Nationals vs. Pirates Game 2 Highlights (9/7/24) | MLB Highlights

with a curly W already in the books it's game two of this split day night double header between the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates and Dylan Cruz with his performance in game one only 10 times in Nationals history as a rookie recorded two extra base hits and a stolen base in a single game he's in the lineup for two games today starting game two tonight in center field as Jacob young gets a breather and for the right-hander Mitch Keller last year's we mentioned an Allstar his last couple of start have been tough after he went seven plus shutout Innings against the Texas Rangers August 20th made four career starts against the Nets the Nats have had pretty good success against him including his second start of the season when the Nats beat him April 3rd after his second straight opening day start for the Pirates and the 02 is right in there called strike three and Abrams turns and heads back to the Dugout out on a slider so he did not swing the bat and out on three pitches here is James Wood batting second wood a ground ball left side ranging into the hole is Conor FFA nowhere near in time with the throw and for the second straight game James Wood an early single on a ground ball left side as wood takes off Throw Down by grandal right on the money I think he missed it I think he missed a t that'ss one a challenge I this one up here you could tell that he got arounded with the leg after the call the field is overturned the runner is safe is sa will retain into scoring position with one out half of the lineup is probably going to have the green light when they get on first base two two a swing and a miss if they can get on against Mitch Keller he is struck out to here in this first inning swing and a miss struck him out big breaking ball Keller with three strikeouts in the first Mitchell Parker 24 years of age first career start against the Pirates yeah 26 start on the season 7 to9 427 great on all those and Parker's pitches low ball four so after a first pitch strike the next four out of the Zone it's a lead off walk for kind of fppa swung on hit high in the air to right Gallow back on it and he'll make the catch for the out one away and now O'Neal Cruz coming up Bing in the third spot tonight against the lefties hit lefties so well over the last two and 1 half months or so here's a line drive that's going to get to the wall in right on a shortened swing it'll go for a double and coner FFA held to third with one out well and that's what I'm talking about you you see that swing right there and it's not necessarily what you would consider an a swing but I think I I feel like O'Neal Cruz has sted to understand the that just getting the barrel to the ball even if you're a little bit out in front or a little bit late is so valuable nice did he go he did says Charlie Ramos in a big strike out two outs Jared triolo the number five hitter is coming up hard hit to right drops in for a base hit one in second run is going to be safe head first Dive by O'Neal Cruz two-run single triolo who goes to second on the throw the Pirates score twice here with two out and a clutch hit by their third baseman triolo drives in his 40th and 41st runs of the year and it's the Pirates two and the Nationals nothing Pirates have the lead two to nothing as the Nationals come to bat in the second strike three call tumbled in a breaking ball that's that good sweeper and he struck out four Nationals strike three call 9 seven at the knees on the Outer Edge ker has struck out five Washington Nationals with two outs in the second inning Cruz is three for seven in the series with a double and a home run came the 10th National do what he did in game one weekly tap to third gloved by triolo and on to First and for the first time an out recorded not on a strikeout against Mitch Keller bottom of the second inning coming up they the Pirates own a two- nothing lead against Mitchell Parker in the Nationals asman grandall will lead things off swinging a line drive deep right center field back goes Gallow it's going to be over his head and one hops the wall Gallow has to play to the warning track grandall on his way to Second and he's in there without a play a leadoff double of Boomer to right center for grandall his 10th two base hit of the Year former National Michael Taylor swing and a miss Taylor down on strikes on a splitter so Parker has his third strike out first down here in the bottom of the second and now it'll be Alica Williams swing and the ball swatted to left and wood can't get over to it it'll go all the way to the wall grandal scores and the nice sharp double for Alica Williams he drives in the run it's three nothing Pirates that's a nice job by Alica just goes out in front kind of hooks this slider down to the left field Corner easy run scoring double for him Conor FFA made a good play to get that Force out at second 64 Force play as the top of the lineup CJ Abrams comes back around breaking ball Lin the other way to left and that's a base hit now Abrams struck out looking on three pitches to begin the game he decided I'm going to go right after that first pitch this time and he laced it into left field putting Runners at first and second with one out for James Wood strike three call takes a fast ball down and in in the zone six strikeouts for Keller four looking against the Nationals now chaparo with two on and two out out to right that'll fall in front of Conor Joe coming around is Drew Millis he will score standing up as the throw went to third Abrams able to get back to the bag and the Nats are on the board it's 3-1 so Tana does his job advancing that Runner Ruiz is it third with one out for Dylan Cruz Dylan Cruz is going to smoke one out the right center that one actually off the end of the bat Here Comes Ruiz taging throw on the way from Joe not in time Ruiz coming in almost like it's slow motion I don't know how he got to the plate a really good Slide by CER he got his