Given the competitiveness of the NL Central, the Pittsburgh Pirates cannot afford to be mired in elongated losing streaks if they wish to keep pace. But the club had dropped four straight heading into...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are nowhere close to being able to truly assess what they have in Jhostynxon Garcia. Garcia, 23, was acquired from the Boston Red Sox last December in exchange for right-hander ...

Evan Sisk’s fastball and sinker, both of which average around 91 mph, aren’t blowing away opposing batters. When the Pittsburgh Pirates left-handed reliever brings the heat, he does so well below leag...

Paul Skenes and manager Don Kelly were optimistic after the Pittsburgh Pirates’ weekend sweep to the Phillies. Kelly said the Pirates had responded to adversity before, while Skenes insisted he wasn’t...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Roki Sasaki’s eventful major league career finally appears to be going the way most everyone expected when he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers at the start of last season. Sasaki ...

Philadelphia’s Zach Wheeler threw seven scoreless innings in Sunday’s 6-0 victory. Paul Skenes stood between the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep by the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday at PNC Park. With...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Known for doing the little things it takes to win, a style they’ve embraced and branded as “Guards Ball,” the Guardians showed they can also swing big. Kyle Manzardo homered twice and...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Roki Sasaki yielded one run and struck out eight over seven sharp innings, Kyle Tucker had three hits and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the weekend Free...

The Pittsburgh Pirates had celebrated too early, first when reliever Yohan Ramirez used an upside- down orange traffic cone to catch a Marcell Ozuna home run in the bullpen and then after two blasts b...

Washington has hit 24 homers in season’s first eight games. For the Mon Valley Independent In front of a sellout crowd of 3,226 fans at EQT Park for the 2026 home opener, Washington rode a dominant ou...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Before Paul Skenes. Before Konnor Griffin. Before Bubba Chandler. Before Henry Davis, there was Endy Rodriguez. An athlete behind the plate who hit 25 homers as a 22-year-old in the ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager is going through a slump like none he has ever had to endure in the big leagues. The two-time World Series MVP shortstop is hitless in his last seven games for the...

For four innings, Mitch Keller was pitching to perfection as the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander required only 42 pitches to retire the first dozen batters he faced. The Colorado Rockies countered wit...

Paul Skenes flirted with perfection for four-plus innings and took a no-hitter into the seventh, but the Pittsburgh Pirates ace kept his head down after fielding a ground ball for the final out of the...

Could Jared Jones be back and pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates before the end of this month? General manager Ben Cherington said that is not off the table. “It’s certainly possible, the way the cal...

Jesus Rodriguez decided the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning. The Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants had ample opportunities to come out on top in their elongated seri...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Justin Foscue finally went deep for the first time in the big leagues with the Texas Rangers. That home run created a much happier highlight than the embarrassing blooper-reel ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates were aiming for a series win in Thursday afternoon’s rubber match at the Arizona Diamondbacks. Having been blown out and blanked in Tuesday’s opener at Chase Field, the Pirates ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Cincinnati Reds closer Emilio Pagán thought his season was over on Tuesday night. A day later, it was a more positive timeline for the right-hander. Pagán was placed on the 15day injure...

Serving a one-game suspension after one of his relievers was ejected two days earlier, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly could only watch from a private box as his team had their three-game winning...