Colorado Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Colorado Rockies

37-93, 16-48 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

56-74, 38-30 Home

Pirates beat Rockies 5-1 with 2-run home runs from McCutchen and Triolo

Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle spoiled the shutout with a ninth-inning home run.

McCutchen opened the scoring in the second with his 12th home run of the season, pulling it just inside the left-field foul pole.

Triolo hit his home run an inning later to make it 4-0. He added a triple in the fourth and scored on Bryan Reynolds's double. The 2-for-4 game lifted his batting average above .200 for the first time this season, and he finished the day with a .205 average.

Doyle hit a two-out, solo home run. He entered with the third-highest OPS in baseball in August, behind Shohei Ohtani (1.221) and Brice Turang (1.190).

Rookie Mike Burrows led the Pirates pitching staff with four shutout innings of two-hit, five-strikeout ball. He was pulled after 57 pitches.

Burrows underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2023, and has pitched more innings (77 2/3) this season than any in his career since he was drafted out of high school in the 11th round in 2018.

Carmen Mlodzinski (3-7) got the win with two shutout innings in relief of Burrows.

Colorado's Kyle Freeland (3-13) allowed five runs and seven hits over five innings. He struck out six.

Key moment McCutchen's home run gave the Pirates a lead they never relinquished. It was his first since Aug. 1, which also came against the Rockies.

Key stat Freeland's loss tied him with Arizona’s Zac Gallen (9-13) for the third-most in the majors. Only Washington’s Mitchell Parker (7-14) and fellow Colorado starter Antonio Senzatela (4-15) have more.

Up next The Rockies have yet to announce a starter for Sunday’s game. MLB ERA leader Paul Skenes (7-9, 2.16) is scheduled to start for the Pirates.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fernández struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Karros singled to right.
	9th Inning	Doyle homered to center (412 feet).
	9th Inning	Tovar flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Beck struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramírez relieved Holderman

Statistics

COL		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
13	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
150	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	21
35	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
2.3	Runs Created	7.8
.182	Batting Average	.344
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.656
.182	Secondary Average	.406
.229	On Base Percentage	.417
.532	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.073
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.6
16.0	Batter Rating	43.5
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.121	Isolated Power	.313
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
67.8	MLB Rating	94.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0