Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

9-15, 3-8 Away

Final
9 - 3

Los Angeles Angels

11-11, 4-3 Home

McCutchen hits 3-run homer, Pirates get 18 hits for first time since 2023 and beat Angels 9-3

Taylor Ward bashes a homer for the Angels

Bryan Reynolds and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each had three hits with two RBI as the Pirates won the opener of a three-game series. The 18 hits were the Pirates' most since April 19, 2023, at Colorado, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Pirates starter Bailey Falter left after four innings with lower back tightness.

Chase Shugart (1-0) pitched two hitless innings with three strikeouts to win his first major league decision as the Pirates improved to 9-15.

Taylor Ward homered and Jo Adell had an RBI double for the Angels, who lost for the sixth time in eight games and dropped back to .500 at 11-11.

José Soriano (2-3) allowed five runs and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings, one start after giving up a career-high 10 hits at Texas.

Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on RBI singles from Joey Bart and Ke’Bryan Hayes. Ward hit his sixth home run in the bottom half and McCutchen hit his 321st homer in the bottom half for a 5-1 lead.

Key Moment Falter struck out Kyren Paris to strand a runner at second base in the fourth, his final batter.

Key Stat McCutchen’s 237th career home runs with the Pirates moved him three behind Roberto Clemente for third place, Willie Stargell leads with 475, followed by Ralph Kiner with 301.

Up Next Pirates LHP Andrew Heaney (1-1, 2.13 ERA) starts Wednesday night against his former team, which sends RHP Jack Kochanowicz (1-2, 6.20) to the mound.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Adell flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Schanuel grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Borucki relieved Santana
	9th Inning	Triolo flied out to left.
	9th Inning	McCutchen flied out to right.

Statistics

PIT		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
22	Ground Balls	7
6	Strikeouts	12
9	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
18	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	3
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
42	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
26	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
197	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
23	Total Bases	10
49	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
10.2	Runs Created	2.0
.429	Batting Average	.161
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.548	Slugging Percentage	.323
.286	Secondary Average	.226
.510	On Base Percentage	.206
1.058	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.528
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
10.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
61.0	Batter Rating	24.0
42.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.02	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.119	Isolated Power	.161
1.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
-.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
18.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
112.3	MLB Rating	71.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0