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...
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...
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...
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...
Pirates search for answers after ‘tough’ homestand
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 6, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates were searching for answers after losing five times in a sixgame homestand and being swept by the San Diego Padres. Derek Shelton didn’t have many to offer Sunday. So, the Pirate...
Cherington: Pirates need to be urgent, but not ‘in a rush’
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 6, 2025
When asked about a stretch in which the Pittsburgh Pirates lost seven of nine games, Ben Cherington resorted to using a line the Pirates general manager admits he stole: You need to be urgent every da...
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...