PIRATES vs. WHITE SOX: Official Full Game Highlights (September 10) | 2026 MLB Season

After some tough luck last night the White Sox are back at it looking to take game three against the Pirates. And let's take a look at the standings. Both the Guardians and the Astros lost on Wednesday. So Chicago's lead in the AL Central remains at two games. White Sox look to avoid the sweep here today and it's all going to come down to some pitching. Hagan Smith on for his 11th game the ERA 0.56, 23 strikeouts, 10 walks. We are ready to go. Connor Griffin stepping in the 3-2. Griffin lifts one out and a left run for Antonacci who plucks it and brings it home for out number one. So they get Griffin and here is Cruz his center fielder. Still forcing him into the big part of the hitting zone. And how about that. Just get the bat on the ball and in the left field it goes. And he will settle for a single. Well take what the other team will give you right there. That will bring up Brian Reynolds. 1-2. Swing and a miss. Slider gets him. First strikeout for Hagan tonight. Gonzalez the team leader with 155 hits on the season. 2-2. Got him swinging. Slider ends it. White Sox now come to bat here in the bottom of the first inning. Sam Antonacci will lead off against Jared Jones. And the center field. O'Neal Cruz. Antonacci retired. Here's Miguel Vargas the third baseman. And a high pop up. Shortstop. Jared Triolo. Wow that was way up there. That's a good hang time. Here's Munetaka Murakami with two away. That is strike three and an early challenge from Murakami. The pitch is called a strike. The batter is challenged. That Jones stops and with his hands behind his back. That's a lot of power from Jones. 1-2-3. Head to the second. Nothing nothing. Hagan Smith out for another inning of work. First pitch swinging for Grandin Lau. Fair ball down the first baseline. Murakami steps on the bag for a quick out number one here in the second. And here's Rafael Flores Jr. the catcher. Swing and a miss. You can't get set for that by the way. No. Because that ball's moving a good two, two and a half feet across the plate. Now it's Jake Mangum. Ready go and Hagan delivers. That's a soft liner into right. Braden Montgomery comes on to make the catch. I never thought he'd get there and he did. What a play by the White Sox rookie right fielder. Just a good break. Full out dive. Takes it off the grass and it's out of the inning. Petzer Horowitz faces Hagan Smith. Maybe the last batter for this rookie. 2-2. A good liner cracked into the left center alley. Horowitz will stop at first. Peters flings it in and it's a single to start the third. I think when Horowitz got on the decision was made. Eric Fetty will come into this ball game. Hagan Smith will have gone two plus innings giving up a couple of hits. He's responsible for Horowitz at first base. And here comes Fetty. So a nice job by Hagan Smith. And it's Eric Fetty on for the 31st time. VRA and even four. He faces Jared Triolo with a runner on. Nobody out. A liner into center for Peters. He'll make the catch deep. A bluff move from Horowitz at first to retreat. Now back to the top and Griffin with Horowitz still at first. 3-2 pitch. Griffin over third. Vargas to second. Nitro throws to first and gets him. They do get a double play. Pirates may want to look at it. They'll roll on. They get two. I was going to say they can look. But it's a double play and out of the inning as Don Kelly says. Let's play on. They have not gotten to Jared Jones yet. Six up and six down with a couple of strikeouts for the Pittsburgh right hander. Outside there's a walk. Lead off repass to start the Sox third. But one thing we've seen with the Pirates pitching in these three games is they have some. They've got some good arms. So from what we've seen the pitching's good and they've even got better guys that we didn't face. As Jones strikes him out. Jones strikes out three in a row. Nothing nothing. Eric Fetty in bulk relief tonight. Nothing nothing. And he faces O'Neal Cruz who's one for one. High drive to right center field. Clear the deck. Cruz missile coming. A no doubter. Neil Cruz sends one into the south side air. That is his 18th. And it's one nothing bucks in the fourth. That's what you do right there with a change up elevated a little bit. We were talking about O'Neal yesterday in his swing. Kind of the swing intent intensity. That just looks smooth and effortless and the ball absolutely exploded off his back. Going into tonight Sox with just 34 runs over their last 10. Seven of them losses. Remember they put up 10 on Sunday against the twins. That's it. So a lot of low scoring non-scoring games been taking place. Miguel takes off the pitches outside the throw down. Tails in the center field. Vargas up and running. Cruz is