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Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates

LECOM Park, Bradenton Spring Training Final

Final score

The Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10–2 on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 on the road.

Team Runs 2026 record
Houston Astros 10 81-81
at Pittsburgh Pirates 2 82-80

Line score

Team
Houston Astros 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 10 8 0
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0
  • W: Lance McCullers Jr. (1-0)
  • L: Mitch Keller (0-1)

Home runs

  • Houston Astros: Brice Matthews (1), Zach Cole (2)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Top 1st Houston Astros Shay Whitcomb singles on a fly ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Joey Loperfido scores. 1–0
Top 3rd Houston Astros Brice Matthews homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Joey Loperfido scores. 3–0
Top 3rd Houston Astros Zach Cole homers (2) on a line drive to right field. 4–0
Bottom 3rd Pittsburgh Pirates Bryan Reynolds singles on a fly ball to left fielder Taylor Trammell. Joey Bart scores. Alika Williams to 3rd. Ryan O'Hearn to 2nd. 4–1
Top 5th Houston Astros Shay Whitcomb singles on a fly ball to right fielder Ryan O'Hearn. Joey Loperfido scores. Brice Matthews to 3rd. Zach Cole to 2nd. 5–1
Top 5th Houston Astros Cavan Biggio singles on a line drive to right fielder Ryan O'Hearn. Brice Matthews scores. Zach Cole scores. Shay Whitcomb to 3rd. 7–1
Top 5th Houston Astros Christian Vázquez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Shay Whitcomb scores. Cavan Biggio to 2nd. 8–1
Top 8th Houston Astros Riley Unroe doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Jhostynxon Garcia. Christian Vázquez scores. Collin Price scores. 10–1
Bottom 9th Pittsburgh Pirates Hunter Stovall out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Zach Cole. Omar Alfonzo scores. 10–2

Box score

Houston Astros

Batter
Joey Loperfido RF 1 3 1 0 2 0 .355
Riley Unroe SS 2 0 1 2 0 1 .292
Brice Matthews LF 3 2 1 2 2 1 .226
Zach Cole CF 3 2 1 1 2 2 .188
Shay Whitcomb 3B 3 1 2 2 0 0 .308
Jack Winkler 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .273
Taylor Trammell RF 3 0 0 0 1 3 .250
Tyler Whitaker RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cavan Biggio DH 3 0 1 2 0 1 .200
Carlos Pérez DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Christian Vázquez C 3 1 1 1 2 1 .333
Collin Price 1B 4 1 0 0 1 3 .182
Jax Biggers SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 .095
Yamal Encarnacion 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 34 10 8 10 10 16
Pitcher
Lance McCullers Jr. (W, 1-0) 4.0 3 1 1 3 1 0 58 3.38
Roddery Muñoz 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 2.16
Christian Roa 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 1.04
Logan VanWey 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 36 4.50

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batter
Oneil Cruz CF 3 0 1 0 0 2 .500
Jake Mangum CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Ryan O'Hearn RF 2 0 1 0 1 0 .370
Jhostynxon Garcia RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .455
Bryan Reynolds LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .267
Billy Cook LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Marcell Ozuna DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 .281
Ivan Brethowr DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Brandon Lowe 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .136
Omar Alfonzo C 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286
Nick Gonzales 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .409
Jared Jones 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Spencer Horwitz 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .120
Mike Jarvis 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Joey Bart C 1 1 1 0 0 0 .138
Hunter Stovall 3B 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Alika Williams SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 .259
Jesus Castillo SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 2 6 2 4 6
Pitcher
Mitch Keller (L, 0-1) 4.0 4 6 6 4 6 2 85 5.56
Cy Nielson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Noah Murdock 0.2 3 2 2 1 2 0 24 3.86
Justin Lawrence 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 1.93
David Matoma 1.2 1 2 2 3 4 0 36 10.80
Brandon Neeck 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 20 0.00

Game info

Weather
56 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
13 mph, In From CF
First pitch
1:05 PM
Time of game
2:45
Attendance
5,960
Umpires
Home Plate: Thomas Fornarola, First Base: Laz Diaz, Second Base: Will Little, Third Base: Chris Segal

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at Houston Astros 2 Final (6) Spring training Game page
Houston Astros 10 at Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Final Spring training Game page

Other MLB games on Mar 17

Matchup Status Details
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Baltimore Orioles 1 at Detroit Tigers 1 Final Spring training Game page
New York Mets 5 at Miami Marlins 5 Final Spring training Game page
Athletics 4 at Chicago White Sox 6 Final Spring training Game page
Seattle Mariners 10 at Colorado Rockies 6 Final Spring training Game page
San Diego Padres 9 at Seattle Mariners 6 Final Spring training Game page
Los Angeles Dodgers 10 at Kansas City Royals 4 Final Spring training Game page
Los Angeles Angels 6 at Chicago Cubs 8 Final Spring training Game page
Cleveland Guardians 8 at Cincinnati Reds 6 Final Spring training Game page

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