Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves

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Pittsburgh Pirates

71-91, 27-54 Away

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Atlanta Braves

76-86, 39-42 Home

Acuña homers and Braves end season with 4-1 win over Pirates

Braves end regular season with win over Pirates

Chris Sale (7-5) allowed one run on four hits with nine strikeouts and five walks in 5 2/3 innings after coming on in the second inning for opener Charlie Morton making possibly his final major league appearance. Raisel Iglesias earned his 22nd save of the season.

Acuña’s 21st home run was hit approximately 451 feet. Matt Olson's eighth-inning RBI single gave the Braves an insurance run and he subsequently scored on Jared Triolo's throwing error to first base.

Morton allowed two hits and a walk over 1 1/3 scoreless innings. The 41-year-old Morton, who was signed by the Braves on Sept. 22, got the start so he can potentially retire as a Brave, the team he was drafted by in 2002 and debuted for in 2008.

For the Pirates, right-handed starter Johan Oviedo (2-1) allowed two runs on three hits with three strikeouts over five innings.

Key moment The Pirates scored their run in the sixth when Bryan Reynolds hit a one-out double and Joey Bart followed with an RBI single. Bart represented the tying run but he was caught attempting to steal second base by Braves catcher Drake Baldwin. Sale struck out Alexander Canario to get out of the inning.

Key stat When Morton appeared for the Braves, he was the 71st different player used by Atlanta this season which established a major league record. The Miami Marlins and Baltimore Orioles both used 70 players in 2024.

The Pirates haven’t made the postseason since 2015 and it’s the first time the Braves have missed the playoffs since 2017.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Yorke grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Cruz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cruz hit for Canario
	9th Inning	Bart lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Kinley
	8th Inning	Kim lined out to third.

Statistics

PIT		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	6
11	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	1
143	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	11
34	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.1	Runs Created	2.9
.194	Batting Average	.214
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.393
.097	Secondary Average	.286
.265	On Base Percentage	.313
.491	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.705
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
12.0	Batter Rating	27.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.032	Isolated Power	.179
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.071
2.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
65.5	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0