Machado homers and hits go-ahead sac fly as the Padres beat the Pirates 6-4
Updated: 8:55 PM EDT Jun 1, 2025
6:00 ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING, I’M MATT BARCARO WITH METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN AND MARY ELLEN. IF IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PLAN OUT YOUR DAY YESTERDAY IN BETWEEN THE SHOWERS. YES, IT WAS A NICE DAY. IT WASN’T TOO BAD. IT IS GOING TO BE EVEN NICER. IT’S GOING TO BE DRIER. NOT AS BREEZY OR GUSTY AS YESTERDAY. STILL BREEZY, BUT WE’LL TAKE IT. IN FACT, FIRST DAY OF JUNE. LOOK AT THIS. STARTING OFF GORGEOUS. OUR SUNRISE LOOKS FANTASTIC. VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY CLOUDS. YOU SEE THE FLAG WHIPPING AROUND THERE A LITTLE BIT. SO THERE IS A BREEZE RIGHT NOW. AND IT WILL INCREASE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. BUT HIGH PRESSURE IS NOSING IN FROM THE WEST AS WE HEAD. LET’S SEE. THERE WE GO. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, YOU CAN SEE CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURES ACROSS THE MIDWEST. UPPER MIDWEST, AND THE GREAT LAKES. AND IT’S BUMPING UP AGAINST THAT DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT US THE SHOWERS YESTERDAY AND EVEN INTO FRIDAY. SO WE DO STILL HAVE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT, CREATING THE BREEZY WINDS THAT I ANTICIPATE TODAY AND STILL COOLER THAN AVERAGE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE TEMPERATURES TURN AROUND QUICKLY HEADING INTO THE WORKWEEK. UPPER 40S RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER, WE HAVE 48. IN EPHRATA, 50 IN LANDISBURG, 48 IN GETTYSBURG, 53 IN HARRISBURG. AND HERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. LOTS OF SUNSHINE. BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE’LL SEE A FEW CLOUDS BUBBLING UP AND MIXING WITH THAT SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT AT 70 DEGREES. OUR AVERAGE HIGH IS 78, SO WE’RE STILL WELL SHORT OF THAT. AND YOU CAN SEE THE WINDS THERE 10 TO 15MPH, OCCASIONALLY GUSTING 20 TO 25MPH. NOW, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO WARM AS WE HEAD BACK INTO THE WORKWEEK. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW SOON WE ARE GOING TO BE ENJOYING 80 DEGREE WEATHER IN MY FULL FORECAST. OKAY, THANKS MARY ELLEN. WE’LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THE POWER IS BACK ON. FOR MANY OF YOU IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY WHO LOST IT FOR THE WEEKEND STORMS, CAUSING HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS IN DAUPHIN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES TO GO DARK THIS MORNING. SERVICE PROVIDERS STILL REPORTING SOME OUTAGES, THOUGH, ACCORDING TO PPL, MORE THAN 600 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN HALIFAX TOWNSHIP. THAT’S UPPER DAUPHIN COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE SOME DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE STORMS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. WE HAD SOME VIDEO OF THAT WITH CREWS RESPONDING TO A TREE THAT FELL ON A HOUSE IN WORMLEYSBURG. THIS IS ON THE WEST SHORE. SECOND STREET HAD TO BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS FOR THIS, BUT IT HAS SINCE REOPENED. TODAY MARKS THE START OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON, AND IT IS FORECASTED TO BE BUSIER THAN USUAL. JACKIE DEFUSCO IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DOWNSIZING EFFORT COULD IMPACT THE RESPONSE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JACKIE. MATT, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, TELLS ME THAT THEY CONTINUE TO MEET THEIR CORE MISSION OF PROVIDING LIFE SAVING FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. BUT WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE AGENCY IS HAVING TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO ADDRESS STAFFING GAPS THAT WERE WIDENED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY EFFORTS. THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON IS HERE FROM JUNE 1ST TO NOVEMBER 30TH. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S FORECAST CALLS FOR 13 TO 19 NAMED STORMS, WITH 6 TO 10 BECOMING HURRICANES AND 3 TO 5 REACHING MAJOR STATUS. THE KEY MESSAGE RIGHT NOW IS PREPAREDNESS. NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT GETTING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY READY FOR THIS HURRICANE SEASON. BUT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT READY TO RESPOND? THE HURRICANE CENTER. WE’RE ABSOLUTELY READY. WE ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND CAPABLE GOING INTO THE SEASON. BUT IN A LETTER TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, 15 SENATE DEMOCRATS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT ROUGHLY 550 RECENT STAFF REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WRITING THEY WILL, QUOTE, POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BY UNDERCUTTING ESSENTIAL FORECASTING AND WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEMS. WILL STAFF CUTS POSE A SAFETY RISK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THIS HURRICANE SEASON? WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME STAFFING CHALLENGES ACROSS THE ACROSS THE WEATHER SERVICE IN GENERAL, BUT WE’RE TAKING STEPS TO MOVE STAFF AROUND TO FILL THOSE CRITICAL GAPS. TOM FAHY WITH THE UNION REPRESENTING WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES, IS ESPECIALLY WORRIED ABOUT VACANCIES AT LOCAL WEATHER FORECASTING OFFICES, INCLUDING ROUGHLY HALF A DOZEN THAT HE SAYS HAVE HAD TO SUSPEND OVERNIGHT SHIFTS. WE ARE CRITICALLY SHORT IN A LOT OF PLACES AND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE BODIES RIGHT NOW, MORE TRAINED METEOROLOGISTS AND HYDROLOGISTS AND SENIOR WEATHER TECHNICIANS IN THOSE AREAS. 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Machado homers and hits go-ahead sac fly as the Padres beat the Pirates 6-4
