Liover Peguero Homers in Win | Pirates vs. Giants Game Highlights (7/29/25)

Liover Peguero Homers in Win | Pirates vs. Giants Game Highlights (7/29/25)

Justin Verlander, the 6 ft five inch, 240 pound, 42 year old in his 20th year at the big league level, 18th start of the year. He’s one with a 470, a lifetime against the Pirates Verlander five and two with a 351, a on the ground and it’s Devers and that’s how this game gets started. Spin liner well over 100 MPH and Devers makes it look like an easy play. There was nothing easy about that play swing and a miss he struck out and he powered the high fastball right by him right out over the plate. That was a challenge up above the belt a little bit and a swing and a pop up third baseman Chapman into shallow left, right along the line makes the catch three up, three down inning. Bailey Falter that, er, a under four opponent average 230 52 relief appearances against the Giants. Both of them here, both as a member of the Phillies curveball never broke and it up high for ball four and that’s not desirable for Bailey Falter strike three called nothing fancy here you go, hit it if you can, doesn’t even get a swing off. Runner goes, pitch taken high throws the second on a hop to save another walk to this inning two on now for matt Chapman, this one in the air in the infield and this will not be easy, but the infield fly is called. So doesn’t matter. Well, now Hayes could get the runner at second and they will the Giants a baserunning blunder as Hayes let the ball drop and the Giants run into a double play that gets falter out of the jam. Nothing, nothing. Second inning, 32 pitch swinging miss. He struck him out with a slider broke it off beautifully. Two down. It’s another ball hard drops into center field. Tommy Pham has a game hitting streak. I mean, he is just absolutely locked in to go. The ball is grounded to short over to his right fielded there by adam. He winds up fires the first in time to get Hayes and end the inning. Now he takes inside ball four. So Verlander walks him to start the inning called strike three Lider and I don’t know what he was looking for. That one was almost like a backup lider. So maybe he thought it was just going to stay swinging a line drive up the middle base hit, hung on that slider and sent it back up the box bucks on the pond. Two outs for Brian reynolds coming up checks his swing and he went around strike three, a couple of strikeouts again for Verlander in the third, a threat but no runs. Patrick Bailey who was two out of four last night, eight in the order. It’s a leadoff walk the third walk for Bailey. Well, that’s been your Giants offense so far. That’s a good thing. I got a runner in scoring position for the second time in this game. Falter has created an opportunity for free and a rally for free ground ball on to second to short. There’s one relay to a double play. They get Devers by a step and that ends the inning. The 14th groundball double play turned by Bailey Falter. He’s walked four and give it up no hits. Here comes Tommy Pham who singled in second and another hit for Pham and this one is headed toward the wall. It’s Lee and Ramos and Tommy Pham just blistering hot. A double with two outs in the fourth hit to right angling back Matos near the corner. He’ll make the catch on the foul line and Hayes is retired. Pirates do not score a two out double but no runs, four walks, no hits allowed by Falter. Willie. Adam will lead it off. Adam hits one well and high and adam hits it and the Giants are on the board. That’s their first hit of the game. Stay hot. Mr A number 16 work another deep count a pitch he could drive lines one down the left field line, that’s a base hit and it’s headed to the corner. That’s good to see he pulled it and he hit it hard into second. He’ll stop there. Tommy Pham goes and retrieves it in the corner two out, double for a soft ground ball on to second and Gonzalez loves it to first for the final out. So the Giants will get just the one run on the leadoff homer by Willie adam. I’m going to say that this is as good as we’ve seen Verlander throw. He struck out peguero looking in the third. Let’s see if Peguero jump on a mistake here perhaps from Verlander and he does indeed hit one out to tie the game at one. It’s his first this year with the Pirates, Leo peguero. It is 11 as he clears the deck with a, the guy who is going to be a Hall of Famer to shallow right dives made it a trap. Hesitant, didn’t know whether to dive or not finally did and traps it for a hit hoit aboard following the home run. That’s a line drive to center field in front of Jung Ho le hard hit balls here off Verlander in this fifth inning. Pirates. It up on the home run giants are coming up has allowed for balls. He gave up a home run to Willie Adam leading off the fourth swinging a soft tapper back to the mound, leaping grab by falter and he’ll lob it in the direction of first base where Hoitz will field it and Then move over to the base and retire the batter, high fly ball left field fam in a couple of steps. He calls for it. Moves over a couple of steps at the last moment to make the catch for the second out. Eyeball shallow. Right. Reynolds coming on. Reynolds, a diving grab. What a play by Bryant reynolds laying out. I didn’t think he had a shot at that. I didn’t think it was going to be close a long way perfectly time dive right off the top of the grass. So here’s your new pitcher. It’s Ryan Walker to face Joey Bart with a base hit to right there with the first baseman playing near the bag that afforded Bart that hole and a line drive base hit for Spencer Horowitz 1st and 2nd and it brings up andrew Mccutchen 97 mile an hour two swing and a slow roller cutting over from third. Chapman’s got it. His throw to first is in time and chapman nice play. Ryan walker works around those two hits. 50 third appearance for Mr Rogers as he’s facing, nick Gonzalez shoots one on the ground past the diving attempt of Schmidt and a base hit puts Gonzalez aboard to start this innings swinging a soft ground ball. Rogers will field and he can’t have a play on that one. He was backtracking over the foul line. I mean, he’s a good fielder. He has a grip, he gets a throw, all likelihood they get him. But if you can’t get a grip, you can’t make a throw and risk throwing it into right field and there’s a slowly hit ground ball to the right side. A look at second and a throw to first, it hits Hayes, otherwise it goes past Hayes and a run score. So you’ve got a very inexperienced first baseman rafael Devers, confused on that play and Schmidt throwing to the bag when the pitcher is not expecting it. And they luck out to the Giants in that the ball, the throw hits Hayes. Joey Bart comes to the plate, ground ball base for Joey Bart will hold at third but Gonzalez scores and the Pirates lead it 2 to 1. That’s, they’re going to give you extra outs. Take advantage. Here’s peguero, a little tapper slowly hit chapman to first RB I for peguero Pirates lead it 3 to 1. Tyler Rogers wanted a big strikeout or a double play ball. Another for now with a couple of them tonight. Here is Dennis Santana. Outstanding season 1, 39 a 176 opponent average making his 46th appearance looking for his save and there’s one that’s where he wanted to put it started in the zone. Have it break out tight little slider. A diving stop by Hayes to his feet. What a play. Keep Brian Hayes spectacular play the gold glover Robs Adam and quiets this crowd. Praise the jolly Roger. Dennis Santana Smooth gets the save the pirates. Get another win.

The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-1 at Oracle Park on July 29, 2025. Liover Peguero homered and drove in two runs in the victory.

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