Jo Adell leads Angels past A’s in extra innings
MLB, Sports
August 18, 2025
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jo Adell hit a three-run homer in the first inning and kicked off a sixrun tenth with an RBI single as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Athletics 11-5 on Sunday to avoid ...
Suwinski homer beats Chicago
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 16, 2025
It was a moment Jack Suwinski could only dream about. Playing in his hometown and in front of his family at Wrigley Field, he knew one swing could change the outcome. Chicago Cubs closer Daniel Palenc...
Brewers hammer Keller, sweep Bucs
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GREG MACAFEE TribLive 
August 14, 2025
There’s no slowing down the Milwaukee Brewers. The Pittsburgh Pirates can attest to that. The Pirates lost their fifth straight game and were swept for the ninth time this season Wednesday afternoon a...
Brewers smack around Skenes, Pirates in 14-0 win
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
August 13, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sal Frelick and Brice Turang homered off Paul Skenes, and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-0 on Tuesday night for their 11th consecutive victory. Christian Yeli...
Brewers batter Heaney to win 10th straight
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GREG MACAFEE TribLive 
August 12, 2025
The Milwaukee Brewers got to Pirates left-hander Andrew Heaney early and never relented as the Pirates started their six-game road trip with a 7-1 loss Monday at American Family Field in Milwaukee. Th...
Cherington: Bubba Chandler will make debut this year
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 12, 2025
If Ben Cherington were a gambling man, the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager would be willing to bet top pitching prospect Bubba Chandler will make his major- league debut this season The Pirates are...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 11, 2025
Manager Don Kelly was short on relievers after Saturday’s game. There was a long stretch of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates when a fourrun deficit would have been insurmountable even if their pi...
Verlander reaches 3,500 strikeouts, frustrated with struggles
MLB, Sports
August 11, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Justin Verlander added another memorable chapter to his legendary pitching career Sunday, yet was hardly in the mood to celebrate. Verlander struck out the side in the first innin...
D’Backs score in first inning for sixth straight game
MLB, Sports
August 11, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks scored in the first inning for the sixth game in a row Sunday, the longest such streak in the majors this season. They later set a franchise record with nine co...
Jen Pawol becomes first female umpire in MLB
MLB, Sports
August 11, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday’s Marlins-Braves game as if breaking a gender barrier was just another day on the job. Considering Pawol became the first female umpire to work behind t...
Reynolds’ 2-run triple in 8th rallies Bucs past Reds
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 9, 2025
Chase Burns came with a reputation as a fireballer whose four-seam fastball flirts with triple digits and draws swing and miss. The Cincinnati Reds rookie righthander lived up to his billing with 10 s...
Davis hopes homer signals turnaround with swing
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 9, 2025
For all of the work Henry Davis has done in the batting cage trying to find his way out of a funk at the plate, the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher got some simple but sage advice from a baseball lifer. Af...
Pirates shut out Reds behind dominant outing by Skenes
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
August 8, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out eight in six shutout innings, Bryan Reynolds and Henry Davis homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on Thursday night. Skenes (7-8...
Santana plans to ‘turn the page’ after struggles
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 8, 2025
Dennis Santana had blown a save for the second time in three appearances, surrendering two earned runs in the ninth inning of a 4-2 loss to the San Franciso Giants on Wednesday afternoon. That it came...
Giants get to Santana late to win series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 7, 2025
San Francisco tied the game in the 8th before getting the winning runs in the top of the 9th. A week after being swept at home by the Pittsburgh Pirates, the San Francisco Giants came to PNC Park and ...
Giants rough up Burrows as Webb strikes out 10 Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 6, 2025
San Francisco rolled to an 8-1 win behind three long balls. Logan Webb commanded the strike zone against the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the San Francisco Giants righthander recorded 10 strikeouts without ...
Relievers on comebacks back up Oviedo in win
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 6, 2025
Johan Oviedo waited almost two years to take the mound for a major league game, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were excited to see the right-hander return from Tommy John surgery and a lat strain. The Pir...
Suwinski, Pirates rally past Giants
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 5, 2025
With one swing, Jack Suwinski rallied the Pittsburgh Pirates back into the game against the San Francisco Giants. But it was Suwinski’s headfirst slide past catcher Patrick Bailey’s planted spike that...
MLB, Sports
August 5, 2025
Yankees’ Judge could return today ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Judge could be back in the New York Yankees’ lineup as early as Tuesday, when their captain is eligible to come off the 10-day injured l...
Plenty of parity for battle for best record in baseball
MLB, Sports
THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL
By By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer 
August 5, 2025
The 2025 regular season was supposed to be about Dodger dominance. Instead, the race for baseball’s best record has turned into a free for all. If there were any concerns about a Los Angeles behemoth ...