• RUN: Misner singles in Mangum and advances on a Cruz error. Rays, 3-0
• F9, Mead
• Mangum is 5-for-5 between yesterday and today.
• RUNS: Mangum sneaks one past Hayes down the left-field line. Lowe and Diaz both score. Rays, 2-0.
• Caminero flies out to the warning track in center, both runners advance.
• Harrington walks Lowe on seven pitches.
• Diaz singles on a first-pitch sinker to left field.
• Cruz goes down looking at another 1-2 curveball. 1-2-3.
• F7, Reynolds.
• Suwinski looks at a 1-2 curveball for strike three.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rays, Shane Baz to Jack Suwinski, George M. Steinbrenner Field, 7:05 p.m., 83 degrees, clear
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Jack Suwinski, RF 2. Bryan Reynolds, DH 3. Oneil Cruz, CF 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Tommy Pham, LF 6. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 7. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 8. Jared Triolo, 2B 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Kevin Cash's Rays:
1. Yandy Diaz, DH 2. Brandon Lowe, 2B 3. Junior Caminero, 3B 4. Jake Mangum, RF 5. Curtis Mead, 1B 6. Kameron Misner, LF 7. Danny Jansen, C 8. Taylor Walls, SS 9. Jonny DeLuca, CF
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
5:12 am - 04.01.2025Tampa, Fla.Final: Rays 7, Pirates 0
• Who: Pirates (1-4) vs. Rays (3-1)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 6
• When: 7:05 p.m.
• Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field
• Weather: 83°, clear
• Pitchers: RHP Thomas Harrington vs. RHP Shane Baz
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP 360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/866
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Rays
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Hayes strikes out. That's it. Final: Rays 7, Pirates 0
• McCutchen singles to left center
• Pham Ks on a slider.
• Bart strikes out on a 99 mph fastball.
• End of eighth inning: 4-6-3 double play for Caminero.
• RUN: Lowe singles in DeLuca through the right side. Rays, 7-0
• Diaz grounds out to first.
• DeLuca triples to the left center gap.
• Dennis Santana has entered the game.
• F7, Cruz.
• Reynolds singles into left center.
• Suwinski strikes out for the third time tonight.
• A: 10,046
• 6-3, IKF.
• End of seventh inning: Walls flies out to Cruz in right center.
• F4, Jansen.
• Really nice back-handed play by Triolo at second base. Off-balance throw gets Misner at first.
• Joey Wentz has entered the game.
• Triolo watches an 0-2 sinker. 1-2-3.
• 6-3, Hayes.
• 4-3, Valdez.
• Mason Englert has entered the game.
• Baz is done. His final line: 6 IP, 7 H, 10 K, 0 BB, 0 ER
• End of sixth inning: F3, Mead.
• Can't keep Mangum down for long. He singles into right center and Caminero advances all the way to third.
• Caminero walks on five pitches. The last one was definitely a strike.
• 4-3, Lowe.
• Diaz pops up to IKF in shallow center field.
• Caleb Ferguson has entered the game.
• Baz gets Pham with another curveball. That's strikeout No. 10 for Baz, a new career-high.
• Bart beats out an infield single.
• Cruz watches another curveball for strikeout No. 9. Barely caught the outside edge. Cruz wasn't happy.
• Another curveball strikeout for Baz. This time he gets Reynolds. He's up to eight strikeouts.
• End of fifth inning: Lawrence gets DeLuca with a nasty sweeper breaking away from him.
• Walls walks.
• Jansen Ks, Bart almost couldn't find the dropped third strike as he rolled up the third base line. Lawrence grabbed it and threw him out.
• Misner flies out to Cruz on the warning track in right center.
• Justin Lawrence has entered the game. Harrington's final line: 4 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
• Suwinski strikes out swinging on another curveball.
• 6-4 fielder's choice for IKF. Runners on first and third.
• Triolo goes the opposite way for a single.
• Hayes SINGLES off the wall in right field.
• Valdez strikes out on a changeup.
• End of fourth inning: Pham makes a nice diving catch in left field to rob Mead of a hit.
• 1-3, Mangum. That's the first time the Pirates have set him down this series.
• Caminero sends a single into left field.
• HOME RUN: Lowe connected with a sinker over the fence in right field. Rays, 6-0
• Diaz walks on an inside fastball.
• DeLuca flies out to center.
• A Pham 5-4-3 double play ends the threat, just like that.
• Bart watches a curveball for strike three.
• Cruz goes the opposite and bloops one over Caminero's head at third.
• Reynolds singles into right center.
• End of third inning: Harrington Ks up Walls with a fastball high and outside.
• Jansen flies out to IKF behind third base.
• RUN: Sac fly from Misner scores Mangum. Rays, 4-0
• Both runners advance on a wild pitch. Still no outs.
• Mead walks on five pitches.
• Mangum swipes second.
• Harrington fields his position and throws to first but Mangum is safe. He's 6-for-6 against these Buccos.
• F9, Suwinski.
• IKF with a base hit through the right side. Still early, but, IKF is hitting ... ya know what, I'm not going to go there.
• 6-4-3, Triolo. Walls made a nice backhanded stop at short to start that.
• Hayes with an infield single to third.
• End of second inning: 6-3, Caminero.
• Lowe singles to the right-center gap.
• 4-3, Diaz. Weak contact on a changeup below the zone.
• 5-3, DeLuca.
• Baz has drawn 10 swings and has gotten four whiffs, two on the fastball and two on the curveball.
• Valdez misses on another Baz curveball. 1-2-3.
• 5-3, Pham.
• Bart Ks on a 98 mph fastball.
• End of first inning: Harrington strikes out Walls with a sinker down the middle. Harrington already at 30 pitches.
• Jansen walks.
• RUN: Misner singles in Mangum and advances on a Cruz error. Rays, 3-0
• F9, Mead
• Mangum is 5-for-5 between yesterday and today.
• RUNS: Mangum sneaks one past Hayes down the left-field line. Lowe and Diaz both score. Rays, 2-0.
• Caminero flies out to the warning track in center, both runners advance.
• Harrington walks Lowe on seven pitches.
• Diaz singles on a first-pitch sinker to left field.
• Cruz goes down looking at another 1-2 curveball. 1-2-3.
• F7, Reynolds.
• Suwinski looks at a 1-2 curveball for strike three.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rays, Shane Baz to Jack Suwinski, George M. Steinbrenner Field, 7:05 p.m., 83 degrees, clear
• For Derek Shelton's visitors:
1. Jack Suwinski, RF
2. Bryan Reynolds, DH
3. Oneil Cruz, CF
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Tommy Pham, LF
6. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
7. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
8. Jared Triolo, 2B
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Kevin Cash's Rays:
1. Yandy Diaz, DH
2. Brandon Lowe, 2B
3. Junior Caminero, 3B
4. Jake Mangum, RF
5. Curtis Mead, 1B
6. Kameron Misner, LF
7. Danny Jansen, C
8. Taylor Walls, SS
9. Jonny DeLuca, CF
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