San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 1 |
| PIT | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 0 |
The Story
The Pittsburgh Pirates edged the San Francisco Giants 13-12 on September 1, 2026, at PNC Park in a high-scoring affair that saw the lead change hands multiple times before Pittsburgh finally held on. The DiamondIQ model entered the game favoring the Pirates at 62% and closed at 100%, though the path to that outcome was anything but straightforward, with San Francisco mounting a significant threat in the final frames before Pittsburgh's defense and bullpen combined to seal it.
The game's two most critical sequences came in the eighth and ninth innings. In the top of the eighth, Nate Furman delivered a single off Luke Weaver that added 27.9 percentage points of win probability to San Francisco's chances, fueling a five-run Giants rally that made it a one-run game and fundamentally altered the game's trajectory. Pittsburgh's response in the bottom of the ninth was defined not by a hit but by an error: a fielding miscue charged to Carson Seymour allowed Rafael Flores Jr. to reach base, a play that swung win probability by 35.9 points in Pittsburgh's favor and proved to be the decisive moment of the contest. San Francisco's hopes evaporated in the top of the ninth when Rafael Devers grounded into a double play off Mason Montgomery, costing the Giants 18.2 points of win probability, followed by Jung Hoo Lee's groundout that erased another 13.9 points.
Among the top individual performers by the DiamondIQ model's estimates, Flores Jr. led all batters with a combined WPA of plus-35.9 percent and an RE24 of plus-0.9, his involvement in the ninth-inning sequence proving central to the outcome. Furman was close behind at plus-27.9 percent WPA and led all batters with a plus-1.6 RE24, while Jonah Cox contributed plus-19.6 percent WPA and plus-0.8 RE24. On the mound, Mason Montgomery was the most impactful arm by WPA at plus-13.5 percent, with Trent Harris adding plus-10.9 percent in support of a Pittsburgh pitching staff that ultimately kept San Francisco's 16-hit attack one run short.