Tampa Bay Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Tampa Bay Rays

11-8, 7-6 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

12-8, 7-4 Home

Cruz hits 2-run HR, Chandler gives up 1 run in 6 innings, Pirates beat Rays 5-1

Spencer Horwitz with a hit vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Bubba Chandler (1-1) allowed a run and three hits over six innings. Mason Montgomery, Gregory Soto and Dennis Santana each pitched an inning of scoreless relief.

Marcell Ozuna and Spencer Horwitz each had three hits.

Ozuna led off the second inning with a single and opened the scoring when Horwitz doubled. Konnor Griffin followed with a single, but left fielder Chandler Simpson's throw home, though off line, gave catcher Nick Fortes enough time to apply the tag as Horwitz tried to score from second.

The Pirates have outscored their opponents 23-1 in the second inning this season, the best run differential in any inning by an MLB team this season. Pittsburgh’s best run differential during any inning in 2025 was a plus-19 (71-52), also in the second inning.

Rays starter Nick Martinez (0-1), who went winless with a 2.41 ERA in his first four starts this season, gave up two runs in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed eight hits, walked three and had three strikeouts.

Simpson singled with two out, advanced to second on a wild pitch by Chandler and scored the Rays' only run when Junior Caminero singled.

Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes received his 2025 National League Cy Young award, which was presented by Doug Drabek, before the game. Skenes had a major league-best 1.97 ERA and 216 strikeouts in 187 2/3 innings last season. Skenes, Drabek (1990) and Vernon Law (1960) are the only Pirates players to win the award.

Up next Skenes (3-1, 4.00 ERA) is set to start Saturday against Drew Rasmussen (1-0, 1.13) in the second of a three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mullins fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Williamson walked.
	9th Inning	Fraley flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Díaz doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Aranda struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Soto

Statistics

TB		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	13
6	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	17
34	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
1.0	Runs Created	7.7
.156	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.515
.125	Secondary Average	.394
.206	On Base Percentage	.421
.393	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.936
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.0
12.0	Batter Rating	42.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.031	Isolated Power	.182
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
64.5	MLB Rating	92.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0