
• Wilkin Ramos is back on for the ninth inning.
• After Endy Rodriguez walked, Alika Williams flies out to right field. We now head to the ninth.
• Ji Hwan Bae and Billy Cook both go down swinging and we have two outs in the eighth.
• A called ball four gets overturned for a called third strike and the Pirates head to the eighth down by two.
• Frazier gets ahold of one for a base hit out to right field to keep the inning alive.
• Yorke flies out to Marsh in center field.
• Cutch strikes out on five pitches, Kerkering threw him three straight sweepers to finish off that at-bat.
• Reyes looks at a slider for a called strike three. Looked to be low and out of the zone, but it holds.
• Smith walks Marsh to load the bases. Gotta limit damage here.
• Verdugo is set down on three straight pitches, all fastballs.
• Stevenson knocks one past Frazier at second base and into the outfield. Runners on first and third, one away.
• Stubbs flies out to center and Arroyo singles to right field.
• Burch Smith is in for the seventh.
• Pirates go 1-2-3 in the sixth.
• RUN: Castellanos smacks a ball up the middle, IKF almost makes a play on it but the ball bounces off his glove and into center. Phillies, 2-0.
• Nicolas walks Marsh to put runners on first and second base. Kinda missed all over there but didn't give Marsh anything to hit.
• DeMartini smacks a 2-2 slider the other way for a single. Really just shortened up and poked it out there.
• Kyle Nicolas takes over for Bednar in the sixth.
• Hayes then nearly leaves the yard for the second time in two days, but it's tracked down at the warning track.
• Palacios flies out to Kepler in left field.
• IKF strikes out on five pitches, a tough swing at a changeup out of the zone.
• Bednar catches Stevenson looking on a curveball. Three up, three down for Bednar. He needed an outing like that one. Bounces back after letting up a few runs his last two times out.
• He then induces a 5-3 groundout.
• Bednar strikes out Stubbs after a five pitch at bat. Got him to chase a fastball.
• David Bednar has entered the game.
• Frazier's bat breaks at the handle on a pitch up and in on his hands and the ball rolls softly down to first base while his barrel ended up near second baseman Arroyo.
• Triolo then grounds out to second base and Bart advances to third.
• McCutchen with a soft grounder back to the mound for the first out.
• Bart with a really nice double down the right field line. A really good swing the other way.
• Hayes tracks down a pop-up in foul territory for the third out.
• Eddy Yean has entered the game.
• Derek Shelton comes out and gets Harrington. He was at 62 pitches, threw 38 for strikes.
• Sosa flies out to Palacios in center field. He's mic'd up on the broadcast and made the play well talking to the guys in the booth. Funny to watch.
• Harrington walks Kepler on four straight pitches, wasn't really close at all.
• 4-3 ground out for Pham.
• Reynolds grounds out softly to first base as Hayes advances to second.
• Hayes hits a line drive over Sosa's glove at shortstop and into left field. Made great contact there.
• Palacios works to a 3-2 count but misses on a sinker in the zone. Back to the top of the order.
• Marsh then almost goes yard again, but Reynolds tracks it down near the warning track.
• Harrington records another strikeout with a changeup high in the zone to get Carson DeMartini.
• Harrington catches Stevenson looking with a slider on the outer half of the plate. Absolutely froze him.
• IKF grounds out to shortstop and Frazier gets thrown out at second base. Really close play there, I thought he was safe and Frazier didn't look particularly happy with the call.
• Frazier records a little bloop single into shallow left field to bring up IKF.
• Jared Triolo rockets one back over Sanchez's head and beats out the double play throw to first. Two away.
• Andrew McCutchen pops out to shallow left field and jogs down to first before turning toward the dugout.
• Joey Bart pokes a single through the infield at second base for the Pirates' first hit of the afternoon.
• Arroyo sends one back toward Harrington on the mound, he reaches up with his barehand but pulls it back at the last second before Frazier fielded it in front of second base and guns Arroyo down at second.
