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July 8, 2026 · NL Cent

Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates

July 8, 2026PNC ParkPartly Cloudy 84°F · 7 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
53-38
3
vs
HOME
Pittsburgh Pirates
47-46
0

Game Highlights

Published July 8, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T8 Joey Bart Joey Bart homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. Mike Yastrzemski scores. ATL 2, PIT 0
T9 Drake Baldwin Drake Baldwin singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Mangum. Michael Harris II scores. Drake Baldwin to 2nd. ATL 3, PIT 0

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 000000021 3
PIT 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Braves AWAY 3

Grant Holmes started for Braves, leaving with the game tied 0–0.

workload · innings pitched
  • Grant Holmes Starter 5.0 90 0 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Grant Holmes threw
    CSW 18% 1st-pitch strike 65% 4.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 35 39% 2 3 11 14 5
    Slider 25 28% 4 1 6 9 5
    Sinker 15 17% 1 0 5 8 1
    Cutter 14 16% 2 3 5 2 2
    Changeup 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Didier Fuentes Middle 1.0 19 0 2
  • Dylan Dodd Middle 1.0 8 0 0 W
  • Dylan Lee Setup 1.0 10 0 2 HLD
  • Raisel Iglesias Closer 1.0 20 0 2 SV
Pirates HOME 0

Jared Jones started for Pirates, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Dennis Santana took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jared Jones Starter 6.0 77 0 8
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jared Jones threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 61% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 55 71% 6 6 17 19 7
    Slider 21 27% 8 4 2 4 3
    Changeup 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Mason Montgomery Setup 1.0 16 0 2
  • Dennis Santana Closer 1.0 16 2 2 L
  • Isaac Mattson Setup 1.0 12 1 1

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 8th · off Santana
  • Bart HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Michael Harris II CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .307 .338 .509 .847 2B
Ozzie Albies 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 .321 .446 .767
Matt Olson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .270 .339 .539 .878
Drake Baldwin DH 4 0 1 1 0 3 .253 .339 .445 .784
Mauricio Dubón LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .329 .426 .755
Austin Riley 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .210 .288 .337 .625
Mike Yastrzemski RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .228 .315 .348 .663 2B
Joey Bart C 3 1 1 2 0 0 .229 .286 .398 .684 HR (4)
Jorge Mateo SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 .242 .288 .379 .667
HOME · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jake Mangum CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .352 .355 .707
Brandon Lowe 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 .319 .497 .816
Bryan Reynolds LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .281 .395 .470 .865 SB
Esmerlyn Valdez RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .295 .356 .615 .971
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293 .350 .497 .847
Nick Gonzales 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .311 .368 .394 .762
Marcell Ozuna DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 .204 .289 .324 .613
Jared Triolo SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .310 .309 .619
Henry Davis C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .153 .251 .318 .569

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Grant Holmes 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 90 3.61
Didier Fuentes 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 2.52
Dylan Dodd 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.16 W
Dylan Lee 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1.52 HLD
Raisel Iglesias 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 2.30 SV
HOME · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jared Jones 6.0 0 0 0 0 8 0 77 4.37
Mason Montgomery 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 4.25
Dennis Santana 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 1 16 5.17 L
Isaac Mattson 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 12 4.66

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 2.2 R
HOME · PIT
Don Kelly
Lineup 4.0 R Bunts 0.6 R IBBs 2.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
8-1 W7 +25 run diff
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HOME · PIT
2-8 L3 -17 run diff
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Season series: 2-0 with ATL listed first across 2 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.