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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| SF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
The Story
The Pittsburgh Pirates handed the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 defeat at Oracle Park on May 30, 2023, overcoming a pre-game DiamondIQ model estimate that gave the home side a 55 percent chance of winning. Pittsburgh scored in the first inning and added an insurance run in the fifth, and that two-run cushion proved just enough as the Giants were unable to claw back against a Pittsburgh bullpen that held firm through the game's most critical moments.
The decisive sequence came in the final two innings, when the Pirates' relief corps extinguished San Francisco's best threats. Colin Holderman navigated the eighth inning as the most impactful single event in his favor, though Michael Conforto's single briefly kept Giants hopes alive with an 8.6 percent swing in San Francisco's direction before Casey Schmitt's flyout swung momentum back by 16.5 percent. Closer David Bednar then slammed the door in the ninth, and the game's single largest win-probability moment came when LaMonte Wade Jr. lifted a flyout to end a threat, a play that shifted Pittsburgh's win probability by 31.6 percent in the Pirates' favor. Patrick Bailey's strikeout to end the game added an 8.5 percent final swing toward Pittsburgh.
LaMonte Wade Jr. led all batters with a 41.8 percent WPA contribution despite going to the plate in a losing cause, reflecting how close San Francisco came to a rally. Joshua Palacios and Blake Sabol contributed modest positive swings for the Giants as well. On the pitching side, Colin Holderman led all pitchers with a 27.9 percent WPA, followed by Jose E. Hernandez at 13.4 percent and Johan Oviedo at 13.3 percent, a trio whose collective effort secured the one-run victory for Pittsburgh.