• Stubbs then hits a soft fly ball to Reynolds in right. Sounded like his bat broke on contact.
• Harrington records his first strikeout of the afternoon on five pitches, caught Clemens looking at a sinker low in the zone.
• Pham gets ahold of one and sends it to deep center field but it's caught near the warning track. He got ahold of a changeup on the outer half of the plate. We head to the second.
• Reynolds hits a soft grounder back to Sanchez for a 1-3 ground out.
• It's a 6-3 groundout for Hayes.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa comes in on a soft ground ball and throws out Edmundo Sosa on a bang-bang play at first.
• Harrington fields an easy comebacker for the second out.
• HOME RUN: Nick Castellanos hammers a first pitch slider to left field. Caught way too much of the plate there. PHILLIES, 1-0.
• After working Marsh to a full count, Harrington induces a 4-3 groundball for the first out of the afternoon.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Phillies, Thomas Harrington to Brandon Marsh, LECOM Park, 1:06 p.m., 75 degree, clear
• David Bednar, Kyle Nicolas and Burch Smith are set to pitch today after Thomas Harrington.
• Ke'Bryan Hayes is back in the leadoff spot, while Jared Triolo is at first, Adam Frazier is as second and Josh Palacios is in centerfield.
• Pirates lineup:
• Phillies lineup:
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Greg Macafee
21 hours ago - 03.18.2025Bradenton, Fla.Final: Pirates 3, Phillies 2
• Who: Pirates (13-10) vs. Phillies (11-9)
• When: 1:05 p.m.
• What: Grapefruit League exhibition
• Where: LECOM Park
• Weather: 74°, clear
• Pitchers: RHP Thomas Harrington vs. LHP Cristopher Sánchez
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Listen: MLB Radio
• Streaming: MLB Network
• Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• HOME RUN: Minor leaguer Javier Rivas wins it for the Pirates. He sends one out beyond the fence in left field. Crushed it, no doubt about it. Final: PIRATES 3, PHILLIES 2
• RUN: Bryce Johnson then hits another sacrifice fly to center field to tie it up. TIED, 2-2.
• RUN: Yorke hits a sacrifice fly to right field and Solak scores. PHILLIES, 2-1.
• It's a broken bat double down the right field line for DJ Stewart as Nick Solak advances to third.
• Ramos goes on to retire the side in order.
• Ramos strikes out Trent Farquhar on six pitches, he gets him swinging at a sinker away.
• Wilkin Ramos is back on for the ninth inning.
• After Endy Rodriguez walked, Alika Williams flies out to right field. We now head to the ninth.
• Ji Hwan Bae and Billy Cook both go down swinging and we have two outs in the eighth.
• A called ball four gets overturned for a called third strike and the Pirates head to the eighth down by two.
• Frazier gets ahold of one for a base hit out to right field to keep the inning alive.
• Yorke flies out to Marsh in center field.
• Cutch strikes out on five pitches, Kerkering threw him three straight sweepers to finish off that at-bat.
• Reyes looks at a slider for a called strike three. Looked to be low and out of the zone, but it holds.
• Smith walks Marsh to load the bases. Gotta limit damage here.
• Verdugo is set down on three straight pitches, all fastballs.
• Stevenson knocks one past Frazier at second base and into the outfield. Runners on first and third, one away.
• Stubbs flies out to center and Arroyo singles to right field.
• Burch Smith is in for the seventh.
• Pirates go 1-2-3 in the sixth.
• RUN: Castellanos smacks a ball up the middle, IKF almost makes a play on it but the ball bounces off his glove and into center. Phillies, 2-0.
• Nicolas walks Marsh to put runners on first and second base. Kinda missed all over there but didn't give Marsh anything to hit.
• DeMartini smacks a 2-2 slider the other way for a single. Really just shortened up and poked it out there.
