Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins

Mar 28, 2025, 11:10 PM · Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

1-1, 1-1 Away

Final
4 - 3

Miami Marlins

1-1, 1-1 Home

Cruz hits 2-run homer, McCutchen adds an RBI double to lead Pirates past Marlins 4-3

Cruz walked to lead off the fourth inning, stole second base and advanced to third on an error. Joey Bart walked before Andrew McCutcheon hit a double to left, driving in Cruz. Bart scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Frazier to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.

David Bednar came on to pitch for the Pirates in the bottom of the ninth and walked Matt Mervis before Otto Lopez hit a two-run home run to make it a one-run game. Bednar got consecutive groundouts before striking out Hill to end it.

Frazier made his first start for the Pirates since July 25, 2021, filling in at second base for Nick Gonzales (ankle), who was put on the 10-day IL earlier Friday.

Derek Hill scored on a double to right by Graham Pauley in the bottom of the fifth to make it 4-1.

Miami's Liam Hicks made his first MLB start at catcher. The 25-year-old was the second pick in the Rule 5 draft in December.

Key moment Tommy Pham reached on an error and stole second base before Cruz hit a line drive down the line in left that slipped just inside the foul pole to give the Pirates a 4-0 lead in the top of the fifth.

Key stat The Marlins went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position.

Up next RHP Bailey Falter, who set career highs across the board in his first full season in the majors in 2024, starts for the Pirates, and 25-year-old right-hander Valente Bellozo goes for the Marlins on Saturday in the third game of the four-game opening series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hill struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hicks grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Myers grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Lopez homered to center (418 feet), Mervis scored.
	9th Inning	Mervis walked.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Borucki

Statistics

PIT		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
6	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	11
39	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.9	Runs Created	2.7
.212	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.355
.333	Secondary Average	.226
.308	On Base Percentage	.294
.641	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.649
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
3.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
30.0	Batter Rating	24.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.66
.121	Isolated Power	.129
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.0	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0