"Spencer Strider took the mound for the final time in 2025, looking for further validation of his new pitching approach. Flamethrowing rookie Bubba Chandler started the game for the Pirates. Both pitchers started the game with a 1-2-3 first, but faced some more challenges in the second. Strider pitched around two singles and a hit-by-pitch with some help from a double-play to hold the Pirates scoreless through two."
"The Pirates got to Spencer in the sixth, as a single, double, walk, and single turned into two runs for Pittsburgh, giving them a 3-1 lead on some BABIP luck. Matt Olson hit a pop-up in the sixth and was run into by Davis, the catcher while standing and attempting to find the ball and was called out on interference after Davis dropped the ball."
Spencer Strider took the mound for the final time in 2025, working through early trouble to keep Pittsburgh scoreless through two. Bubba Chandler started for the Pirates and matched zeroes early until Drake Baldwin tripled and later scored on an Ozuna single. Strider allowed a Henry Davis leadoff homer in the third and yielded two sixth-inning runs as a single, double, walk and single produced a 3-1 deficit. A controversial interference call on Matt Olson led to ejections, and Jurickson Profar struck out on a questionable pitch-clock violation. Ronald Acuna singled in the ninth but the Braves could not rally.
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