MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves

· Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
70-90, 26-53 Away
Final
9 - 3
Atlanta Braves
75-85, 38-41 Home

Spencer Horwitz hits 2 HRs, drives in 4 runs as Pirates beat Braves 9-3

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

Nick Gonzales, Bryan Reynolds, Nick Yorke and Henry Davis each had two of Pittsburgh's 14 hits.

Matt Olson and Michael Harris II, who added a double, homered for the Braves. Ronald Acuña Jr. had three hits.

Horwitz walked to lead off the second and two pitches later Pham homered off Braves stater Joey Wentz (5-7) make it 2-1.

Horwitz homered to make it 5-2 with two out in the seventh before a rain delay that lasted about 50 minutes, and his three-run home run highlighted Pittsburgh's four-run ninth.

Pirates starter Mitch Keller gave up a run before reliever Yohan Ramírez (3-3) came on with runners on first and second with two out in the third. Ramírez retired Olson, the only batter he faced, on a third-strike foul tip.

Wentz allowed four runs and eight hits in four innings.

The Braves, who lost 4-3 to Washington on Wednesday before a day off on Thursday, have lost back-to-back games following a 10-game win streak.

Key moment After Pham's homer, Yorke singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored when Davis singled. Davis stole second before Gonzales hit an RBI single to make it 4-1.

Key stats The Braves were 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners stranded.

Up next Atlanta's Spencer Strider (7-13, 4.45 ERA) is expected to start Saturday against Bubba Chandler (3-1, 4.56) in the second of a three-game series to end the season.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Acuña Jr. fouled out to first.
9th Inning Olson grounded out to third.
9th Inning Profar grounded out to pitcher.
9th Inning Santana relieved Nicolas
9th Inning Suwinski grounded out to first.
9th Inning Pham struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
15 Ground Balls 8
7 Strikeouts 9
8 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
14 Hits 8
1 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
9 Runs 3
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
40 At Bats 34
3 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
20 Runners Left On Base 19
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 2
18 Fly Balls 17
0 Caught Stealing 0
178 Pitches 169
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
24 Total Bases 16
43 Plate Appearances 39
486.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
4 Extra Base Hits 4
8.8 Runs Created 5.2
.350 Batting Average .235
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.600 Slugging Percentage .471
.350 Secondary Average .382
.395 On Base Percentage .333
.995 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .804
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
8.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.2
60.0 Batter Rating 30.0
13.3 At Bats Per Home Run 17.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.14 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.33
.250 Isolated Power .235
0.43 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.56
.070 Walks Per Plate Appearance .128
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .147
17.0 Runs Produced 6.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.3
106.8 MLB Rating 81.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Truist Park

Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 34,500 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 97 65 .599 - W1
Chicago 92 70 .568 5 W3
Cincinnati 83 79 .512 14 L1
St. Louis 78 84 .481 19 L4
Pittsburgh 71 91 .438 26 L1

2025 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 96 66 .593 - W1
New York 83 79 .512 13 L1
Miami 79 83 .488 17 W1
Atlanta 76 86 .469 20 W1
Washington 66 96 .407 30 L1
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