Pittsburgh Pirates at Cleveland Guardians

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Pittsburgh Pirates

51-48, 24-24 Away

Final
3 - 5

Cleveland Guardians

52-47, 25-23 Home

Bazzana hits 2-run homer in 9th to rally Guardians to 5-3 victory over Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

The Pirates won the first game 7-1.

Patrick Bailey led off the ninth with a single to right, Steven Kwan followed with a double down the left-field line. Bailey tried to score from first but was tagged out at home by Pittsburgh catcher Rafael Flores Jr. after the relay throw by third baseman Nick Gonzales.

Bazzana — the top overall pick in the 2024 amateur draft — then connected on a 1-0 changeup by Dennis Santana (2-5) and drove it 414 feet for his eighth homer of the season and give Cleveland its fourth walk-off win of the season.

Cade Smith (3-1), the Guardians' seventh pitcher of the night, got the win after retiring the Pirates in order in the ninth. Kwan had three hits.

Pittsburgh jumped out to a 3-0 lead after four innings, which included an improbable RBI double by Esmerlyn Valdez in the third. With one out and a runner on second, Valdez hit a towering fly ball to shallow center. Outfielder Petey Halpin lost the ball in the lights and hazy conditions as Cleveland was still dealing with smoke from wildfires in Canada.

The ball landed in right center and was picked up by right fielder David Fry. Gonzales beat the throw home to make it 2-0. According to Statcast, the ball reached an apex of 204 feet and had a hang time of 7.4 seconds.

Cleveland tied it in the eighth with three runs. Chase DeLauter's base hit to right drove in Kwan, Brayan Rocchio scored on a wild pitch and DeLauter scored on Kahlil Watson's single to right.

Up next NL All-Star Paul Skenes (8-3, 3.57 ERA) goes for Pittsburgh. Cleveland will go with lefty Joey Cantillo (8-4, 3.56 ERA) in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bazzana homered to center (414 feet), Kwan scored.
	9th Inning	Kwan doubled to left, Bailey thrown out at home.
	9th Inning	Bailey singled to right.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Soto
	9th Inning	Gonzalez at shortstop.
	9th Inning	Mangum grounded out to second.

Statistics

PIT		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	10
10	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	2
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	4
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	16
37	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
3.1	Runs Created	6.1
.194	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.485
.258	Secondary Average	.333
.297	On Base Percentage	.405
.588	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.890
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
22.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.097	Isolated Power	.152
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.135	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
5.0	Runs Produced	9.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
71.8	MLB Rating	88.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0