Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| SF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 14 | 18 | 0 |
The Story
The San Francisco Giants routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-4 at Oracle Park on May 29, 2023, turning what the DiamondIQ model opened as a modest 57% home win probability into a near-certainty before the game was halfway complete. The Giants broke through in the second inning with a five-run outburst against Rich Hill that effectively settled the contest, and a massive eight-run seventh inning removed any remaining doubt, with the model's estimate climbing to 100% by the final out. Pittsburgh finished with two errors against a Giants team that committed none, compounding the damage across a lopsided 18-hit San Francisco performance.
The second inning proved to be the critical turning point, driven by a sequence of plays against Hill that produced the game's largest individual win-probability swings. Brandon Crawford's double generated a +7.8% shift in San Francisco's favor, while Austin Slater followed with a home run that added another +7.7%. Casey Schmitt's double in the same frame contributed +7.2%, and the inning's overall momentum made it the defining stretch of the ballgame. Notably, a Wilmer Flores pop out led the inning's WPA list at +8.1%, reflecting how loaded the base situations were throughout that sequence. In the top of the seventh, Ji Hwan Bae's single off Anthony DeSclafani registered +6.1% for Pittsburgh, briefly the Pirates' most impactful offensive moment, though it came far too late to alter the outcome.
Among the top individual performers by the DiamondIQ model's metrics, Crawford finished with a WPA of +8.6% and an RE24 of +2.3, leading all batters alongside Schmitt, who matched those run-expectancy numbers at +8.2% WPA and +2.3 RE24. Slater posted the highest RE24 of any batter at +2.6, pairing it with a +6.3% WPA contribution. On the pitching side, Anthony DeSclafani led Giants hurlers with a +3.6% WPA, providing stability in relief as San Francisco's offense did the heavy lifting in what became a thoroughly dominant home performance.