going to come up with it but not throw. And the White Sox get two bases instead of one. That'll go stolen base. E-2. He enticed that pickoff to know that he wouldn't come over a third time. Which meant now he got even a bigger lead and a great jump. And now he's just picked up his 17th. Still no hits for the Sox tonight. Pirates have their one run on an O'Neal Cruz home run. Here it comes. Colson connects but it's a shallow pop up right side and Horowitz. Nope. It'll be loud to make the catch. Sox fail. They get a hit. Another good piece of base running by Mangum. That ball was not hit very hard and he easily made third. That brings up Jared Triolo. Checks. Ball four. Now you can do all kinds of things here. Griffin batting with two on and two out in the fifth. And the Pirates lead one nothing. 2-2. The other way in the right. Montgomery ranging toward the line and will make the catch. Fedde escapes a jam. Pirates lead one nothing. One nothing Pirates. They've got four hits. The White Sox have yet to get a hit. Sends one into center. Cruz has been busy tonight out in center field. He'll make the catch for out number one. I'm thinking Chase has as good a chance as any to break up the magic night for Jones. Got him on a fastball at 98. Six punch outs. Two outs. They can't hit it. Keep throwing. Another fly ball in the shallow center field. This time it's the shortstop Triolo to make the catch. And nothing doing for the Sox. Jake Rodgers the nine hitter to lead off the inning against the Pirates. White Sox looking for a hit against Jared Jones. He's been magnificent. Jared Jones is putting on a performance of his own tonight here at Wade Field. And a fly ball off the end of the bat. Long run. Reynolds going to get there. One down. The batter will be Antonacci. Third time now the White Sox are going to see Jones. He hasn't gone past six innings this year. Pop up and Flores makes the catch over by the on-deck circle. Two outs. Jones has thrown 73 pitches as he's trying to get the third out in the sixth inning. He's been efficient. Yes he did. First base umpire Alan Porter. So six for Jones. Sox still looking for their first hit. Big moment here for Jared Jones to go out there to begin the seventh inning. Get there. Shallow right and a diving catch. Jake Mangum. The wind knocked out of him there. Again playing all out. What a play. Just Rob the White Sox are picking up their first hit of the night. Benintendi the DH now. He struck him out and Benintendi wants to challenge. Flores is going to pose again. Rafael Flores. And it is strike three. They're out of challenges. And Jared Jones is just about out of superlatives to describe what he's doing. He has completed six four different times this year. That's been the deepest he's gone up to tonight. Colson hits a hard fly ball out to right off the top of the wall. That's the Sox first hit. And Colson Montgomery's in scoring position. A double for Colson Montgomery. That close to tying it up. What a night for Jared Jones. Well he's going to let Jones finish off the seventh. Or at least finish off Braden Montgomery it would appear. But time is called. Maybe this is a stall tactic. A ground out on a fly out so far. And a drive toward left field over is Reynolds. He's there and Jared Jones finishes up seven. Brian Hudson into the game. Big insurance run at second for the Pirates. That's Triolo one out eighth inning. They lead one nothing. And the batter is O'Neal Cruz to right field. Another hit for Cruz off a lefty. Here comes the second run. O'Neal Cruz delivers again. It's two nothing in the eighth. Well it wasn't the fastball that I thought it might be. It was the sweeper from Brian Hudson. But O'Neal Cruz big enough strong enough to be able to get out. And get a piece of it. Looked like it was off the plate. Eyes down well below the strike zone. Mason Montgomery making his 63rd appearance here. 94 strikeouts and 60 and two thirds is pretty good. And Randall Gritchick is going to face him. Sox fire the Gritch bullet. Sox need base runners. Gritchick sends one back up the middle. Down for a hit. And the leadoff man's on in the ninth. Vargas the batter. Down by right side. Diving stop Lowe. He'll throw to first base to get the out. Huge play Brandon Lowe. One down in the bottom of the ninth. That brings up Murakami. Edgar Caro on deck. He would hit for Benintendi. Talk about the Pirates trying to get back into the race. And there's a one hop at a time. Two outs. Again just hit it to him. Gritchick's at third. And the batter is Edgar Caro. Hitting for Benintendi. Edgar will bat right handed. He's the jolly Roger on the south side. And head to the north side. To continue this late season surge. The Bucs sweep the pale hose. They've won four in a row. Nine of eleven. And they're over 500.