• Who: Pirates (11-9) vs. Yankees (10-9) • When: 1:05 p.m. • What: Grapefruit League exhibition • Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field • Weather: 81°, mostly cloudy • Pitchers: RHP Carson Fulmer vs. RHP Cam Schlittler • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio:Pirates Radio Network • Satellite: SiriusXM 178/861/859 • Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Ellis then hits a soft ground ball to the left of the mound. Flowers collides with Severino as he tries to throw to first.
• Williams is really smooth at shortstop, fields on easily near the bag and throws Rodriguez out at first.
• HOME RUN:Dominic Smith crushes a ball over the right field wall on an 0-2 fastball in on his hands. PIRATES, 4-3.
• Nick Solak tracks down a Rumfield fly out in shallow right field near the foul line for the first out of the inning.
• J.C. Flowers III is in to close this one out for the Pirates.
• HOME RUN:Darick Hall does it again! He sends a shot over the right field wall to break the tie. He caught an 0-1 sinker down in the zone and sent it 378 feet with a 106.4 exit velocity. PIRATES, 4-2.
• Nick Solak then beats out a possible double play ball at first base to keep the inning alive. Hall steps into the box.
• Jason Delay walks on six pitches. Was ahead 3-0 before back-to-back strike calls.
• Bae sends a deep fly ball to the warning track in right center for the first out. Caught an 0-2 slider up in the zone.
• A fly out to Darick Hall in foul territory concludes the eighth inning. We're still tied at two heading into the ninth.
• Mattson having a really nice outing. He's in his second inning of work and has one walk but four strikeouts. Just got George Lombard Jr. to roll over on a ground out to Alika Williams at short.
• De Los Santos makes quick work of three Pirates hitters and we move into the bottom half of the eighth.
• Yerry De Los Santos enters the game for the Yankees and he immediately gets Bryce Johnson to ground out to first base, followed by another Pham 6-3 groundout.
• Mattson records all three of his outs via strikeout. He gets Bellinger swinging out a four-seam fastball up in the zone.
• Off day for Judge today, he's struck out three times. Mattson gets him swing on a changeup just outside the left corner of the zone.
• After striking out Peraza, Mattson walks Wells on six pitches.
• Isaac Mattson is now in the game for the Pirates.
• Yorke stands Triolo at second with a fly out to Judge in right.
• Triolo walks and advances to second on an errant pickoff attempt before Davis and Cook pop out in back-to-back at-bats.
• Wilking Rodriguez in the game for the Yankees.
• Wentz gets out of it and strikes out Smith to end the threat. Big outing for Wentz. On to the seventh.
• Wentz strikes out Volpe on a cutter way out of the zone and then walks Grisham to load the bases.
• Chisholm drops a bunt down in front of Davis and he's thrown out at first but both runners advance with just one out. The infield is now in for Volpe.
• After walking twice, Goldschmidt sends one out to Ji Hwan Bae in left field to put runners on first and second.
• He sends one past a diving Yorke at second and into right field.
• Wentz is in for another inning of work as Bellinger steps into the box.
• IKF then strikes out on a six-pitch at bat.
• Bart flies out to center field and Palacios follows it up with a ground out. Two away for Luke Weaver.
• Solid inning of work for Wentz as he sets down Judge on three straight pitches and finishes him with a mid-90s fastball up in the zone.
• Triolo then takes a few steps backward on a ground ball from Wells and fields it cleanly before tossing it to Wentz for the out.
• Wentz gets Peraza swinging after an eight-pitch at-bat with a four-seam fastball right down the middle of the plate.
• Joey Wentz is now in for the Pirates.
• Pham flies out to right field and strands two runners.
• Frazier walks on four straight pitches and that's it for Schlittler. It's Zach Greene out of the bullpen.
• Schlittler was keeping Cook honest at first base and threw over a few times before Cook finally took off and swiped second.
• Yorke watches an 0-2 curveball at the bottom of the zone.
