Summary
9/29/2024 12:45AM PDT
W: Paul Skenes (1-0, 0.00), L: Chris Sale (6-6, 4.30)
Game Log
Inning 1:
Pirates batting. Sale pitching. Kiner-Falefa flied out to Arcia (F6). Reynolds struck out on a fastball high and away. Cruz homered to center.* McCutchen struck out chasing a changeup high and away.
Runs: 1 Hits: 1 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 19 Runners Left On: 0
Braves batting. Skenes pitching. Soler grounded out to Cook (3U). Albies flied out to Reynolds (F7). Ozuna struck out swinging early at a slider low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 14 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 2:
Pirates batting. Bart grounded to center for a single. Gonzales was hit by a pitch. De La Cruz reached first on a fielding error by Arcia (E6). Bart advances to 3rd. Gonzales advances to 2nd. Triolo lined out to Albies (L4). Cook struck out chasing a slider low and in. Kiner-Falefa flied out to Soler (F9).
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 0 Errors: 1 Pitches: 28 Runners Left On: 3
Braves batting. Olson struck out chasing a slider low and in. Murphy grounded out to Triolo (5-3). Kelenic struck out chasing a fastball high and in.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 13 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 3:
Pirates batting. Reynolds grounded to center for a single. Cruz homered to center (398 feet). Reynolds scores. McCutchen struck out swinging early at a low slider. Beeks in bullpen. Santana in bullpen. Chavez in bullpen. Bart struck out chasing a slider low and in. Gonzales struck out chasing a low sinker.
Runs: 2 Hits: 2 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 25 Runners Left On: 0
Braves batting. Urshela struck out chasing a curveball low and away. Arcia struck out chasing a slider low and away. Harris II reached first on a fielding error by Kiner-Falefa on a deflected hit (E6). Soler struck out chasing a low curveball.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 1 Pitches: 15 Runners Left On: 1
Inning 4:
Pirates batting. De La Cruz flied out to Soler (F9). Triolo lined to right for a single. Cook grounded to right for a single (9-5). Triolo out. Chavez in bullpen. Chavez pitching. Kiner-Falefa was called out on strikes looking on a sinker low and in.
Runs: 0 Hits: 2 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 18 Runners Left On: 1
Braves batting. Albies struck out but reached first after it was dropped (E2). Ozuna grounded into a double play (5-4-3 DP). Albies out. Olson struck out chasing a slider low and in.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 1 Pitches: 11 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 5:
Pirates batting. Reynolds was called out on strikes looking on an outside slider. Cruz walked. McCutchen grounded out to Arcia (6-3). Cruz advances to 2nd. Bart flied out to Harris II (F8).
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 16 Runners Left On: 1
Braves batting. Murphy walked. Kelenic grounded into a double play (6-4-3 DP). Murphy out. Urshela struck out chasing a slider low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 12 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 6:
Pirates batting. Gonzales was called out on strikes looking on a sinker low and away. Iglesias in bullpen. De La Cruz grounded out to Albies (4-3). Triolo doubled to center. Cook grounded to center for a single. Triolo scores. Kiner-Falefa struck out chasing a sinker low and in (KD2-4). Cook out.
Runs: 1 Hits: 2 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 25 Runners Left On: 1
Braves batting. Arcia struck out swinging late at a fastball high and in. Harris II flied out to Reynolds (F7). Soler was called out on strikes looking on a fastball low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 15 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 7:
Pirates batting. Iglesias in bullpen. Iglesias pitching. Reynolds flied out to Harris II (F8). Cruz struck out chasing a slider low and in. McCutchen struck out chasing a slider low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 14 Runners Left On: 0
Braves batting. Albies struck out chasing a changeup low and away. Ozuna grounded out to Kiner-Falefa (6-3). Olson struck out chasing a slider low and in.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 13 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 8:
Pirates batting. Bart grounded out to Albies (4-3). Gonzales walked. De La Cruz struck out chasing a slider low and away. Triolo hit to center for a single. Gonzales advances to 3rd. Triolo advances to 2nd. Cook struck out swinging early at a slider low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 21 Runners Left On: 2
Braves batting. Santana in bullpen. Santana pitching. Murphy doubled to left. Kelenic was called out on strikes looking on a fastball low and away. Urshela walked. Arcia grounded to center for a single (8-2-5). Murphy out. Urshela advances to 2nd. Harris II lined out to Kiner-Falefa (L6).
Runs: 0 Hits: 2 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 26 Runners Left On: 2
Inning 9:
Pirates batting. Kiner-Falefa flied out to Harris II (F8). Reynolds grounded to center for a single. Cruz grounded to center for a single (8-5). Reynolds out. Cruz advances to 2nd. McCutchen flied out to Harris II (F8).
Runs: 0 Hits: 2 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 19 Runners Left On: 1
Braves batting. Soler grounded to third baseman for a single. Albies was called out on strikes looking on a fastball low and away. Ozuna lined out to Gonzales (L4). Olson struck out chasing an outside changeup.
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 18
Game Log Legend
Critical Play
Run Scored
Critical Situation
Simulated Play
* Go-Ahead Play
Perfect Contact Hits (Perfect-Perfect)
Cook: 105 mph (Cook grounded to center for a single. 1 RBI)
Reynolds: 106 mph (Reynolds grounded to center for a single. )
Oriole Park (20 ft elevation)
Hitting Difficulty is Veteran.
Pitching Difficulty is Veteran.
2024 Online Game
Maximum attendance: 34,038 (76% capacity)
Weather: 63 degrees, Clear
No Wind
Scheduled First Pitch: 1:00pm
Game Scores: 35 (Sale), 93 (Skenes)
UMPIRES
HP: Earl Hendricks. 1B: Woody Keller. 2B: Ed Drummond. 3B: Clyde Washington.