MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
10-15, 4-8 Away
Final
3 - 0
Los Angeles Angels
11-12, 4-4 Home

Cruz blasts 463-foot homer, Heaney retires first 13 batters, and Pirates shut down Angels 3-0

Oneil Cruz connects on an astounding 463-foot HR for Pirates

Heaney (2-1) struck out nine and allowed just one hit in six innings for his first win at Angel Stadium since being traded by Los Angeles in February.

Heaney struck out the first six batters he faced. He retired the side in order in the third and added two strikeouts in the fourth.

Travis d’Arnaud got the Angels' first hit in the fifth with a one-out double down the left-field line. Their second hit came with one out in the ninth before Dennis Santana earned his third save by getting Mike Trout to pop out.

Trout, who went 0 for 3 with a walk in the series opener, struck out three times for Los Angeles, which has lost seven of its last nine games.

Pittsburgh won its first road series of the season after a 9-3 victory Tuesday in the opener.

Bryan Reynolds hit a fly ball to right to drive in a run for his team-leading 13th RBI of the season.

Cruz added his sixth home run of the season in the fifth — the fifth home run allowed by Jack Kochanowicz this season in 25 innings. Cruz has 12 RBI.

Kochanowicz (1-3) allowed eight hits and two earned runs in six innings.

The Angels turned three double plays and their 27 this season are the most in MLB.

Key moment Tommy Pham singled up the middle for an insurance run in the ninth after Adam Frazier's leadoff single and steal.

Key stat Trout has the longest home run in the majors this season at 484 feet, followed by Aaron Judge at 468 and Christian Yelich 465. Cruz moved past Kyle Schwarber's 462.

Up next The Pirates will start RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 7.41 ERA) in the series finale. The Angels will counter with LHP Tyler Anderson (2-0, 2.08 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Trout flied out to left.
9th Inning Neto grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Soler doubled to left.
9th Inning Adell struck out looking.
9th Inning Santana relieved Ferguson
9th Inning Reynolds grounded out to pitcher.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
16 Ground Balls 8
8 Strikeouts 12
3 Runs Batted In 0
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 2
2 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 0
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 0
3 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
34 At Bats 30
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
14 Runners Left On Base 7
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 2
11 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 0
136 Pitches 140
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
1 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
14 Total Bases 4
38 Plate Appearances 30
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
1 Extra Base Hits 2
4.8 Runs Created -1.3
.324 Batting Average .067
1.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.412 Slugging Percentage .133
.206 Secondary Average .067
.368 On Base Percentage .067
.780 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .200
1.5 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
4.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs -1.3
28.0 Batter Rating 6.0
34.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.58 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.67
.088 Isolated Power .067
0.25 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.00
.053 Walks Per Plate Appearance .000
-.118 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
6.0 Runs Produced 0.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.1
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.1
83.8 MLB Rating 55.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Angel Stadium

Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 31,256 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Chicago 17 10 .630 - W3
Cincinnati 13 13 .500 3.5 W2
Milwaukee 13 14 .481 4 L3
St. Louis 11 15 .423 5.5 W1
Pittsburgh 11 16 .407 6 W1

2025 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Texas 15 11 .577 - W1
Seattle 14 12 .538 1 L1
Houston 13 12 .520 1.5 L1
Athletics 13 13 .500 2 W3
Los Angeles 12 13 .480 2.5 L1
Full Standings