• Cook walks on four straight pitches to reach base for the first time today and turn it over to the top of the order.
• The ball spins off of Davis' bat right in front of the plate and it's a 2-3 putout.
• Smith sends a ground ball right to IKF, who was shaded to the right side of second base. He bobbles the ground ball at first but recovers and fires a strike to first.
• Mayza gets Grisham looking with a sinker that catches the bottom left corner of the strike zone. Great location there by Mayza.
• Volpe sends Cook running to the warning track again, this time it was more of the right-center variety, in the ballpark nonetheless.
• Triolo is then first-pitch swinging on a shot to Bellinger in left field.
• 6-3 groundout for IKF. That came after a Palacios strikeout.
• Chisholm then sends Cook all the way to the wall in center field before reeling it in.
• Goldschmidt draws his second walk of the day, a seven-pitch at-bat against Mayza.
• Fulmer also gets Bellinger on a cutter down and outside zone. It looks like he's done for the day as Tim Mayza enters from the bullpen.
• Fulmer strikes out Judge for his first out of the third inning. Davis squeezed a foul tip on an inside changeup.
• Bart lines out to Volpe at shortstop and strands Yorke at third.
• Pham pops out to Judge in shallow right field, but it's not deep enough for Yorke to even consider going home.
• Yorke moves to third on contact, but it's a 6-3 groundout for Frazier.
• A wild pitch allows him to move up to second.
• Yorke makes decent contact (85.7 exit velocity) in his second at bat and sends one out to shallow left field.
• Strike 'em out, throw 'em out. Fulmer gets Wells swinging on a sinker below the zone and Davis guns down Peraza at second.
• A slow double play develops there on a ground ball to Frazier at third, they get Smith at second but Peraza is safe at first. Looked like Frazier struggled to find the ball in his glove.
• Dominic Smith pokes a 1-2 fastball up in the zone to right field for the Yankees' fourth hit of the game.
• HOME RUN: Trent Grisham sends a 2-2 over the wall in the right field corner. TIED, 2-2.
• Davis pops up to third base and Cook strikes out swinging.
• RUNS: Chisholm looked a little indecisive on a ground ball there. Tagged out IKF at second and recorded an errant throw to first. Triolo moved to second, Palacios and Bart both score. PIRATES, 2-0.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa then squeaks ne through the infield to load the bases for Triolo.
• Palacios then hits a soft shot into left field. Two on, no outs.
• Bart walks to start the second, four straight misses for Schlittler.
• 6-3 groundout for Volpe.
• Chisholm grounds out to Triolo at first base and Bellinger moves over to third.
• Fulmer hands out a free pass to Goldschmidt. Nothing close there. Four straight balls low and outside the zone.
• RUN: Cody Bellinger trades places with Wells a ropes a low fastball into the right field corner. YANKEES, 1-0.
• Judge flies out to Palacios in left field for the first out.
• Wells starts this one off with a double into the right center gap. Fulmer grooved a fastball and I wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot of that today. Not the greatest pitching lineup for the Pirates today.
• Tommy Pham then hits a 6-3 groundout. Quick inning for the Pirates.
• Frazier has another long at-bat, seven pitches, before striking out on a fastball at the bottom of the zone.
• Decent at-bat from Yorke to start off this one, he battles to a 3-2 count and then fouls off two before grounding out to first. It was a nine-pitch at-bat.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Yankees, Cam Schlittler to Nick Yorke, George M. Steinbrenner Field, 1:07 p.m., 83 degrees, partly cloudy
• Cool moment before the game, Joe Torre delivered the Yankees' lineup to the umpires.
• Tim Mayza and Joey Wentz are also expected to pitch today. I would assume that means we're going to get a heavy dose of minor league pitching today.
• We get Nick Yorke hitting in the leadoff spot, Jared Triolo back at first, Henry Davis behind the dish and Tommy Pham in right field. Also, Adam Frazier is at third.
