North Shore Nine

The Pirates secured a 7-3 victory over the Orioles at LECOM Park, highlighted by Bailey Falter’s strong spring debut. Falter tossed two scoreless innings, striking out three—including Colton Cowser and Heston Kjerstad—showing the same confidence and command that made him a reliable arm last season.

The bullpen also impressed, with Dennis Santana and Tim Mayza throwing scoreless innings. Mayza struck out three, strengthening his case as a key lefty option. Offensively, Andrew McCutchen looked sharp in his return, drawing two walks. Tommy Pham added two hits, but Matt Gorski stole the show again, blasting his third home run of the spring—all against Baltimore—and driving in two more runs.

With competition heating up for bullpen spots and first base depth, players like Gorski are making their case early. NS9 will break it all down tonight on NS9Live!—tune in for more Pirates spring training coverage!