• Kyle Nicolas takes over for Bednar in the sixth.
• Hayes then nearly leaves the yard for the second time in two days, but it's tracked down at the warning track.
• Palacios flies out to Kepler in left field.
• IKF strikes out on five pitches, a tough swing at a changeup out of the zone.
• Bednar catches Stevenson looking on a curveball. Three up, three down for Bednar. He needed an outing like that one. Bounces back after letting up a few runs his last two times out.
• He then induces a 5-3 groundout.
• Bednar strikes out Stubbs after a five pitch at bat. Got him to chase a fastball.
• David Bednar has entered the game.
• Frazier's bat breaks at the handle on a pitch up and in on his hands and the ball rolls softly down to first base while his barrel ended up near second baseman Arroyo.
• Triolo then grounds out to second base and Bart advances to third.
• McCutchen with a soft grounder back to the mound for the first out.
• Bart with a really nice double down the right field line. A really good swing the other way.
• Hayes tracks down a pop-up in foul territory for the third out.
• Eddy Yean has entered the game.
• Derek Shelton comes out and gets Harrington. He was at 62 pitches, threw 38 for strikes.
• Sosa flies out to Palacios in center field. He's mic'd up on the broadcast and made the play well talking to the guys in the booth. Funny to watch.
• Harrington walks Kepler on four straight pitches, wasn't really close at all.
• 4-3 ground out for Pham.
• Reynolds grounds out softly to first base as Hayes advances to second.
• Hayes hits a line drive over Sosa's glove at shortstop and into left field. Made great contact there.
• Palacios works to a 3-2 count but misses on a sinker in the zone. Back to the top of the order.
• Marsh then almost goes yard again, but Reynolds tracks it down near the warning track.
• Harrington records another strikeout with a changeup high in the zone to get Carson DeMartini.
• Harrington catches Stevenson looking with a slider on the outer half of the plate. Absolutely froze him.
• IKF grounds out to shortstop and Frazier gets thrown out at second base. Really close play there, I thought he was safe and Frazier didn't look particularly happy with the call.
• Frazier records a little bloop single into shallow left field to bring up IKF.
• Jared Triolo rockets one back over Sanchez's head and beats out the double play throw to first. Two away.
• Andrew McCutchen pops out to shallow left field and jogs down to first before turning toward the dugout.
• Joey Bart pokes a single through the infield at second base for the Pirates' first hit of the afternoon.
• Arroyo sends one back toward Harrington on the mound, he reaches up with his barehand but pulls it back at the last second before Frazier fielded it in front of second base and guns Arroyo down at second.
• Stubbs then hits a soft fly ball to Reynolds in right. Sounded like his bat broke on contact.
• Harrington records his first strikeout of the afternoon on five pitches, caught Clemens looking at a sinker low in the zone.
• Pham gets ahold of one and sends it to deep center field but it's caught near the warning track. He got ahold of a changeup on the outer half of the plate. We head to the second.
• Reynolds hits a soft grounder back to Sanchez for a 1-3 ground out.
• It's a 6-3 groundout for Hayes.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa comes in on a soft ground ball and throws out Edmundo Sosa on a bang-bang play at first.
• Harrington fields an easy comebacker for the second out.
• HOME RUN: Nick Castellanos hammers a first pitch slider to left field. Caught way too much of the plate there. PHILLIES, 1-0.
• After working Marsh to a full count, Harrington induces a 4-3 groundball for the first out of the afternoon.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Phillies, Thomas Harrington to Brandon Marsh, LECOM Park, 1:06 p.m., 75 degree, clear
• David Bednar, Kyle Nicolas and Burch Smith are set to pitch today after Thomas Harrington.
• Ke'Bryan Hayes is back in the leadoff spot, while Jared Triolo is at first, Adam Frazier is as second and Josh Palacios is in centerfield.
• Pirates lineup:
• Phillies lineup:
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