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Cruz breaks slump with 3 hits, Jones cruises as Pirates beat Brewers 4-2 to end 6-game skid

Apr. 22, 2024 22:37 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz broke out of a slump with three hits, rookie Jared Jones allowed one run in six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended their skid at six games, beating Milwaukee 4-2 on Monday night to stop the Brewers' four-game win streak. Cruz capped a three-run...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are reeling after a hot start. And Paul Skenes isn't around -- yet -- to help

Apr. 21, 2024 18:29 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Martín Pérez knows what winning baseball looks like. The veteran left-handed pitcher has the World Series hardware to prove it. He knows what bad body language looks like too. And at the moment, the Pittsburgh Pirates are displaying far too much...

Crawford works 6 solid innings and the Red Sox deal the struggling Pirates a 5th straight loss

Apr. 20, 2024 19:49 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kutter Crawford allowed one run in six strong innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Saturday. Crawford (1-0, 0.66 ERA) struck out six and walked three. The 28-year-old right-hander gave up a season-high seven hits after...

MLB suspends Pirates lefty Aroldis Chapman 2 games and fines him for 'inappropriate actions' vs Mets

Apr. 18, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Aroldis Chapman was suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount Thursday for his “inappropriate actions” against the New York Mets three days earlier. Michael Hill, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for...

Starling Marte's HR keys surging Mets to sweep of Pirates with 9-1 victory

Apr. 17, 2024 17:48 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Starling Marte hit his 150th career homer Wednesday, powering the New York Mets to a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of a three-game series. Marte, who spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Pirates, hit the milestone two-run homer off...

Pirates 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes scratched with lower back tightness. Grandal starts rehab assignment

Apr. 17, 2024 00:54 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Gold Glove third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes was scratched from the Pittsburgh Pirates' lineup Tuesday night against the New York Mets because of tightness in his lower back. “It just kind of locked up on him a little bit trying to work out. He couldn't get it really...

Pirates stay careful with prized rookie Jared Jones despite overpowering performance vs Mets

Apr. 17, 2024 00:34 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Although the Pittsburgh Pirates lost a close ballgame Tuesday night, they might have found their future ace. And like it or not, they're going to handle him with kid gloves. Rookie right-hander Jared Jones fired five shutout innings in his fourth...

Bader drives in go-ahead run for second straight day as Mets beat Pirates 6-3 to reach .500 at 8-8

Apr. 15, 2024 23:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Harrison Bader drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for the second day in a row, hitting a two-run double off an angry Aroldis Chapman that lifted the New York Mets over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Monday night. New York overcame a 3-0, sixth-inning...

Castellanos' walk-off, bases-loaded single caps Phillies' 4-3 rally over Pirates

Apr. 13, 2024 19:53 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a walk-off, bases-loaded single in the ninth inning, Kyle Schwarber homered and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Saturday. Alec Bohm added an RBI for the Phillies, who moved over .500. ...

Falter beats former team, leads Pirates over Phillies 5-2 as Harper stops 0-for-18 slide

Apr. 12, 2024 21:55 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bailey Falter allowed one run over five innings to beat his former team, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over Philadelphia 5-2 on Friday night as Phillies star Bryce Harper broke out of an 0-for-18 slide with two hits. David Bednar pitched a perfect ninth for his...