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Miami players are cheering after coming from behind to win the bottom of the ninth inning at the 2025 season home opening game on the 28th.
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Miami players are cheering after coming from behind to win the bottom of the ninth inning at the 2025 season home opening game on the 28th.
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It's the worst start of the season. Will the Pittsburgh Pirates not be able to escape the confines of the `weakest' again this year.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, where Bae Ji-hwan (26) dramatically joined the opening roster, suffered a disastrous upset in the opening game of the Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 2025 season. As soon as a pleasant opening game victory was foreseen, all the must-win bullpen and closing pitcher, which were trusted and sent out, collapsed. A come-from-behind loss caused by the collapse of the must-win group in a winning situation with the ace of the first starter. It can be seen as the worst type of defeat.
Pittsburgh played its 2025 MLB away game against the Miami Marlins at Ron Depot Park in Miami, Florida on the 28th (Korea time). Bae Ji-hwan, who joined the opening entry for the first time in two years as a backup utility worker both inside and outside after wielding nearly 40% in the exhibition game, was excluded from the game.
The roles within the team assigned to Bae Ji-hwan are mainly pinch-hitters, pinch-runners, and logistical expenses during the game. He is not likely to start. Whether or not to participate will be determined by the situation of the game. In conclusion, Bae Ji-hwan did not get a chance to play on the day.
What is more important than Bae Ji-hwan's lackluster performance is that Pittsburgh suffered the worst defeat in the game. Pittsburgh deployed Paul Skins (23), who won the National League Rookie of the Year last year as the first starter. Skins pitched in response to expectations. In five ⅓ innings until the sixth inning with one out, he recorded two earned runs with three hits, two walks and seven strikeouts.
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| Paul Skins as Pittsburgh's opening game starter. |
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Skins, who allowed one run until the fifth inning, was replaced by Dennis Santana after allowing two consecutive walks after one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. However, Santana drew another walk to create a full base crisis with one out. In addition, Pittsburgh catcher Joey Bart's fastball came out, and third baseman Jabier Edwards came home. It was recorded as an earned run by Skins as a runner with a walk. Fortunately, Pittsburgh also put in Ryan Borucci to end the inning without additional runs.
Pittsburgh's batters also showed concentration. Brian Reynolds' two-run timely hit over the middle wall was made with two outs and a full base in the top of the fifth inning, trailing 0-1. In the top of the sixth inning, when the score was overturned 2-1, Nick Gonzalez's two-run homer also hit to widen the lead to 4-1.
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| Pittsburgh Nick Gonzalez celebrates after hitting a two-run home run. |
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Even though he gave up one run in the bottom of the sixth inning, Pittsburgh still continued its two-point lead. In the seventh inning, Kaleb Ferguson neatly stopped the first inning without a hit. Now it's over if we stop the 8th and 9th episodes. Fortunately, Pittsburgh had a must-win group ready. Colin Holderman came out in the bottom of the eighth. It is Pittsburgh's signature must-win pitching, which has recorded more than 20 holds for the past two consecutive years. Last year, he recorded 3 wins, 6 losses, 21 holds, and a 3.16 ERA in 55 games.
But the holder man he believed collapsed badly. Holderman, who walked leadoff batter Kyle Stowers, seemed to overcome the crisis by striking out two batters later with a grounder to third base. However, with two outs and runners on second base, Otto Lopez hit a timely hit to center field, and he continued to allow his follow-up Dane Myers to tie the game with another timely hit to center field. Holderman, who allowed four pitches to Derek Hill afterwards, managed to ground out Graham Pauli to shortstop and finished the nightmarish eighth inning.
Pittsburgh had a double by leadoff hitter Tommy Pham in the top of the ninth inning, but failed to score. In the end, he allowed a turnaround in the bottom of the ninth inning. The pitcher is David Bedna. He finished with 81 saves (seven holds) for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the past three years. Although his ERA soared to 5.77 (3-8, 23 saves with 3 holds) last year, he was expected to play a finishing role again this year.
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Miami Nick Foltes, who came out as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning and cheered after hitting a triple.
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However, Bedna only showed that last year's slump was not temporary. He was hit with a triple to the right when he was thrown out by leadoff hitter Nick Foltes. He then filtered the follow-up batter, Venda, with four pitches on purpose, but gave Stowers a walk-off hit to the right and bowed his head.
From Pittsburgh's point of view, it can't be seen as just one loss. He gave an ace and led the game, the worst defeat that the trusted must-win team won. A typical defeat ends with just one. But 'Bad Defeat' continues to have an adverse effect. The defeat in Pittsburgh's opening game was a bad one.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