Updated: 8:55 PM EDT Jun 1, 2025
Manny Machado homered in the first inning and hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in a four-run seventh for the San Diego Padres, who rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Sunday to take two of three games in their series.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8. Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run shot to tie Roberto Clemente for third place on Pittsburgh’s career list with 240 homers. Adam Frazier also went deep to give the Pirates a 4-1 lead in the fourth. Gavin Sheets slammed face-first into the wall while tracking Frazier’s homer and left the game. The Padres started their comeback in the sixth when Jackson Merrill’s second double of the game brought in three-time batting champion Luis Arraez, who was aboard on a one-out double.San Diego broke through against reliever Tanner Rainey (0-1), who came on to start the seventh and walked three of the five batters he faced and allowed an RBI single to pinch-hitter ElÃas DÃaz. After Rainey walked Fernando Tatis Jr. to load the bases with one out, Caleb Ferguson came on and allowed Arraez’s single that tied it and Machado’s sac fly. Tyler Wade beat out a bases-loaded single that Ferguson knocked down but couldn’t find in time to make a play. It was the second homer in two games and fifth of the season for the 38-year-old McCutchen, who’s in his 17th big league season and 12th with Pittsburgh over two stints. The shot off Randy Vásquez with one out in the third inning gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead.Machado’s homer off starter Andrew Heaney was his seventh. Adrian Morejon (3-2) got the win and Robert Suarez pitched a perfect ninth for his major league-leading 19th save.Arraez’s tying single was his first RBI hit of the season with the bases loaded.McCutchen has 324 homers during a 17-year career in which he’s also played for Philadelphia, Milwaukee, San Francisco and the New York Yankees.Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (4-5, 2.15 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series against Houston that begins a nine-game homestand. The Padres hadn’t announced a starter for Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at San Francisco.
SAN DIEGO —
Manny Machado homered in the first inning and hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in a four-run seventh for the San Diego Padres, who rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Sunday to take two of three games in their series.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.
Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run shot to tie Roberto Clemente for third place on Pittsburgh’s career list with 240 homers. Adam Frazier also went deep to give the Pirates a 4-1 lead in the fourth. Gavin Sheets slammed face-first into the wall while tracking Frazier’s homer and left the game.
The Padres started their comeback in the sixth when Jackson Merrill’s second double of the game brought in three-time batting champion Luis Arraez, who was aboard on a one-out double.
San Diego broke through against reliever Tanner Rainey (0-1), who came on to start the seventh and walked three of the five batters he faced and allowed an RBI single to pinch-hitter ElÃas DÃaz. After Rainey walked Fernando Tatis Jr. to load the bases with one out, Caleb Ferguson came on and allowed Arraez’s single that tied it and Machado’s sac fly. Tyler Wade beat out a bases-loaded single that Ferguson knocked down but couldn’t find in time to make a play.
It was the second homer in two games and fifth of the season for the 38-year-old McCutchen, who’s in his 17th big league season and 12th with Pittsburgh over two stints. The shot off Randy Vásquez with one out in the third inning gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead.
Machado’s homer off starter Andrew Heaney was his seventh.
Adrian Morejon (3-2) got the win and Robert Suarez pitched a perfect ninth for his major league-leading 19th save.
Arraez’s tying single was his first RBI hit of the season with the bases loaded.
McCutchen has 324 homers during a 17-year career in which he’s also played for Philadelphia, Milwaukee, San Francisco and the New York Yankees.
Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (4-5, 2.15 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series against Houston that begins a nine-game homestand. The Padres hadn’t announced a starter for Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at San Francisco.