• Pirates lineup:
• Yankees lineup:
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Greg Macafee
18 hours ago - 03.16.2025Tampa, Fla.Final: Pirates 4, Yankees 3
• Who: Pirates (11-9) vs. Yankees (10-9)
• When: 1:05 p.m.
• What: Grapefruit League exhibition
• Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field
• Weather: 81°, mostly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Carson Fulmer vs. RHP Cam Schlittler
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Satellite: SiriusXM 178/861/859
• Boxscore: MLB.com
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Ellis then hits a soft ground ball to the left of the mound. Flowers collides with Severino as he tries to throw to first.
• Williams is really smooth at shortstop, fields on easily near the bag and throws Rodriguez out at first.
• HOME RUN: Dominic Smith crushes a ball over the right field wall on an 0-2 fastball in on his hands. PIRATES, 4-3.
• Nick Solak tracks down a Rumfield fly out in shallow right field near the foul line for the first out of the inning.
• J.C. Flowers III is in to close this one out for the Pirates.
• HOME RUN: Darick Hall does it again! He sends a shot over the right field wall to break the tie. He caught an 0-1 sinker down in the zone and sent it 378 feet with a 106.4 exit velocity. PIRATES, 4-2.
• Nick Solak then beats out a possible double play ball at first base to keep the inning alive. Hall steps into the box.
• Jason Delay walks on six pitches. Was ahead 3-0 before back-to-back strike calls.
• Bae sends a deep fly ball to the warning track in right center for the first out. Caught an 0-2 slider up in the zone.
• A fly out to Darick Hall in foul territory concludes the eighth inning. We're still tied at two heading into the ninth.
• Mattson having a really nice outing. He's in his second inning of work and has one walk but four strikeouts. Just got George Lombard Jr. to roll over on a ground out to Alika Williams at short.
• De Los Santos makes quick work of three Pirates hitters and we move into the bottom half of the eighth.
• Yerry De Los Santos enters the game for the Yankees and he immediately gets Bryce Johnson to ground out to first base, followed by another Pham 6-3 groundout.
• Mattson records all three of his outs via strikeout. He gets Bellinger swinging out a four-seam fastball up in the zone.
• Off day for Judge today, he's struck out three times. Mattson gets him swing on a changeup just outside the left corner of the zone.
• After striking out Peraza, Mattson walks Wells on six pitches.
• Isaac Mattson is now in the game for the Pirates.
• Yorke stands Triolo at second with a fly out to Judge in right.
• Triolo walks and advances to second on an errant pickoff attempt before Davis and Cook pop out in back-to-back at-bats.
• Wilking Rodriguez in the game for the Yankees.
• Wentz gets out of it and strikes out Smith to end the threat. Big outing for Wentz. On to the seventh.
• Wentz strikes out Volpe on a cutter way out of the zone and then walks Grisham to load the bases.
• Chisholm drops a bunt down in front of Davis and he's thrown out at first but both runners advance with just one out. The infield is now in for Volpe.
• After walking twice, Goldschmidt sends one out to Ji Hwan Bae in left field to put runners on first and second.
• He sends one past a diving Yorke at second and into right field.
• Wentz is in for another inning of work as Bellinger steps into the box.
• IKF then strikes out on a six-pitch at bat.
• Bart flies out to center field and Palacios follows it up with a ground out. Two away for Luke Weaver.
• Solid inning of work for Wentz as he sets down Judge on three straight pitches and finishes him with a mid-90s fastball up in the zone.
• Triolo then takes a few steps backward on a ground ball from Wells and fields it cleanly before tossing it to Wentz for the out.
• Wentz gets Peraza swinging after an eight-pitch at-bat with a four-seam fastball right down the middle of the plate.
• Joey Wentz is now in for the Pirates.
• Pham flies out to right field and strands two runners.
• Frazier walks on four straight pitches and that's it for Schlittler. It's Zach Greene out of the bullpen.
• Schlittler was keeping Cook honest at first base and threw over a few times before Cook finally took off and swiped second.
• Yorke watches an 0-2 curveball at the bottom of the zone.
