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August 26, 2026 · NL West

Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Diego Padres

August 26, 2026Petco ParkPartly Cloudy 82°F · 9 mph, L To R
AWAY
Pittsburgh Pirates
65-70
0
vs
HOME
San Diego Padres
72-62
3

Game Highlights

Published August 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Luis Rengifo Luis Rengifo singles on a line drive to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Jackson Merrill scores. PIT 0, SD 1
B4 Jackson Merrill Jackson Merrill triples (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Manny Machado scores. PIT 0, SD 2
B8 Jake Cronenworth Jake Cronenworth doubles (10) on a line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Freddy Fermin scores. PIT 0, SD 3

Box score

  123456789 R
PIT 000000000 0
SD 010100010 3

Pitching & bullpen

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

Pirates AWAY 0

Bubba Chandler started for Pirates, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Kirby Yates took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bubba Chandler Starter 5.2 83 2 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bubba Chandler threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 32 39% 2 5 5 11 9
    Slider 20 24% 2 5 6 5 2
    Sinker 17 20% 0 3 3 7 4
    Changeup 8 10% 1 0 2 5 0
    Curveball 6 7% 1 1 1 1 2
  • Lake Bachar Long 1.1 16 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Kirby Yates Middle 0.2 35 1 1
  • Noah Murdock Middle 0.1 5 0 0 inherited 3, stranded 3
Padres HOME 3

Randy Vásquez started for Padres, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Randy Vásquez Starter 5.0 68 0 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Randy Vásquez threw
    CSW 18% 1st-pitch strike 61% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 29 43% 0 5 8 9 7
    Four-Seam Fastball 15 22% 2 2 3 7 1
    Cutter 12 18% 1 1 3 6 1
    Changeup 11 16% 0 1 1 4 5
    Slider 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Kyle Hart Middle 1.0 27 0 0 HLD
  • Griffin Canning Reliever 0.1 17 0 1 HLD
  • Yuki Matsui Middle 0.2 14 0 2 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Bradgley Rodriguez Middle 2.0 26 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 2nd · off Chandler
  • Rengifo 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Spencer Horwitz 1B 5 0 2 0 0 1 .254 .356 .394 .750
Brandon Lowe 2B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .249 .316 .470 .786
Bryan Reynolds DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 .370 .425 .795
Esmerlyn Valdez RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .249 .363 .536 .899
Oneil Cruz CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .257 .347 .486 .833
Nick Gonzales 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .305 .365 .394 .759
Jake Mangum LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .287 .343 .376 .719
Rafael Flores Jr. C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246 .333 .551 .884
Jared Triolo SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .242 .316 .307 .623
Jacob Gonzalez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .213 .262 .356 .618
HOME · SD
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Fernando Tatis Jr. RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .285 .355 .446 .801
Jake Cronenworth 2B 3 0 1 1 1 1 .228 .313 .306 .619 2B
Manny Machado 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .214 .301 .402 .703
Ty France 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .288 .356 .506 .862
Jackson Merrill CF 3 1 2 1 1 0 .239 .289 .416 .705 2B, 3B
Jase Bowen LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .165 .205 .266 .471
Gavin Sheets DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 .210 .314 .389 .703
Xander Bogaerts SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .317 .323 .640
Freddy Fermin C 2 1 1 0 1 0 .204 .277 .318 .595 SB
Luis Rengifo LF 3 0 1 1 0 1 .245 .323 .324 .647

Pitching lines

AWAY · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bubba Chandler 5.2 4 2 1 2 3 0 83 4.26 L
Lake Bachar 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.70
Kirby Yates 0.2 3 1 1 2 1 0 35 3.49
Noah Murdock 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
HOME · SD
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Randy Vásquez 5.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 68 4.02 W
Kyle Hart 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 3.98 HLD
Griffin Canning 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 6.19 HLD
Yuki Matsui 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 2.10 HLD
Bradgley Rodriguez 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 26 1.95 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · PIT
Don Kelly
Lineup 4.4 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 3.6 R
HOME · SD
Craig Stammen
Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · PIT
6-4 W4 -5 run diff
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HOME · SD
9-1 W5 +24 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with PIT listed first across 3 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.