Montgomery will work as the opening pitcher during Thursday's game against the Rockies, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. It will be the third time this season that Montgomery has served as an opener after delivering shutout innings in each of his first two assignments. The 25-year-old southpaw has thrown 11 consecutive shutout innings, allowing just five hits and four walks while striking out 13 batters during that stretch. Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to follow Montgomery out of the bullpen.
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Mason Montgomery Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER3/21W 8-30.2010001003/16L 5-11.0200000003/14W 8-61.0100002113/9W 5-31.1100001003/6L 14-101.0210000002/27W 6-11.0210001002/22W 7-40.211000211
Preseason Totals 5.594000722 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER5/19L 9-60.0000002325/15W 8-51.1000001115/14W 7-21.0300001005/10W 6-41.2100000005/7W 4-20.2010001004/27L 4-21.0100000004/25W 6-31.0110000004/24W 6-01.0100000004/17W 3-11.0200001004/15W 2-01.0100001004/14L 5-41.0200001004/11W 4-31.0200001004/10W 2-00.2210000004/5W 8-21.0300003114/3W 5-40.2100000004/1W 8-30.2110001223/29W 4-31.0300002003/26L 11-71.123000122
Regular Season Totals 14.22670001698
Mason Montgomery Splits 2026
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SplitsGSIPWLERAKBBHBPCGHRERSVOSAVGHR
Overall 318.0110.0268001698000.2293Home 39.0000.013100822000.2291Away 09.0110.013700876000.2292Day 110.2100.0187001055000.2381Night 27.1010.08100643000.2142vs Righty 00.0000.0154001170000.2562vs Lefty 00.0000.011400520000.1851March 02.1000.05300322000.3000April 211.0100.017400833000.1951May 14.2010.04100543000.2632Opponent vs BAL 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0.375 0 vs NYM 0 2.1 0 0 0.0 5 3 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0.300 0 vs AZ 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.333 0 vs STL 1 2.0 0 1 0.0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0.250 1 vs WSH 1 2.0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.250 0 vs PHI 0 1.1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.200 1 vs CHC 0 1.2 1 0 0.0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.167 0 vs TB 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 0 vs MIL 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 vs CIN 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0.333 1 vs SF 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 vs COL 1 1.0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 0 Venue @ Milwaukee 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 @ Pittsburgh 3 9.0 0 0 0.0 13 1 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 0.229 1 @ San Francisco 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 @ St. Louis 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 1 @ Cincinnati 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0.333 1 @ Chicago 0 1.2 1 0 0.0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.167 0 @ Arizona 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.333 0 @ New York 0 2.1 0 0 0.0 5 3 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0.300 0
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Mason Montgomery: Breaking News
Set to open Monday's contest
Montgomery will operate as the Pirates' opening pitcher in Monday's series opener against the Cardinals, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Montgomery will serve as Pittsburgh's opener for the second time this season, having tossed a scoreless first inning in the team's 2-0 win over Washington on April 15. The southpaw has recorded seven straight scoreless appearances, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out 11 over 6.2 innings during that stretch. Wilber Dotel is expected to follow Montgomery on the mound, handling the bulk role against St. Louis on Monday.
Opening Wednesday
Montgomery will serve as Pittsburgh's opening pitcher in Wednesday's game against the Nationals, Danny Demilio of PittsburghBaseballNow.com reports. Montgomery got off to a rough start this season, giving up four earned runs over his first 3.1 innings, but he has since given up one run in 4.1 frames. The Pirates will now trust him with the first three batters of Wednesday's contest before handing the game over to Carmen Mlodzinski, who will work in bulk relief.