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Pittsburgh Pirates 7 – 1 Cleveland Guardians

MLB · July 19, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Pittsburgh Pirates took down the Cleveland Guardians seven to one on Saturday afternoon, and this one turned on a pair of costly mistakes behind the plate that Cleveland simply could not recover from.

Pittsburgh drew first blood in the second inning when Cook singled to right and Gonzales crossed the plate to make it one to nothing. Cleveland answered quickly in the third — Kwan dropped down a bunt single to first, and a throwing error by catcher Davis allowed Arias to score and tied this game up at one. But that would be the last time Cleveland saw the lead.

The real damage came in the fifth, and it came in the most painful way possible for the Guardians — back-to-back pickoff errors by catcher Bailey handed Pittsburgh two runs without a ball leaving the infield. Just like that it was three to one, and Cleveland's dugout had to be feeling that. The Pirates then put the game away in the sixth with a three-run burst — Gonzalez doubled, Cook singled, and Mangum drove in another to push it to five to one.

Enmanuel Valdez put the bow on it in the ninth, crushing a three-hundred-seventy-one-foot home run to left to score Triolo and close the books at seven to one. Valdez finished one for three with two walks and two runs batted in. Jared Triolo was on base all day, going two for three with two walks and a run scored.

Pittsburgh capitalized on Cleveland's generosity and never looked back. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. Cook singled to right, Gonzales scored. P2 · 1–0
  2. Kwan reached on bunt single to first, Arias scored on error, Halpin to second, Halpin safe at third on error by catcher Davis. P3 · 1–1
  3. Cook scored on pickoff error by catcher Bailey. P5 · 2–1
  4. Cook scored on pickoff error by catcher Bailey. P5 · 2–1
  5. Gonzalez doubled to right, Gonzales scored. P6 · 3–1
  6. Cook singled to center, Gonzalez scored. P6 · 4–1
  7. Mangum singled to center, Cook scored, Mangum to second. P6 · 5–1
  8. Valdez homered to left (371 feet), Triolo scored. P9 · 7–1

