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September 4, 2026 · NL Cent

Los Angeles Angels vs Pittsburgh Pirates

September 4, 2026PNC ParkPartly Cloudy 78°F · 4 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
53-88
0
vs
HOME
Pittsburgh Pirates
70-72
1

Game Highlights

Published September 4, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Jake Mangum Jake Mangum doubles (17) on a ground ball to right fielder Wade Meckler. Konnor Griffin scores. LAA 0, PIT 1

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 000000000 0
PIT 010000000 1

Pitching & bullpen

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

Angels AWAY 0

Ryan Johnson started for Angels, leaving trailing 0–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Ryan Johnson Starter 6.0 89 1 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Ryan Johnson threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 38 43% 6 11 7 8 6
    Sweeper 25 28% 5 1 8 6 5
    Splitter 20 22% 1 2 1 13 3
    Sinker 6 7% 0 1 0 4 1
  • José Fermin Middle 1.0 12 0 2
  • Samy Natera Jr. Middle 1.0 24 0 2
Pirates HOME 1

Jared Jones started for Pirates, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jared Jones Starter 6.0 91 0 9 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jared Jones threw
    CSW 41% 1st-pitch strike 71% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 45 49% 17 5 10 9 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 38 42% 2 10 5 14 7
    Curveball 6 7% 0 3 0 3 0
    Changeup 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Wilber Dotel Middle 2.0 34 0 2 HLD
  • Mason Montgomery Middle 1.0 21 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 2nd · off Johnson
  • Mangum 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · LAA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Zach Neto SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 .234 .315 .428 .743
Mike Trout CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 .374 .421 .795
Wade Meckler LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 .370 .383 .753
Vaughn Grissom 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .249 .312 .394 .706
Travis d'Arnaud PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .164 .261 .230 .491
Christian Moore 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .172 .239 .281 .520
Josh Lowe RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .209 .273 .350 .623
Adam Frazier DH 3 0 0 0 0 3 .239 .317 .345 .662
Oswald Peraza 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .277 .338 .615
Moisés Ballesteros C 2 0 1 0 1 0 .209 .275 .326 .601
Jose Siri LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .220 .280 .384 .664
HOME · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brandon Lowe 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .254 .323 .480 .803
Bryan Reynolds RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .263 .369 .420 .789 2B
Nick Gonzales DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .372 .394 .766
Oneil Cruz CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .267 .360 .479 .839
Konnor Griffin SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 .272 .328 .399 .727
Jake Mangum LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .288 .346 .374 .720 2B
Henry Davis C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .265 .291 .556
Spencer Horwitz 1B 2 0 0 0 2 2 .246 .347 .374 .721
Jacob Gonzalez 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .225 .277 .369 .646

Pitching lines

AWAY · LAA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Ryan Johnson 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 89 5.17 L
José Fermin 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 3.21
Samy Natera Jr. 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 24 2.51
HOME · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jared Jones 6.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 91 4.46 W
Wilber Dotel 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 34 4.40 HLD
Mason Montgomery 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 2.91 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
Kurt Suzuki
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 4.5 R IBBs 5.5 R
HOME · PIT
Don Kelly
Don Kelly
Lineup 4.4 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 3.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAA
4-6 L1 -14 run diff
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HOME · PIT
6-4 W4 -5 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with LAA 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.

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