Game Log: July 8, 2026 vs Braves
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
The Pirates got shut out 3-0 by the Braves at PNC Park and fell to 47-46. For most of the night this was about Jared Jones, who was perfect through six innings.
Jones struck out eight and did not let a Braves hitter reach base through six. He was at 77 pitches when he came out after the sixth, with the perfect game still intact, which was a surprise. Carmen Mlodzinski took over for the seventh and gave up Atlanta’s first hit to end the bid.
It stayed 0-0 into the eighth. Santana came on and gave up a double to Mike Yastrzemski, and then Joey Bart, a former Pirate, hit a two-run homer to left center to put Atlanta ahead 2-0. In the ninth, Michael Harris II doubled off Mattson and scored on a Drake Baldwin single to make it 3-0.
The bats did not have much going all night. A day after they put up 12 runs, they managed four hits and never really threatened. Grant Holmes gave the Braves five scoreless innings, and their bullpen finished it off, with Raisel Iglesias getting the last three outs for the save.
Getting shut out the day after a 12-run game is just baseball, and it is going to happen over a season. The bright spot in this one is Jones. Six perfect innings and eight strikeouts is peak form for him, and if he keeps it up it changes the outlook for this rotation, which has struggled at times this year. On to the next one.
Jones was perfect through six Six perfect innings, eight strikeouts, and only 77 pitches when he came out. It was as sharp as he has looked all year.
The offense went cold Shut out on four hits, a night after they put up 12. Grant Holmes and the Atlanta bullpen kept them off the board start to finish.
Atlanta got to the bullpen The no-hit bid ended in the seventh, and Joey Bart, a former Pirate, put the Braves ahead with a two-run homer in the eighth.