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jake Mangum P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Mangum struck out swinging. P1
P1
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jared Triolo P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P1
Triolo walked. P1
P1
Joey Cantillo pitches to Bryan Reynolds P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Reynolds struck out swinging. P1
P1
Joey Cantillo pitches to Esmerlyn Valdez P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P1
Valdez walked, Triolo to second. P1
P1
Joey Cantillo pitches to Ryan O'Hearn P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
O'Hearn lined out to right. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Paul Skenes pitches to Steven Kwan P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Kwan grounded out to second. P1
P1
Paul Skenes pitches to Travis Bazzana P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Bazzana struck out looking. P1
P1
Paul Skenes pitches to Chase DeLauter P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
DeLauter struck out swinging. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Joey Cantillo pitches to Nick Gonzales P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2
Gonzales doubled to center. P2
P2
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jacob Gonzalez P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Gonzalez popped out to third. P2
P2
Joey Cantillo pitches to Henry Davis P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Davis grounded out to shortstop. P2
P2
Joey Cantillo pitches to Billy Cook P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Cook singled to right, Gonzales scored. P2
P2
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jake Mangum P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Mangum singled to left, Cook to second. P2
P2
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jared Triolo P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Triolo struck out swinging. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Paul Skenes pitches to Brayan Rocchio P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Rocchio grounded out to first. P2
P2
Paul Skenes pitches to Kyle Manzardo P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Manzardo grounded out to second. P2
P2
Paul Skenes pitches to Kahlil Watson P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Watson struck out swinging. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Joey Cantillo pitches to Bryan Reynolds P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Reynolds struck out swinging. P3
P3
Joey Cantillo pitches to Esmerlyn Valdez P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Valdez struck out swinging. P3
P3
Joey Cantillo pitches to Ryan O'Hearn P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
O'Hearn flied out to center. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Paul Skenes pitches to Gabriel Arias P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Arias singled to right. P3
P3
Paul Skenes pitches to Patrick Bailey P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Bailey struck out swinging. P3
P3
Paul Skenes pitches to Petey Halpin P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P3
Halpin singled to left, Arias to third. P3
P3
Paul Skenes pitches to Steven Kwan P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Kwan reached on bunt single to first, Arias scored on error, Halpin to second, Halpin safe at third on error by catcher Davis. P3
P3
Paul Skenes pitches to Travis Bazzana P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Bazzana struck out swinging, Kwan caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Joey Cantillo pitches to Nick Gonzales P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Gonzales struck out swinging. P4
P4
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jacob Gonzalez P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Gonzalez lined out to center. P4
P4
Joey Cantillo pitches to Henry Davis P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Davis grounded out to shortstop. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Paul Skenes pitches to Chase DeLauter P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P4
DeLauter walked. P4
P4
Paul Skenes pitches to Brayan Rocchio P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Rocchio singled to center, DeLauter to third. P4
P4
Paul Skenes pitches to Kyle Manzardo P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Manzardo flied into double play, center to catcher, Rocchio to second, DeLauter thrown out at home. P4
P4
Paul Skenes pitches to Kahlil Watson P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Watson struck out swinging. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Joey Cantillo pitches to Billy Cook P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Cook tripled to right. Umpire review: call on the field was upheld. P5
P5
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jake Mangum P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Cook scored on pickoff error by catcher Bailey. P5
Cook scored on pickoff error by catcher Bailey. P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P5
Mangum struck out looking. P5
P5
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jared Triolo P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Triolo singled to left. P5
P5
Joey Cantillo pitches to Bryan Reynolds P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Reynolds grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Triolo out at second. P5
P5
Joey Cantillo pitches to Esmerlyn Valdez P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P5
Valdez walked, Reynolds to second. P5
P5
Joey Cantillo pitches to Ryan O'Hearn P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
O'Hearn grounded out to first. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Paul Skenes pitches to Gabriel Arias P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P5
Arias walked. P5
P5
Paul Skenes pitches to Patrick Bailey P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Bailey lined out to right. P5
P5
Paul Skenes pitches to Petey Halpin P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P5
Halpin grounded out to second, Arias to second. P5
P5
Paul Skenes pitches to Steven Kwan P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Joey Cantillo pitches to Nick Gonzales P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Gonzales doubled to left. P6
P6
Joey Cantillo pitches to Jacob Gonzalez P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Gonzalez doubled to right, Gonzales scored. P6
P6
Aleman relieved Cantillo P6
Franco Aleman pitches to Henry Davis P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Bunted Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Davis struck out swinging. P6
P6
Franco Aleman pitches to Billy Cook P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Cook singled to center, Gonzalez scored. P6
P6
Franco Aleman pitches to Jake Mangum P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Cook stole second. P6
Cook stole second. P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Mangum singled to center, Cook scored, Mangum to second. P6
P6
Franco Aleman pitches to Jared Triolo P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P6
Triolo walked. P6
P6
Franco Aleman pitches to Bryan Reynolds P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Reynolds struck out swinging. P6
P6
Franco Aleman pitches to Esmerlyn Valdez P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P6
Valdez struck out looking. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Paul Skenes pitches to Steven Kwan P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Kwan singled to left, Kwan out stretching at second. Pittsburgh Pirates challenged: call on the field was overturned. P6
P6
Paul Skenes pitches to Travis Bazzana P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Bazzana flied out to left. P6
P6
Paul Skenes pitches to Chase DeLauter P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
DeLauter doubled to left. P6
P6
Paul Skenes pitches to Brayan Rocchio P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Rocchio struck out swinging. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Gaddis relieved Aleman P7
Hunter Gaddis pitches to Ryan O'Hearn P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P7
O'Hearn walked. P7
P7
Hunter Gaddis pitches to Nick Gonzales P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Gonzales struck out swinging. P7
P7
Hunter Gaddis pitches to Jacob Gonzalez P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Gonzalez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, O'Hearn out at second. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Paul Skenes pitches to Kyle Manzardo P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Manzardo popped out to third. P7
P7
Paul Skenes pitches to Kahlil Watson P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P7
Watson doubled to right. P7
P7
Paul Skenes pitches to Gabriel Arias P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Watson picked off second. P7
Watson picked off second. Cleveland Guardians challenged: call on the field was upheld. P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Arias struck out swinging. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Dion relieved Gaddis P8
Will Dion pitches to Henry Davis P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Davis struck out swinging. P8
P8
Will Dion pitches to Billy Cook P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Cook struck out swinging. P8
P8
Will Dion pitches to Jake Mangum P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Mangum flied out to right. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Montgomery relieved Skenes P8
Mason Montgomery pitches to Patrick Bailey P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P8
Bailey struck out looking. P8
P8
Mason Montgomery pitches to Petey Halpin P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Halpin struck out swinging. P8
P8
Mason Montgomery pitches to Steven Kwan P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Kwan grounded out to second. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Will Dion pitches to Jared Triolo P9
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9
Triolo singled to left. P9
P9
Will Dion pitches to Bryan Reynolds P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P9
Reynolds struck out looking. P9
P9
Will Dion pitches to Esmerlyn Valdez P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P9
Valdez homered to left (371 feet), Triolo scored. P9
P9
Will Dion pitches to Ryan O'Hearn P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P9
O'Hearn struck out looking. P9
P9
Will Dion pitches to Nick Gonzales P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Gonzales flied out to center. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Mattson relieved Montgomery P9
Isaac Mattson pitches to Travis Bazzana P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P9
Bazzana struck out looking. Pittsburgh Pirates challenged: call on the field was overturned. P9
P9
Isaac Mattson pitches to Chase DeLauter P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
DeLauter flied out to left. P9
P9
Isaac Mattson pitches to Brayan Rocchio P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P9
Rocchio lined out to right. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9