Rockies top Pirates as Pittsburgh manager directs fury at umps over call on final out

The Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates had a classical crippled extremity successful contention connected Saturday night.

Rockies outfielder Jake McCarthy started nan crippled pinch an inside-the-park leadoff location tally disconnected Pirates prima Paul Skenes to commencement nan game. Colorado made retired pinch a 2-1 win, but nan Pirates thought they had tied nan crippled successful nan apical of nan ninth inning.

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Pittsburgh Pirates head Don Kelly argues pinch umpire Todd Tichenor aft a unit retired ended nan ninth inning against nan Colorado Rockies successful Denver connected June 20, 2026. (David Zalubowski/AP)

Pirates batter Jake Mangum deed a grounder to Rockies 3rd baseman Kyle Karros. The infielder charged nan shot and met baserunner Billy Cook simultaneously. The umpires called everyone safe connected nan field, which would person led to a necktie game. Karros was successful disbelief arsenic he signaled to his manager to situation nan call.

After nan umpires met, Cook was called retired for baserunner interference. Pittsburgh head Don Kelly was irate.

"The runner grounded to debar nan defender successful nan enactment of fielding nan baseball; therefore, he’s called out. It’s very simple," unit main Todd Tichenor told a excavation newsman aft nan game, via MLB.com.

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Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes pitches against nan Colorado Rockies successful nan first inning of a shot crippled successful Denver connected June 20, 2026. (David Zalubowski/AP)

Karros said Cook’s cleat "kind of clipped my glove" during nan play.

Kelly said he agreed that Cook deed Karros’ mitt erstwhile he was moving to 3rd base. However, he didn’t understand why nan umpires had to huddle to get nan telephone correct.

Cook added that he didn’t deliberation he made interaction until he saw nan replay.

"Just unfortunate really that played out," he continued.

Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz deed a location tally successful nan first inning – it accounted for Pittsburgh’s only tally successful nan loss.

T.J. Rumfield had nan different RBI for Colorado. He scored McCarthy.

Colorado Rockies' Jake McCarthy returns to nan dugout aft hitting an inside-the-park location tally disconnected Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes successful nan first inning of a shot crippled successful Denver connected June 20, 2026. (David Zalubowski/AP)

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Colorado improved to 30-47 connected nan year. Pittsburgh fell to 38-39.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.