Reds pay tribute to Rose a day after reinstatement
MLB, Sports
May 16, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Pete Rose was celebrated by the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night, a day after baseball’s career hits leader was posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s permanent ineligib...
Pirates hit a pair of homers to salvage final game of series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 15, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Gorski and Jared Triolo each connected for a two-run homer off New York Mets starter Clay Holmes, and the Pittsburgh Pirates finally mustered some offense in a 4-0 victory Wednesd...
Reynolds navigating through offensive slump
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 15, 2025
Through parts of seven bigleague seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bryan Reynolds has largely been a pillar of productivity for the club, offering consistent offense year in and year out. Aside fro...
Sasaki latest Dodgers pitcher to land on IL
MLB, Sports
May 15, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Touted Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki landed on the injured list Tuesday with right shoulder impingement, an injury similar to one he had in Japan last year. He told the tea...
Kershaw to make season debut against Angels Sat.
MLB, Sports
May 15, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels. The 37-year-old left-hander began his 18th season with the team on...
Baty’s late homer lifts Mets
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 14, 2025
This year, opposing hitters haven’t had much of an answer for New York Mets starter Kodai Senga, who sported a 1.16 ERA through seven starts heading into Tuesday’s game at Citi Field. The Pittsburgh P...
Pirates’ Skenes will play for USA in WBC
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 14, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes is ready to take on the world. The Pittsburgh Pirates ace announced Tuesday that he will join Team USA when the World Baseball Classic returns next March. “Being around the...
Skenes pitches well as Mets walk off Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 13, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the New York Mets took advantage of a costly error by shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4...
Bart offering invaluable presence in Pirates’ lineup
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 13, 2025
Roughly six weeks into the season, Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Joey Bart has proven to be among the team’s hardest players to remove from the lineup any given night. For a club that continues to rank t...
MLB, Sports
By By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer 
May 13, 2025
It took 62 years for a team to surpass the modern record of 120 losses. The new mark of 121 might fall a little quicker. When Colorado routed San Diego 9-3 on Sunday — a “that’s baseball” moment if th...
Bart’s walk-off leads Pirates over Braves
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 12, 2025
Carmen Mlodzinski turned in his best start in the 4-3 victory. Carmen Mlodzinski pounded his fist into his glove as he walked off the mound with two outs in the sixth inning, an auto-response to his b...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 12, 2025
The Pirates’ GM also provided medical updates on a few injured players. Finding Derek Shelton’s replacement was an easy call for Ben Cherington, as Don Kelly made such a strong impression that the gen...
Pirates beat Braves in Kelly’s first game
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 10, 2025
To say the last 24-plus hours have been a whirlwind for Don Kelly is a massive understatement. Kelly, 45, was elevated to manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon after Derek Shelton’s ...
Kelly held in high esteem by former coaches
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 10, 2025
Leadership, commitment, dedication, concern for fellow teammates — those were among the several dozen categories Mark Jackson used to annually evaluate his baseball players at Point Park. It was a str...
Shelton heard the boos, now he’s out of a job
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 9, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Derek Shelton was booed loudly when he was introduced ahead of his sixth home opener as the Pittsburgh Pirates manager last month. He shook it off in the aftermath, attributing the r...
Despite Shelton’s firing, Cherington takes responsibility
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 9, 2025
Ben Cherington has delivered his share of double talk as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his explanation for firing manager Derek Shelton on Thursday was no exception. While severing ti...
Donora’s Griffeys among MLB’s best father-son duos
MLB, Sports
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
May 8, 2025
A recent article on MLB’s website listed the greatest father-son duos in baseball history. The source relied upon the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) statistics from the website baseball reference. com f...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 8, 2025
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Gray (4-1) struck...
Skenes, Pirates fall in pitchers’ duel with Cardinals
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 7, 2025
In less than a week, Paul Skenes will have spent exactly one calendar year as a big leaguer, having made his MLB debut May 11, 2024. Over that span, from a performance standpoint, there has appeared t...
Pirates blow lead in loss to Cardinals
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 6, 2025
St. Louis scored four runs to overtake Pittsburgh’s one-run lead and roll to a 6-3 win at home. The Pittsburgh Pirates having nosedived to 11 games under .500 in the first week of May could be seen as...