PITTSBURGH — Randy Rodríguez blew his first save since being elevated to the nearer position, permitting two runs within the backside of the ninth because the Giants fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Monday evening at PNC Park.
Rodríguez started the underside of the ninth inning by strolling Andrew McCutchen, and the Pirates despatched in Alexander Canario to pinch-run. Rodriguez then plunked Jack Suwinski, giving the Pirates runners on first and second with one out.
That set the desk for former Large Joey Bart, who lined a single over the outstretched glove of shortstop Willy Adames and tied the sport at 4-4. Bart’s single additionally put runners at first and third with one out, giving the Pirates a golden alternative to win the sport.
Win the sport, they did.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a sluggish curler to first baseman Rafael Devers, and Suwinski bolted to the plate on contact. Devers fielded the ball and fired a throw house to catcher Patrick Bailey, who tried to use the tag for the out. Suwinski was known as secure, and following a replay assessment, the decision was confirmed.
Justin Verlander allowed one unearned run over 5 innings with 4 strikeouts and took a no-decision.
The Giants successfully pressured the Pirates right into a quasi-bullpen sport after they made Johan Oviedo, making his first begin since Sept. 27, 2023, throw 43 pitches within the first inning, ending his evening after only one body. Throughout that inning, San Francisco took a 2-0 lead on Dominic Smith’s RBI single and Casey Schmitt’s bases-loaded stroll.
Verlander’s unearned run within the first inningwas the product of an error by left fielder Heliot Ramos. The Pirates’ Spencer Horwitz led off the inning with a single, however Ramos’ incapacity to discipline the ball cleanly resulted in Horwitz taking second base. Horwitz superior to 3rd on a groundout by Tommy Pham, then scored on a sacrifice fly from Nick Gonzales.
Jung Hoo Lee, contemporary off the primary four-hit sport of his profession on Sunday, elevated the Giants’ result in 4-1 with a triple to right-center discipline, narrowly beating the throw to 3rd. Two innings later, the Pirates introduced the rating to 4-3 on Suwinski’s two-run homer off rookie reliever Carson Seymour.
Initially Printed: August 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM PDT
