Pirates vs. Braves Game Highlights (9_27_25) _ MLB Highlights

The penultimate game of the year, the Atlanta Braves hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates at Truett's Park. Yeah, very intriguing pitching matchup. For Spencer Strider, his 23rd and final start of the season. One pitch and one down. Triolo, one for four last night. It was a ninth inning double. There's a called strike on the inside corner. The curveball gets Triolo, two up and two down. Ryan Reynolds, a couple of hits last night. What a good first inning for Spencer Strider. One, two, three with a couple of strikeouts. Bubba Chandler takes the mound here in Atlanta. Pitching in his home state as a major leaguer for the first time. A lot of excitement around tonight for Bubba and his family. One down. Here comes Matt Olsen. His next homer will be his 30th. Gets a slow roller to first and he covers. Two down. Here's Ronald Acuna Jr. and a ground ball. Short. So Bubba Chandler enjoys a one, two, three. Bottom of the first and the family loves it. No score to the top of the second. As Strider and Chandler both blitz through their half of the first inning. Each pitcher using just seven pitches. Spencer Horowitz leads off of the Pirates. First pitch is hit hard on the ground. Pass first and into right of base. Hit another hit in this ballpark for Spencer Horowitz. Four hits in this series brings Nick Gonzalez to the plate. He was two for five in the game last night. Gonzalez with a chopper to short. Could be two. Kim to Brett Wisely to Matt Olsen. That's a double play. Two down for Joey Bart. Another Georgia native. 2-0 on Bart and he swings and lines one over second into right for base hit. Swinsky's coming up. And that hit him. Yeah, I was going to say, how could it miss him? Two aboard. Here is Rafael Flores. On one bounce. Wisely makes the play. And Strider is out of it with no damage done. For scoreless, heading to the bottom of the second. Baldwin leads off. He hits this deep to left. And that one is going to go banging off the wall. Drake might have a triple. Another bullet point on that resume for Rookie of the Year. Now in the hands of Marcel Ozuna. No score, bottom of the second. Braves got a leadoff triple from Drake Baldwin. Got to find a way to get him in. Ozuna, line drive base hit and an RBI to give Atlanta the lead. Short to the baseball. That's elevated. Get the hands above it and don't try to do too much. Putting Atlanta on the board first. And now Nacho Alvarez Jr. And the 2-2 pitch. Swing and a miss. Struck him out. First strikeout for Chandler tonight. Braves cash in the leadoff triple. 1-0 Atlanta as we go to the third inning. Here's Henry Davis. And this is driven deep to left. And oh, Henry! Clear the deck with a cannonball. Just like that, it's tied at one. Boy, it's tough to hit a guy like Strider when you're behind the count 0-2 because of the weapons. But Henry Davis up there ready to hit. Two-strike hanging curveball. And Henry knew it right away. Tied at one into the bottom of the third inning. But Chandler goes back to work. Wisely 0-2 in last night's game. Oh my. There's no fear in that man. Wow. 100 back-to-back strikeouts dating back to last inning. Here's Profar. Swing and a miss. Threw it right by him. 100 miles an hour. He just bailed out. Three straight strikeouts for Chandler. Got Matt Olsen to ground out in the first. Oh, brother. Another 100 down the middle. He strikes out his fourth straight three in a row. That was impressive. Ronald Acuna Jr. leading off the bottom of the fourth. Deep third. Triolo on the move. And that's one of the best plays of the year for Jared Triolo. What a play. Just so good. Really not missing anything with Triolo over there. Even though Hayes was traded away. He's done this all year. He just makes plays. The angle going to his right. Nice stretch on the other end. Flores. What a play. Now Drake Baldwin. Baldwin to right field this time. That one drops. He's going to try for two. And he's in there. A triple in the second. A double in the fourth for Drake Baldwin. Two down for Michael Harris. And he grounds this to the left side. But he's going to beat it out. Tough play for Gonzalez. He couldn't get it done. And they are at the corners. Now it continues for Ozuna. 2-2. Swing and a bouncer right back to Chandler. He'll walk it halfway to first and get it on over for the final out. Well, Bubba Chandler allows a couple of hits and leaves them both on to the fifth inning from Atlanta. Still knotted at one. Jack Sawinski the batter leading off the fifth. Swing and a ball lined in the right base hit. And Sawinski goes down and gets that slider. Nice even swing. And he's on with a leadoff single. 1-0. He takes off. Pitches the ball down low. And throw down the second. It's offline. It's a stolen base for Sawinski. Upfield. Flores. And he's aboard. Two on and nobody out for the Pirates. And Henry Davis is coming up. Called strike. Right where it needed to be. Two down. Jared Triolo one for two. Yes, he went. Triolo is down on strikes. Two stranded. We are halfway home on a Saturday at Truist Park. One out. Strider faces Spencer Horowitz. Line drive. Off the glove. Actually the glove and the ball leave. And now the throw from Wisey gets past Olsen. Another hit for Horowitz as the line drive literally takes the glove off of the brave second baseman. He's on it first with one away. Two and one on Gonzalez. That's crack to right center field. And that's a gap shot. Spencer Horowitz going to be waved home by Rabelo. Here's no throw. And it's an RBI double for Nicky G to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning. Very well hit. Slicing away from the center fielder Harris. Once it got over his head, knew he'd be able to get around there and score easily. Way outside. Big slider that time. Ball four. Barton will walk. Jack Sawinski. Nice line drive single to right his last time up. And with two on and one out. And into left field. Off the glove of the shortstop Kim. Sawinski makes it 3-1. Pirates get two to grab the lead. 3-1 Buccos. Bottom of the sixth inning. Bubba Chandler back out there for the Pirates. Facing Matt Olsen. Way into the night sky. Out of there. Oh, it's dropped. Davis had it pop out of his catcher's mitt. What are they calling interference on Matt Olsen? Brian Snicker joins the discussion. I mean, that ball was up in the air forever now. If there was some contact there for Matt Olsen, it is your obligation to get out of the way. But still, is there contact between him and Davis? I mean, Matt Olsen is obviously zero intent there. He doesn't know where the ball is. Brian Snicker, Matt Olsen, Ron's going to come get him. And Brian Snicker just got ejected by Brock Ballew. He is going after Mark Wigner. He got his money's worth. He certainly did. Brian Snicker ejected here in game 161. Matt Olsen not ejected. But you can see he's still hot. I don't blame him. Chandler trying to quarterback the Pirates to a win here in Atlanta. But Chandler, not one pop up and a strikeout. And he's one out away from putting the finishing touches on. An absolutely phenomenal start back home. That's six strikeouts for Bubba Chandler. Standing ovation from his family in the family section. Very well deserved from Bubba Chandler tonight. Just a great performance. Well, as we went away, Matt Olsen was ejected by home plate umpire Brock Ballew. So now Brian Snicker is gone and Matt Olsen is gone as well. Brock Ballew yelled toward the dugout, I don't want to hear it anymore. And for the first time in his career, the mild-mannered Matt Olsen was ejected. Dennis Santana is on here in a 3-1 ball game. One out for Ronald Acuna. Ronald Acuna sends it down the right field line. It's fair. With a blooped single. Hopefully that can start a rally here in the night. Trying to run to the plate. And it is Drake Baldwin. Ronald takes off. He's in there. But he goes down a change up. And the Braves down to their final out. Ha-Sung Kim to the plate. To center field. So Winski raised the Jolly Roger. The Buccos win the first two games of this series and they win their first series ever here at Truist Park. And they've now won six of their last seven on this final road trip of 2025.