Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets

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Pittsburgh Pirates

15-29, 6-16 Away

Final
4 - 0

New York Mets

28-16, 17-5 Home

Pirates hit 2 homers off Holmes and blank Mets 4-0 to prevent 3-game sweep

A raccoon infiltrates Citi Field in the 7th inning

Five pitchers combined on a six-hitter as the last-place Pirates (15-29) won for the fourth time in 17 games to prevent a series sweep. They're 3-3 under Don Kelly, promoted from bench coach to manager when Derek Shelton was fired last week.

Rookie right-hander Chase Shugart (2-3) tossed 2 1/3 innings in relief of wild starter Bailey Falter for his second career win. It was the fourth shutout this year for Pittsburgh, which has gone a franchise-record 20 games in a row without scoring more than four runs.

With slugger Juan Soto getting his first night off this season, the NL East-leading Mets were blanked for the second time. Next stop, a weekend Subway Series against the crosstown-rival Yankees — with both New York teams in first place.

Facing his original major league club, Holmes (5-2) gave up homers to Gorski with rain falling in the second and then Triolo in the fifth. The converted reliever had won three straight starts and five consecutive decisions.

The first pitch was delayed 15 minutes because of wet weather.

Pittsburgh center fielder Oneil Cruz missed his fourth straight game with lower back tightness. He remains day-to-day but is getting a lot better, Kelly said.

Key moments Falter walked four of his first 10 batters and five overall in 3 2/3 innings. But he left the bases loaded by striking out Luis Torrens in the first. Shugart entered with the bags full again in the fourth and retired José Azócar to end the inning.

Key stat Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds, a two-time All-Star with a $106.75 million contract, is mired in an 0-for-21 slump. He has two hits in his last 45 at-bats, dropping his season average to .194.

Up next Pirates: Following a day off, Pittsburgh opens a three-game series in Philadelphia with LHP Andrew Heaney (2-3, 3.15 ERA) on the mound Friday night against Phillies LHP Ranger Suárez (1-0, 5.91).

Mets: RHP Tylor Megill (3-3, 3.10 ERA) pitches Friday night at Yankee Stadium against LHP Carlos Rodón (4-3, 3.29).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Acuña flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Baty flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Torrens fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Marte singled to left.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Bednar
	9th Inning	Frazier struck out swinging.

Statistics

PIT		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	6
4	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	6
37	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
4.2	Runs Created	2.0
.257	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.200
.229	Secondary Average	.167
.297	On Base Percentage	.314
.726	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.514
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.1
31.0	Batter Rating	6.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.20
.171	Isolated Power	.000
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
8.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.8	MLB Rating	64.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0