• Cook walks on four straight pitches to reach base for the first time today and turn it over to the top of the order.
• The ball spins off of Davis' bat right in front of the plate and it's a 2-3 putout.
• Smith sends a ground ball right to IKF, who was shaded to the right side of second base. He bobbles the ground ball at first but recovers and fires a strike to first.
• Mayza gets Grisham looking with a sinker that catches the bottom left corner of the strike zone. Great location there by Mayza.
• Volpe sends Cook running to the warning track again, this time it was more of the right-center variety, in the ballpark nonetheless.
• Triolo is then first-pitch swinging on a shot to Bellinger in left field.
• 6-3 groundout for IKF. That came after a Palacios strikeout.
• Chisholm then sends Cook all the way to the wall in center field before reeling it in.
• Goldschmidt draws his second walk of the day, a seven-pitch at-bat against Mayza.
• Fulmer also gets Bellinger on a cutter down and outside zone. It looks like he's done for the day as Tim Mayza enters from the bullpen.
• Fulmer strikes out Judge for his first out of the third inning. Davis squeezed a foul tip on an inside changeup.
• Bart lines out to Volpe at shortstop and strands Yorke at third.
• Pham pops out to Judge in shallow right field, but it's not deep enough for Yorke to even consider going home.
• Yorke moves to third on contact, but it's a 6-3 groundout for Frazier.
• A wild pitch allows him to move up to second.
• Yorke makes decent contact (85.7 exit velocity) in his second at bat and sends one out to shallow left field.
• Strike 'em out, throw 'em out. Fulmer gets Wells swinging on a sinker below the zone and Davis guns down Peraza at second.
• A slow double play develops there on a ground ball to Frazier at third, they get Smith at second but Peraza is safe at first. Looked like Frazier struggled to find the ball in his glove.
• Dominic Smith pokes a 1-2 fastball up in the zone to right field for the Yankees' fourth hit of the game.
• HOME RUN: Trent Grisham sends a 2-2 over the wall in the right field corner. TIED, 2-2.
• Davis pops up to third base and Cook strikes out swinging.
• RUNS: Chisholm looked a little indecisive on a ground ball there. Tagged out IKF at second and recorded an errant throw to first. Triolo moved to second, Palacios and Bart both score. PIRATES, 2-0.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa then squeaks ne through the infield to load the bases for Triolo.
• Palacios then hits a soft shot into left field. Two on, no outs.
• Bart walks to start the second, four straight misses for Schlittler.
• 6-3 groundout for Volpe.
• Chisholm grounds out to Triolo at first base and Bellinger moves over to third.
• Fulmer hands out a free pass to Goldschmidt. Nothing close there. Four straight balls low and outside the zone.
• RUN: Cody Bellinger trades places with Wells a ropes a low fastball into the right field corner. YANKEES, 1-0.
• Judge flies out to Palacios in left field for the first out.
• Wells starts this one off with a double into the right center gap. Fulmer grooved a fastball and I wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot of that today. Not the greatest pitching lineup for the Pirates today.
• Tommy Pham then hits a 6-3 groundout. Quick inning for the Pirates.
• Frazier has another long at-bat, seven pitches, before striking out on a fastball at the bottom of the zone.
• Decent at-bat from Yorke to start off this one, he battles to a 3-2 count and then fouls off two before grounding out to first. It was a nine-pitch at-bat.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Yankees, Cam Schlittler to Nick Yorke, George M. Steinbrenner Field, 1:07 p.m., 83 degrees, partly cloudy
• Cool moment before the game, Joe Torre delivered the Yankees' lineup to the umpires.
• Tim Mayza and Joey Wentz are also expected to pitch today. I would assume that means we're going to get a heavy dose of minor league pitching today.
• We get Nick Yorke hitting in the leadoff spot, Jared Triolo back at first, Henry Davis behind the dish and Tommy Pham in right field. Also, Adam Frazier is at third.
• Pirates lineup:
• Yankees lineup:
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