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
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 ...