How to Watch Pirates at Padres (May 31): Live Stream MLB, TV Channel

The Pirates look to force a rubber match in the series finale with a win over the Padres on Saturday night.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road this weekend for a three-game series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. The teams opened the series on Friday night and the Padres snuck away with a 3-2 victory in front of a home crowd to move to 32-23 on the season while the Pirates dropped to 21-37. Pittsburgh is in last place in the National League Central and trailed the leading Chicago Cubs by 14.5 games. Bryan Reynolds brought in the Pirates’ first run on Friday night with an RBI single in the top of the sixth before Spencer Horwitz brought in the team’s second and final run with an RBI single, also in the sixth. In the eighth, Andrew McCutchen hit a standup double, his 438th, to officially pass Arky Vaughan for ninth place on the Pirates’ all-time hits list.

How to Watch Pirates at Padres Today:

Game Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025

Game Time: 9:00 p.m. ET

TV: San Diego Padres (NEW)

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The Padres are currently sitting in second place in the National League West standings and only trail the leading Dodgers by two games. Friday night saw some strong play from the team both offensively and defensively and San Diego looks to carry that momentum into Saturday night. Jackson Merrill opened the scoring for the Padres with an RBI single in the fourth to take a 1-0 lead. The Pirates put two runs up before Luis Arraez hit an RBI double to tie the game up. The winning run came by way of another Merrill RBI in a fielder’s choice scenario that allowed Arraez to score on a poor throw from Pirates’ second baseman Adam Frazier. Nick Pivetta took the win with eight strikeouts in six innings.

Saturday night’s game will see Bailey Falter (3-3, 3.47 ERA) take the mound for the Pirates while the Padres will give the start to Dylan Cease (1-3, 4.58 ERA). Tune in to see if Pittsburgh can take advantage of one of San Diego’s weaker pitchers in game 2.

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