Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

65-69, 31-37 Away

Final
1 - 0

San Diego Padres

71-62, 40-28 Home

Oneil Cruz homers off Mason Miller in 9th, sending Pirates to a 1-0 win over Padres

Paul Skenes records 4 K's in 6 scoreless innings for Pirates

Cruz improbably lined a low 98-mph pitch from Miller (4-2) into Petco Park's short porch in right field for his 17th homer. Miller, the Padres' All-Star closer and Pittsburgh native, hadn't let anybody go deep on him in 73 consecutive appearances since Arizona's Lourdes Gurriel Jr. did it Aug. 5, 2025, in Miller's second appearance for his new team.

Gregory Soto (6-4) threw a scoreless eighth for Pittsburgh, and Mason Montgomery earned his sixth save.

Paul Skenes pitched six innings of three-hit ball in a solid rebound by the Pirates' reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, but Michael King allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings in his latest strong start for the Padres.

San Diego didn't get a hit off the Pirates' bullpen while losing consecutive games for the first time since July 23, interrupting a 21-7 surge into playoff position.

Skenes had gone 0-3 with a 6.46 ERA in his past five starts, leading Pittsburgh to give extra rest to its ace last week. He was back on form in his native Southern California, throttling the Padres and issuing no walks while his fastball again touched 98 mph, assuaging concerns about his downtick in velocity earlier this month.

After King escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first, the veteran righty found a groove and matched his longest start of the season while striking out seven.

Up next Bubba Chandler (6-8, 4.38 ERA) takes the mound for the Pirates on Wednesday. Randy Vásquez (9-6, 4.19) is likely to get the bulk of the innings for the Padres.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Merrill struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bowen stole second.
	9th Inning	Bowen ran for France
	9th Inning	France walked. Pittsburgh Pirates challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Machado struck out looking. San Diego Padres challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth fouled out to third.

Statistics

PIT		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
118	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	4
33	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
1.7	Runs Created	0.0
.200	Batting Average	.103
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.138
.167	Secondary Average	.138
.273	On Base Percentage	.161
.606	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.299
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.0
15.0	Batter Rating	6.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.58	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.34
.133	Isolated Power	.034
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
-.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
69.3	MLB Rating	58.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0