whole body out of the way and grandall basically you know you catch the ball and you sweep your arm trying to find the runner and he didn't that's not one if the catcher just drops his glove his Med on the ground and on the plate just holds it there slides right into it good aggressive send by Ricky Gutierrez why was it good because it worked out good Slide by cert and the NS have cut the Pirates lead to one Williams can run he's at first Isaiah ker FFA coming up line to left field fair and all the way into the corner it goes James Wood by the time he gets it in to the cut off man oh what a Play What a relay and what a throw on the cut off by CJ Abrams wood got that ball to the National short stop and gunning out Williams what a perfectly executed relay there was no bounce perfect strike on the Fly and all Millis had to do was catch it and drop the glove and got him on the left arm give ker FFA a double ha it second with one out Brian Reynolds coming up to face Jose a Ferrer swinging a liner over Abrams into left base hit Kinder FFA held as wood gets it in quickly and so a base hit for Reynolds advancing ker FFA to third bucks on the pond one out and O'Neal Cruz is coming up oh drive to right center field and that should bring bring home the run as Gallow guns it to the plate that will sacrifice fly Herer FFA comes in on the Cru sack fly and Reynolds moves up 90 ft 42 Pirates are going to wait to see if Keller can get out of it before trying barui for the left-handed batting Gallow to follow so a big at bat here Cruz who homered doubled stole two bases and drove into in game one of this double header and drove in a run with a sack fly his last time up he's coming to bat with the tying runs in scoring position swinging a ground ball to third diving stop triolo holds the runners and then throws on the first for the out so the runners were not coming on contact there and triolo is basically a step and a dive on this ball from the double play depth and it forces kebert Ruiz to make sure it goes through which it doesn't and Trio still has time to get the out at first and keep Ruiz at third base swing Fly ball toward the wall in right long run for Conor Joe and he makes the catch on that Hardline drive and that ends the inning back to- back strikeouts for bari Millis remains at second and with two minut out the Nationals bring up Andre chaparo that guy looks hitterish just every bit of it he's ready to go chaparo to deep left this ball is hammered second deck here at PNC Park Andres chaparro's second home run of the series and he's tied this ball game that was a bomb my goodness that ball got out of here in a hurry that's what he does he swings hard it's a 426 foot home run that left the yard at 106 miles hour off his Bat he gets that leg up as a trigger and he knew it was gone the minute he hit it so Millis to the mound Joey Bart one for one as a pinch hitter this year go ahead run on it first with one out off the m and a pass ball gets Brian De La Cruz into scoring position trying to frame it yeah that you see him try to bring that pitch up to frame it yeah he did now we got a runner in scoring position hard hit and oh deor Cruz is caught between second and third in a base running blunder but he gets back the Nationals mess it up oh my goodness I mean he was dead to rights you have to get an out on this play somewhere huge blunder by the Nationals seea kind of FFA is going to be the batter Bas hit indeed that will bring home the go-ahead Run ikf has a big night tonight with three hits on base four times gives the Pirates back the lead it's 54 oh now that rundown blunder by the Washington Nationals is currently coming back to Haun him so here's Reynolds to face Garcia Runners at the corners with a one out swing to ground ball to short Abrams charges in has this one to Second for one relay to First not in time Joey Bart scores from third and the Pirates lead by two now it's Pittsburgh six and Washington four now the Nets are down to their final out James Wood to face a r to Chapman for the very first time so youngter getting an indoctrination here against one of the greats swing in a line drive base hited to left field Millis to third makes the turn being waved home throw to the plate will be cut off by the third basem triolo and James Wood turns one around and smacks it the other way and a 99 mph fast ball and he's now the tying run at first with two out it's the Pirates six and the Nationals five and Andre chaparo will be the batter as chaparo sends one through the right side James Wood going to stop at second and the NS making some noise here in the ninth now the tying run is in scoring position the go-ahead run is on at first and IL dearo Vargas will pinch hit for Luis Garcia Vargas Al line drive to right a diving attempt out there by Joe off his glove in the score is wood in the score is Young El demaro Vargas has put the Nets on top Conor Joe gave it all that he had in right center but he couldn't make the play and the Nats have the lead elar Vargas do it oh man it was right in the glove rolled out and the pitch swinging a line drive to the left F line Fair ball it will go into the corner extra bases for Ruiz rounding third and coasting home is Vargas with the fourth run of the inning for the Nationals Kar Ruiz with his third hit of the game his second double he's suddenly on fire with three hits in five times tonight and the nashal's now lead by the score of 8 to six it's two men away here in the bottom of the ninth inning so now Brian Del Cruz will be the batter we going to have some two out magic here Joe let's start with figure out a way to get on base if you're Brian De La Cruz swing and a miss he's him out and Kyle finegan has saves in both games of the double header as the Nationals get the rare double header sweep and they beat the Pirates coming from behind with four runs in the top half of the ninth inning a curly W's in the books here in Pittsburgh the final score the Washington Nationals eight the Pittsburgh Pirates six