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August 9, 2026 · NL Cent

New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates

August 9, 2026PNC ParkSunny 81°F · 7 mph, Calm
AWAY
New York Mets
52-67
11
vs
HOME
Pittsburgh Pirates
58-62
1

Game Highlights

Published August 9, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Carson Benge Carson Benge singles on a ground ball to left fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. A.J. Ewing scores. Francisco Lindor to 3rd. Bo Bichette to 2nd. NYM 1, PIT 0
T1 Luis Robert Jr. Luis Robert Jr. out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Ronny Simon. Francisco Lindor scores. NYM 2, PIT 0
T3 Luis Robert Jr. Luis Robert Jr. homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Bo Bichette scores. NYM 4, PIT 0
T3 Marcus Semien Marcus Semien singles on a line drive to left fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Jared Young scores. NYM 5, PIT 0
B3 Jake Mangum Jake Mangum homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. NYM 5, PIT 1
T4 Bo Bichette Bo Bichette doubles (18) on a line drive to left fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Francisco Alvarez scores. A.J. Ewing scores. Francisco Lindor scores. NYM 8, PIT 1
T4 Jared Young Jared Young singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Ronny Simon. Bo Bichette scores. NYM 9, PIT 1
T5 Francisco Alvarez Francisco Alvarez homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field. NYM 10, PIT 1
T7 Luis Robert Jr. Luis Robert Jr. singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Mangum, deflected by second baseman Brandon Lowe. Bo Bichette scores. NYM 11, PIT 1

Box score

  123456789 R
NYM 203410100 11
PIT 001000000 1

Pitching & bullpen

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

Mets AWAY 11

Sean Manaea started for Mets, leaving with a 11–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Sean Manaea Starter 7.0 91 1 11 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Sean Manaea threw
    CSW 38% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 52 57% 9 11 12 11 9
    Sweeper 33 36% 7 5 8 10 3
    Sinker 3 3% 0 3 0 0 0
    Changeup 3 3% 0 0 1 1 1
  • Jack Weisenburger Middle 2.0 29 0 2
Pirates HOME 1

Jared Jones started for Pirates, leaving trailing 0–5. Out of the bullpen, Evan Sisk took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jared Jones Starter 3.0 69 8 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jared Jones threw
    CSW 20% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 33 48% 2 0 12 11 8
    Slider 31 45% 6 5 6 11 3
    Changeup 4 6% 1 0 0 3 0
    Curveball 1 1% 0 0 0 0 1
  • Evan Sisk Middle 1.0 24 1 0 inherited 3, all 3 scored
  • Kirby Yates Middle 1.0 29 1 0
  • Camilo Doval Middle 1.0 28 0 3
  • Gregory Soto Middle 1.0 24 1 1
  • Mason Montgomery Middle 1.0 15 0 3
  • Rafael Flores Jr. Reliever 1.0 8 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Jones
  • Benge 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · NYM
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
A.J. Ewing LF 4 2 0 0 2 1 .262 .334 .397 .731
Francisco Lindor SS 4 2 1 0 1 0 .234 .322 .418 .740
Bo Bichette 3B 5 3 5 3 1 0 .263 .307 .378 .685 2 2B
Carson Benge RF 5 0 2 1 1 1 .272 .332 .412 .744
Luis Robert Jr. CF 5 1 2 4 0 0 .213 .291 .340 .631 HR (5)
Jared Young 1B 5 1 3 1 0 1 .258 .336 .434 .770 3B
Marcus Semien 2B 4 0 1 1 1 2 .213 .274 .362 .636
Brett Baty DH 5 0 0 0 0 3 .214 .283 .321 .604
Francisco Alvarez C 3 2 1 1 1 2 .253 .342 .441 .783 HR (13)
HOME · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jake Mangum CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 .303 .355 .391 .746 HR (4)
Ronny Simon RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 .316 .333 .649
Jhostynxon Garcia LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .170 .204 .191 .395
Nick Gonzales 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 .359 .399 .758
Esmerlyn Valdez 1B 4 0 0 0 0 4 .242 .371 .571 .942
Jacob Gonzalez SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 .289 .386 .675
Rafael Flores Jr. P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .355 .360 .715
Jared Triolo 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242 .317 .305 .622
Henry Davis C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174 .271 .314 .585
Bryan Reynolds DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 .379 .443 .822 2B
Brandon Lowe 2B 2 0 0 0 0 2 .253 .319 .485 .804

Pitching lines

AWAY · NYM
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Sean Manaea 7.0 3 1 1 0 11 1 91 4.13 W
Jack Weisenburger 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 29 0.00
HOME · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jared Jones 3.0 6 8 8 3 3 1 69 5.03 L
Evan Sisk 1.0 2 1 1 2 0 0 24 2.48
Kirby Yates 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 29 3.73
Camilo Doval 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 28 4.33
Gregory Soto 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 24 3.81
Mason Montgomery 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 3.64
Rafael Flores Jr. 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · NYM
Andy Green
Lineup 5.3 R Bunts 2.7 R IBBs 1.6 R
HOME · PIT
Don Kelly
Lineup 4.4 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 3.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYM
3-7 L1 -1 run diff
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HOME · PIT
6-4 W4 -5 run diff
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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.

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