Pirates vs. Rays Game Highlights (5/4/23) | MLB Highlights

Take it the mound this afternoon for the Tampa Bay Rays it's going to be right hander Zach Eflin as you take a look at his season numbers four starts the record three and all the ERA a tidy three. This is I'll tell you right here. Big big reason why Zach Eflin is so efficient. He stays away from the wall. Twenty one strikeouts just three walks and here's Marcano stepping in first pitch a little tap down the first base side. Yandy is going to get the tag pitch and one out the height of efficiency to get this one under way and not do it any better than that. Popped up short left. Rosarito is coming in and he's going to call Franco off and make the catch. Here's Andrew McCutcheon accounting for the lone Pittsburgh run yesterday with a solo home run and strike three. That one at the very top of the zone McCutcheon didn't like it thought it was high. This was the interesting part. They spent a lot of time looking at Zach Eflin's glove and talking. What do you say. Who says what do you want me to do. Keep an eye on Vince Velasquez now fourth career start against these Rays. This is seventh start looking for him to stay on track be competitive in the zone. That's a liner and a base hit up the alley toward right center. So it's going to try to cut it off. Yandy's headed to second and he's in there standing with a double. So he got two on here with nobody out for Velasquez shop to the shortstop Marcano to Bay. And that's what Vince Velasquez needed in a big way a double play ball from a Rosarito Diaz to third two outs trying to strand Yandy Diaz third there. Yes he did. Vince Velasquez conversation before we move into the second inning here. That's the crew chief Adrian Johnson out there. I guess they ask him to remove that ring down to first and Yandy Diaz takes care of that too. I'm no one on Lisa for Connor Joe's had a fine series and strike three. He gets that call on that fastball up a little bit. Joe Kopp looking to 60 hitter for home runs for Paredes line drive right at the shortstop. Woo. That ball was doing all kinds of crazy things there. Marcano stuck with it. And here is Taylor Walsh switcheter batting left handed the two to the Walsh fly ball deep to right field way up into the air to the wall goes Connor Joe and it's gone. Homerun Walsh hooks one around the right field foul ball on the Rays take a one nothing lead. That's now five for Taylor Walsh. Here's a one two from Velasquez swing and a miss. Good slider struck about second strikeout for Vince Velasquez. Got to look for a run here with delay. The catcher his first at bat of the series ground ball short stop Bronco second base one quick throw to first. They get the double play. Nice turn there by Walsh six four three on the double play one out. The Diaz the double his first time up on a short hop on the backhand Hayes gloves and throws a strike on the first on a hard hit ball up the line at third Hayes Cooley fields it and gets to check it out. Bounce to short Marcano his job there on two three three round ball outs taking a little bit more time here. But that that clock gets to like eleven or down to ten and the pitch is made. And there is a strike three third strikeout of the game for Eflin. There's a one to swing and a hard ground ball through right center and a base hit cut off by Margot that extends the hitting streak to nine with a one out single. Oh two where the man on swing and a miss good breaking ball got him. And that's the first swinging strikeout for Eflin and number four in the ballgame here in the fourth. So now two out a runner at first. Let's see if Reynolds tries to go on the move here with Santana at the plate shop. That's going to be a fair ball. He has for a moment look down to second realize all he had to do was touch the bag at first. And I think there was a little mix up there in the mind of Yandy Diaz. How many outs there were. Unfortunately the last guess is forced to leave the game. So Jose Hernandez will come on and Kirk Shelton informing complaint of many Gonzalez that Hernandez will need as much time as he needs to get ready because of the injury. Randy Rosarito is set to lead off grounded into a double play his first turn. Ball right field that's got some carry to it. Joe's going to go to the wall that baby's gone. Opposite field. All right. Randy Rosarito his eighth home run of the year. Both Rays runs have come on the long ball lefty batting really coming up. And he gets another strikeout gives up the home run. But then Adam Myers down to Zach Eflin on for the fifth and only thirty nine pitches. Two and strike three called throws him right there to pick up the strikeout. That's number five two balls two strikes one out. Nobody on fifth inning two to nothing Rays Eflin pitches strike three called fastball on or slightly just off the outside corner. He got the call on that six days for Eflin. In the center field Margo is right there and Hayes is out. Number three payoff from the windup he throws swing slow chopper softly hit it short charging Franco off balance throw to first and he got a nice play right there. They can get down the line and Franco made the play. What a great feel. What a great feel by Wander Franco. Watch how quickly realizing who's running. I've got to get rid of this right now and try to get something on it. Right. Adding Jason Dilley and a swing and miss. Well he showed him three pitches there and struck him out on three. Some kind of a good rhythm right now. One ball two strike and the pitch is strike three called at the top of the zone and the pirates still having problems with the strike zone of Manny Gonzalez eight strikeouts to another count on Paredes with the bases clear now and two outs in this two run game in the six that could pay dividends. The pitch swung on hit high in the air to center very deep clears the catwalks caught by Soinski. The inning ends left hand hitting left fielder is one for two one of just two hits both singles. I'll sack Eflin. Let's go with that heater up heater up and he gets a strike called up there again. Boy that's been a go to spot for him. Eflin with nine strikeouts his career high is twelve. Ball that's fair going to get past Yandy Diaz beyond the bullpen kicks back out to Rayleigh and Santana is on his way to second. He'll arrive ahead of the throw with a two base hit. So it snaps that streak of 10 consecutive hitters retire a push tag. And here comes Soinski the center fielder as well as Eflin has pitched it's still a two run game stretches and offers swing and a miss. He got him with a fastball 10 strikeouts in seven shutout innings for Zach Eflin. It's Colin Holderman now pitching number four nine pitches an immaculate inning one of the rarest feats in all the baseball and Colin Holderman just executed it immaculately. First it's Juan Nicasio for the Pirates back in twenty sixteen in the record books for an immaculate inning. Yandy Diaz with one out in the eighth raise up to nothing. One swing and a high fly ball toward fairly deep right center Joe back to the track and this ball is gone. It just cleared the wall in right center field the third solo homer of the day for the Rays. Yandy has eight of the Rays in front three nothing hit by pitch gets a baserunner puts the tying run on deck for the Pirates. Now here is Brian Reynolds chopped to the second baseman. Oh drops. Yes Marcano able to dislodge the ball as Walsh was looking for a double play and runners at first and second with one out McCutchen who struck out to end the game against Jason Adam on Tuesday night and a swing and miss the breaking ball takes care of McCutchen two outs Marcano hit by pitch Reynolds reaching first. All right this could be a good matchup right here. Carlos Santana is going to be hunting a fastball. Hopefully we'll see some fireworks. Line drive to right center field and that's going to get past the right fielder Rayleigh. This will score a couple. Carlos Santana's double makes it a one run game in the ninth inning. Carlos Santana really good at getting the foot down but keeping his hands back and loaded. The Pirates have two on with two out the tying and go ahead runs are on base. And here comes Connor Jones. That's going to do it. He is out on strikes and the Rays win it.