The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Sep 9, 2026 at Rate Field.
Final · Rate Field
Top performers
- Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Brandon Eisert pitched 2.1 innings for the Pirates, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the White Sox.
- Davis Martin pitched 5.0 innings for the White Sox, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Konnor Griffin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronny Simon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Cook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Eisert | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lake Bachar | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Luke Weaver | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camilo Doval | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Chicago White Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Antonacci | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colson Montgomery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chase Meidroth | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Vargas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Munetaka Murakami | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tristan Peters | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Braden Montgomery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kyle Teel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Quero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Martin | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Trevor Richards | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sean Newcomb | 1.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Murphy | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Sep 8, 2026: PIT 9, CHW 3 · Next Sep 10, 2026: PIT 2, CHW 0
- White Sox · 2026 season · Previous Sep 8, 2026: PIT 9, CHW 3 · Next Sep 10, 2026: PIT 2, CHW 0