A changeup, 379 feet, end of the argument
Mason Miller had not given up a home run since August 2025. A year. The last man to do it was Lourdes Gurriel Jr., wearing Arizona colors.
Oneil Cruz ended the run on Tuesday night. Two outs on the board, ninth inning, a badly placed changeup, and the ball vanished 379 feet into the right-field seats. The Dominican’s 17th homer of the season. The only run of the game. Pittsburgh won 1-0 at the San Diego Padres.
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Two brilliant starters, no decision
The pitching duel was well worth the watch. Paul Skenes allowed three hits in six innings, without a walk, while striking out four. At the other end, Michael King went seven innings, giving up five hits, two walks and seven strikeouts.
The result? Neither man got the win. Gregory Soto handled the eighth in three pitches to pick up the victory. Mason Montgomery shut the door in the ninth and claimed his sixth save of the year, striking out Jackson Merrill with the tying run on second base.
Pittsburgh had the best chance right away in the first. Spencer Horwitz led off with a single on the game’s first pitch, Bryan Reynolds moved him to third with a double, and Cruz loaded the bases with a walk. Jake Mangum then wasted it all by swinging through a fastball well above the zone.
Machado stranded three times, the wild card race tightens
San Diego had its chances. Fernando Tatis Jr. opened the first inning with a double off the wall in left-center. Skenes tightened up and got Manny Machado to lift one to the outfield. Then another. Then a third in the sixth, the one that brought his night to a close.
The standings took an immediate hit. Combined with Arizona’s win over the Cubs, this loss trims the Padres’ lead over the final wild card spot in the National League to just one game. The Pirates, meanwhile, had lost 13 of their previous 15 meetings with San Diego before this series.
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