Pittsburgh 9, Atlanta 3
When: 7:15 PM ET, Friday, September 26, 2025
Where: Truist Park, Cumberland, Georgia
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Bruce Dreckman, 1B -
Brock Ballou, 2B -
Derek Thomas, 3B -
Mark Wegner
Attendance:
34500
By Field Level Media
Spencer Horwitz hit a pair of home runs to help the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates roll to a 9-3 win over the Atlanta Braves in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.
Pittsburgh (70-90) has won three of four against Atlanta (75-85) this season. The Pirates, winners of five of their past six games, are trying to win their first season series against the Braves since 2017.
Horwitz hit a solo homer off reliever Joel Payamps in the seventh inning and added a three-run homer off Pierce Johnson in the ninth, giving him 11 for the season.
Horwitz finished 3-for-3 with two walks and four RBIs to pace Pittsburgh's 14-hit attack. He is 9-for-11 with five home runs and nine RBIs in four career games against the Braves.
Tommy Pham hit a two-run homer, his 10th, to spark a four-run second inning and give the Pirates their first lead.
Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller was victimized by a high pitch count that resulted in an early departure. The right-hander threw 89 pitches -- and issued a season-high five walks -- before leaving after 3 2/3 innings. He gave up one run on three hits and struck out six.
Yohan Ramirez (3-3) struck out Atlanta slugger Matt Olson to end the fourth inning and earned the win.
Braves starter Joey Wentz (5-7) pitched four-plus innings and allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
The Braves scored their first two runs on a pair of home runs. Olson hit a solo shot in the first inning, his 29th, and Michael Harris II added a solo blast in the sixth. It was the 20th home run for Harris, who became the franchise's 12th player to have both 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in a season since the team moved to Atlanta in 1966.
Atlanta catcher Drake Baldwin went 1-for-3 and extended his hitting streak to a career-high nine games with an RBI single. He leads all National League rookies with 80 RBIs.
The game was interrupted by a 49-minute rain delay with two outs in the top of the seventh inning.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
Atlanta |
|
Mitch Keller
|
Player |
Joey Wentz
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
|
3.2 |
IP |
4.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
3 |
Hits |
8 |
|
2.45 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
14 |
3 |
24 |
.350 |
20 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Atlanta
|
8 |
2 |
16 |
.235 |
19 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
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