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
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
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...
Horwitz nears return, heads to Fla. to hit live
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 22, 2025
Where the Pittsburgh Pirates welcomed a day off after getting swept at home by the Cleveland Guardians, one player couldn’t wait to finally take some swings against live pitching for the first time th...
Pirates fall in 10th inning after dramatic rally
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 21, 2025
The loss wrapped up another sweep as they head to the West Coast. The Pittsburgh Pirates were trailing by three runs in the ninth inning, facing one of baseball’s best closers and on the brink of bein...
McCutchen understands fans’ frustration
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 21, 2025
The longtime Pirates star said it’s hard to play well with a “cloud” hanging over the team. Andrew McCutchen has heard the loudest cheers of any player and also experienced some of the darkest days in...
Ortiz, Guardians beat Bucs as Naylor ignites outburst
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 19, 2025
Cleveland’s catcher had three hits and drove in three runs in the 10-7 win. Derek Shelton issued the Pittsburgh Pirates a forewarning about facing Luis Ortiz, expecting the righthander to throw heavy ...
Heaney, Cruz lead Bucs to 1-0 win over Nationals
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 18, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates surprised Andrew Heaney by bringing his family to the home clubhouse for a pregame celebration for reaching 10 years of major-league service Thursday morning. For someone who di...
Cruz’s grand slam highlights Pirates’ chippy win
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 17, 2025
When Jorge Lopez threw a pitch too close for comfort to Andrew McCutchen’s head, the Pittsburgh Pirates icon held his bat in one hand and pointed at the Washington Nationals reliever. As tempers flare...
Injuries leave inexperience for Pirates at 1st base
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 17, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a concerted effort to address first base this past offseason. Spencer Horwitz was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in the hope of creating stability at a position that’s...
Pirates shut out for 2nd time in three days
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 16, 2025
Mitch Keller squatted on the infield grass next to a kneeling Henry Davis, as the Pittsburgh Pirates battery watched trainers tend to Washington Nationals third baseman Paul DeJong. When Keller’s fast...
Skenes, Davis make history as top picks in same battery
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
April 16, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — From the moment they heard their names called out by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, Paul Skenes and Henry Davis were destined to make history. When it finally happen...
Skenes, Davis make history as Pirates beat up on Nats
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
April 15, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes bounced back from the worst start of his career and teamed up with catcher Henry Davis to make a little history as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 10...
Skenes’ last start not among Cherington’s concerns
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 15, 2025
Ben Cherington has a lot of reasons to be concerned about the Pittsburgh Pirates, as injuries have taken a toll on the starting lineup and weakened what he considered the deepest team of his tenure as...