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A day after an ugly blown save against the Tigers, Montgomery finished the season on a high note. He got Ben Malgeri on a bouncer to first and then struck out Riley Greene and Eduardo Valencia in succession to end the ballgame. Montgomery finishes a brilliant 2026 campaign with a 2.88 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and a 105/26 K/BB ratio over 68 2/3 innings in his 70 appearances while recording 18 saves in 21 chances. He wound up being one of the strongest sources of saves off the waiver wire for fantasy managers in 2026.

Montgomery was summoned to protect a two-run lead in the final frame and was unable to get the job done. He still had a chance to secure the save after Kevin McGonigle slashed the deficit to a single run with an RBI ground out, but he served up a walk-off two-run homer to Eduardo Valencia with two outs.

Montgomery has won some fantasy leagues with his 10 saves and a victory in his 11 appearances this month. Today’s outing put him at 102 strikeouts in 67 innings.

Montgomery continues to be automatic in the ninth inning for the Pirates. He picked up another save Sunday, his 16th of the year. Montgomery extended his scoreless innings streak to 23 2/3 innings, dating back to July 26. He has a 2.59 ERA this year.

Montgomery entered with a one-run lead in the ninth inning. After walking the lead-off man and the runner moving into scoring position on a stolen base, he retired the next three hitters consecutively. Montgomery extended his scoreless streak to 22 2/3 innings. He has a 2.63 ERA this year. Montgomery has been a stabilizing force at the back of the Pirates’ bullpen after they spent the first half of the season searching for a closer.

Montgomery did walk two batters, but he didn’t allow a hit and struck out two batters on his 29 pitches. Montgomery has not allowed a run since July 26th, which is now a 21 2/3 inning scoreless streak with a 36/6 K/BB ratio. He has a 2.67 ERA and 14th saves on the season and has become an elite, young closer.

Montgomery got a flyout and two groundouts in a rare strikeout-less inning. He’s up to six saves in September and 13 overall.

Montgomery made things a bit interesting, allowing a leadoff single to Randal Grichuk that brought the tying run to the dish. He rebounded though, to retire Miguel Vargas and Munetaka Murakami on ground balls before striking out Edgar Quero to end the game. The 26-year-old southpaw has been terrific for the Bucs this season, registering a 2.77 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and a 95/23 K/BB ratio over 61 2/3 innings while converting 12 of his first 14 save chances.

Montgomery struck out Sam Antonacci and Miguel Vargas to end the game, which saw the Pirates use eight pitchers. It’s Montgomery’s 19th straight scoreless appearance since July 27.

Montgomery pitched around a two-out walk to close the door on the Angels for his 10th save. He still hasn’t around a run since July 26. Montgomery has a 2.87 ERA this year.

Montgomery pitched around a lead-off single by Mike Trout to get the save in a 1-0 victory for the Pirates. He hasn’t allowed a run since July 26, a span of 17 outings. Montgomery now has nine saves and a 2.91 ERA on the season.

Mason Montgomery go brrrrr. The 26-year-old lefthander has not allowed a run in his last 15 games and has 24 strikeouts in said innings. He’s been an excellent waiver wire pickup since winning the Pirates closer derby.

Montgomery has collected four of his six wins and six of his seven saves since the All-Star break. He remains the Pirates’ preferred choice to close right now.

He was perfect, but his streak of 29 appearances with a strikeout concluded, as he induced two groundouts and an infield fly today. He’d fanned 55 of 106 batters in 27 2/3 innings since his previous K-less appearance on June 13. Montgomery is up to seven saves and is very clearly the preferred choice to close in Pittsburgh right now.

Montgomery was summoned in the ninth inning to close out the game with a one-run lead over the Padres. He worked around a walk, striking out two batters to lock down the win for the Pirates with his sixth save of the season. Montgomery has secured the closer role in Pittsburgh with solid work over the second half.

Montgomery entered with the Pirates down by one and got the victory after they came back in the bottom of the ninth. He’s pitched on back-to-back days and three of the last four, so it’s good timing for him that the Pirates have Thursday off.

Montgomery allowed no runs while recording two strikeouts in the ninth inning. It was a dominant performance that earned him his fifth save of the year. Montgomery has two saves in the last five days, but only three total in August so far.

Montgomery needed just 11 pitches to retire the side, striking out two. He now has 41 strikeouts in his last 19 2/3 innings, a stretch in which he has allowed four earned runs. Pittsburgh made several notable bullpen additions at the trade deadline, but the club hasn’t had many save opportunities lately. Montgomery has three of the team’s five saves in the second half, including each of the past two. His strikeout potential gives him the highest fantasy upside if the Pirates hand him the majority of ninth-inning chances.

Montgomery ended up with a one-out save last night, though only after Kirby Yates created the save situation by giving up a run and three hits in the ninth. It sounds like Kelly favors Montgomery right now, but it’s been really hard to tell with the Pirates struggling. Weaver has pitched just twice in the 12 days since he was acquired: once with the Pirates down four in the ninth and last night with the team up by five in the eighth. Montgomery hasn’t pitched much either. Last night’s save was his fourth of the year and first since the day Weaver was acquired on Aug. 3.

Montgomery got the call to guard a one-run advantage after Camilo Doval tossed a scoreless eighth inning. He managed to work around a one-out single from Joey Ortiz by striking out Brice Turang and Jackson Chourio to extinguish the threat. He’s likely going to take a back seat to newly acquired high-leverage veteran Luke Weaver, but could wind up vulturing the occasional save chance against lefty-heavy lineups.