Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
4
Atlanta Braves
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| ATL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
ATLANTA -- Christian Bethancourt lined Vance Worley's first pitch in the ninth inning over the right-field wall for his first career homer, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 win over the Pitts
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| 10/7/26 | vs Los Angeles Dodgers | L 1-4 | MLB |
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| 10/4/26 | @ Los Angeles Dodgers | W 3-2 | MLB |
| 10/3/26 | @ Los Angeles Dodgers | L 3-5 | MLB |
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Bethancourt homered to right (339 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Polanco singled to center, Cervelli and Mercer scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Maybin singled to center, Bethancourt scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Bethancourt singled to left, Gomes scored, Bethancourt to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
McCutchen homered to left center (412 feet), Polanco scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Freeman hit sacrifice fly to center, Maybin scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
C. Johnson homered to center (414 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
Bethancourt homered to right (339 feet).
Pitch 1: in play
Bethancourt batting
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
Harrison struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Harrison batting
Walker flied out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
Walker batting
McCutchen flied out to center.
Pitch 1: in play
McCutchen batting
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
Gomes struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Gomes batting
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PIT wins series 2-1
Cameron MaybinCF15
Andrelton SimmonsSS19
Freddie Freeman1B5
Nick MarkakisRF22
Chris Johnson3B92
Juan Uribe3B4
Jonny GomesLF31
Christian BethancourtC60
Julio TeheranP49
Pedro Ciriaco2B15
Jim JohnsonP33
Jason GrilliP37
Gregory PolancoRF25
Starling MarteLF0
Andrew McCutchenCF4
Neil Walker2B12
Josh Harrison3B4
Pedro Alvarez1B24
Francisco CervelliC29
Jordy MercerSS27
Jeff LockeP31
Vance WorleyP45
Antonio BastardoP58
Jung Ho KangPH16
Jared HughesP35
Sean Rodriguez3B13
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