Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

65-70, 31-38 Away

Final
0 - 3

San Diego Padres

72-62, 41-28 Home

Merrill, Vásquez lead the Padres to a 3-0 victory over the Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

The Padres remained in possession of the National League's third wild-card spot, one game ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks. San Diego has won 12 of 17 and 22 of 31.

Merrill doubled to right with one out in the second off Bubba Chandler and scored on Luis Rengifo's single to right.

Manny Machado reached on third baseman Nick Gonzales' throwing error with one out in the fourth and came around on Merrill's triple to the right-field wall, sliding in headfirst and dragging his left hand across the plate.

Jake Cronenworth hit an RBI double in the eighth. Merrill drew an 11-pitch walk with two outs to load the bases before Jase Bowen flied out.

Vásquez retired his first nine batters before loading the bases with two outs in the fourth. He struck out Nick Gonzales to end it after catcher Freddy Fermin challenged a ball call that was overturned by the ABS system.

The right-hander held the Pirates to one hit in five innings, with two strikeouts and two walks. He has four wins and a no-decision in his last five starts. His previous high for victories in a season was six in 2025.

Griffin Canning got out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh.

Bradgley Rodriguez pitched the final two innings for his second save. It was San Diego's 10th shutout.

The Pirates stranded 10 runners and were 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position.

Chandler (6-9) allowed two runs, one earned, and four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked two.

Up next Pirates RHP Jared Jones (2-5, 4.76 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at St. Louis.

The Padres haven't announced starter for the opener of a three-game series Friday night at Tampa Bay.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Horwitz popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Triolo grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Flores Jr. lined out to left.
	8th Inning	Bowen flied out to center.
	8th Inning	Murdock relieved Yates
	8th Inning	Merrill walked, France to second, Machado to third.

Statistics

PIT		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
27	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	1
152	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	11
37	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
1.4	Runs Created	3.4
.156	Batting Average	.241
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.156	Slugging Percentage	.379
.125	Secondary Average	.276
.270	On Base Percentage	.333
.427	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.713
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
5.0	Batter Rating	26.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.000	Isolated Power	.138
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
0.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
61.8	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0