New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates

NYM 6 — 4 PIT

Final — 2026-08-07

MVP: Zac Thornton 5.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER

New York Mets defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4. Zac Thornton led the way with 5.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER. Zac Thornton earned the win and Carmen Mlodzinski took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYM	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	0
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	12	0

WP Zac Thornton (3-2)

LP Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Benge singled to center, Ewing scored, Bichette to second. (1-0)

Top 3: Benge singled to right, Lindor scored. (2-0)

Top 3: Semien homered to left center, Benge scored and Young scored. (5-0)

Top 4: Lindor singled to center, Ewing scored. (6-0)

Bot 7: Triolo singled to left, Gonzales scored, Simon to second. (6-1)

Bot 7: Mangum hit sacrifice fly to right, Simon scored, Triolo to third. (6-2)

Bot 9: Gonzalez singled to right, Simon scored, Gonzalez out stretching at second. (6-3)

Bot 9: Lowe singled to center, Mangum scored. (6-4)

NYM — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ewing	CF	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.269	.336	.407	.743
Lindor	SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	.232	.317	.421	.738
Bichette	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.300	.369	.669
Benge	LF	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	.270	.330	.412	.742
Young	1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.335	.426	.761
Semien	2B	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	.215	.274	.367	.641
Baty	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.220	.290	.329	.619
Polanco	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.139	.195	.235	.430
Torrens	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.231	.299	.354	.653
Pache	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mangum	CF	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	.295	.350	.370	.720
Lowe	2B	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	.254	.320	.483	.803
Reynolds	LF	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	.267	.377	.442	.819
Valdez	RF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.245	.367	.587	.954
Horwitz	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271	.373	.436	.809
Gonzales	3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.311	.364	.402	.766
Simon	DH	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522
Triolo	SS	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.245	.320	.309	.629
Flores	C	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.227	.393	.409	.802
Rodriguez	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.373	.467	.840
Gonzalez	PH	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.237	.288	.393	.681

NYM — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Thornton	5.0	4	0	0	2	3	63-42	2.52	1.07	W, 3-2
Nunez	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	14-8	9.00	3.00
Yan	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	15-8	0.00	2.50
Duarte	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	18-13	1.17	0.78
Williams	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	21-13	4.66	1.68

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Mlodzinski	3.0	7	5	5	1	1	1	63-40	3.51	1.37	L, 6-4
Sisk	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	37-22	2.31	1.15
Ramirez	3.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	43-28	2.80	1.29
Weaver	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11-6	1.80	0.84

Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (33,497)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Todd Tichenor, First Base Umpire: Tyler Jones, Second Base Umpire: Clint Vondrak, Third Base Umpire: Adam Hamari

Broadcast: WPIX | SNPT

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