Pirates swept as offense comes up empty
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 5, 2025
Derek Shelton is searching for ways to manufacture runs as his team has dropped eight of its last 10 games. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ offense hit another low Sunday afternoon, when a 28-year-old pitcher...
Pirates need to use Skenes while they still have him
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
May 5, 2025
When I was a kid, my grandmother used to tell me, “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” Now, my gram was the most saintly, kindest person I ever knew and I tended...
A look at MLB safety measures after fan’s fall at PNC Park
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 3, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — When a fan flipped over the railing and fell off the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park on Wednesday night, it elicited memories of spectators who have ...
Pham frustrated by being the best and the worst
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 3, 2025
As if it isn’t enough that Tommy Pham is dealing with the contrast of being both one of the best defenders and worst offensive performers in baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder can’t block out...
Skenes allows career-high 3 HRs in Pirates’ loss to Cubs
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 2, 2025
Paul Skenes lasted only five innings, tying a career-high with four walks in an 8-3 defeat. As he closes in on a calendar year of being a major-leaguer, Paul Skenes often has embraced the role of stop...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 2, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes could tell during his pregame bullpen session on Thursday that he wasn’t quite right. The Chicago Cubs then went out and offered tangible proof, taking the Pittsburgh ace...
Pirates offering prayers for fan that fell
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 2, 2025
Andrew McCutchen had just hit a go-ahead double against the Chicago Cubs when the Pittsburgh Pirates designated hitter reached second base and realized that a fan had fallen over the Clemente Wall at ...
McCutchen’s double lifts Pirates to 4-3 win
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 1, 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton has said repeatedly, as recently as Tuesday, that the club’s experiment featuring Carmen Mlodzinski as a starting pitcher will continue. Mlodzinski had startin...
Fan falls from Clemente Wall
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 1, 2025
A fan fell from the Clemente Wall onto the right-field warning track Wednesday at PNC Park, halting play of the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. Andrew McCutchen had just arrived ...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 1, 2025
Doctors recommended that Endy Rodriguez immobilize his right index finger for another week, a setback for the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher/first baseman’s timeline to return to playing. Rodriguez suffer...
Skenes enjoying ‘cat-and-mouse game’ in Year 2
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
May 1, 2025
For many successful Major League Baseball rookies, Year 2 can be a challenge. The league figures out what you do well and counters it. “There is definitely adjustand-adjust-back. Year 2 was definitely...
Cubs batter Pirates with four homers in 9-0 loss
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 30, 2025
The loss was the worst blowout of the season, so far, for Pittsburgh. What was expected to be a battle between left-handed pitchers Shota Imanaga and Andrew Heaney turned out to be a one-sided affair....
How Borucki evolved into a reliable reliever for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 30, 2025
If Ryan Borucki has learned anything in baseball, it’s that there are no guarantees. Maybe his greatest lesson came when he proved that he didn’t need one to make the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Opening Day r...
Horwitz singles in first rehab game at Altoona
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 29, 2025
Spencer Horwitz was one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ prime acquisitions this offseason, but right wrist surgery has sidelined the 27-year-old first baseman since the week before the start of spring trai...
Pirates boast best batting average in last 2 series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 29, 2025
Before the Pittsburgh Pirates left for a six-game swing in Los Angeles, Andrew Mc-Cutchen voiced to TribLive his concerns about how they needed to find consistency in their lineup instead of the const...
Pirates’ sweep effort falls short in loss to Angels
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THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 26, 2025
It took just under a month into the season, but Thursday night in Anaheim, the Pittsburgh Pirates were presented with their first opportunity at a sweep in 2025. They couldn’t cash in, losing 4-3 to t...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 25, 2025
He’ll be on the mound tonight as the Pirates open a three-game series. For fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees and baseball in general, Paul Skenes not pitching in a three-game series at ...
Heaney dazzles as Pirates beat Angels again
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
WEDNESDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 25, 2025
Only Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington knows exactly what he was hoping to get out of left-hander Andrew Heaney when bringing the 33-yearold aboard this past February on a one-year dea...
Santana answering Pirates’ prayers from bullpen
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 25, 2025
There’s an argument to be made that Dennis Santana is enjoying the best extended stretch of his MLB career, now in its eighth season. The 29-year-old righty reliever, whom the Pittsburgh Pirates acqui...
Pirates explode for 18 hits to beat Angels
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
TUESDAY’S LATE GAME
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 24, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates started their West Coast swing with a visit to the lost and found. They found their offense with a season-best 18 hits against the Los Angeles Angels but might have lost a start...