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Pirates GM Cherington says the Pirates need to get better faster following another last-place finish
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Cherington believes the Pittsburgh Pirates are getting better, they're just not doing it fast enough. The general manager hopes a coaching shakeup can help speed up the process. While manager Derek Shelton will return in 2025, hitting coach Andy Haines and...
Today in History: October 1, Las Vegas music festival shooting
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of 2024. There are 91 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 1, 2017, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of...
Brewers' Chourio and Padres' Merrill head impressive list of rookies in postseason
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio is looking forward to more champagne-soaked clubhouse celebrations, even if he still isn’t old enough to partake fully. When the Brewers sealed the NL Central title, the 20-year-old Chourio found a collection of...
Today in History: September 30, Berlin Airlift concludes
Today is Monday, Sept. 30, the 274th day of 2024. There are 92 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 30, 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end after delivering more than 2.3 million tons of cargo to blockaded residents of West Berlin over the prior 15...
Verdugo hits go-ahead single as Yankees end regular season with 6-4 win over Pirates
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead, two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees ended the regular season with a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Struggling for most of the second half, Verdugo snapped a...
Skenes 2 perfect innings in Bronx debut, Yankees clinch AL home field despite 9-4 loss to Pirates
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched two perfect innings in his Yankee Stadium debut and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit five homers, including four off rookie Luis Gil, in a 9-4 win Saturday, New York (93-68) later clinched home-field advantage throughout the American League playoffs...
Rookie Paul Skenes finishes 11-3 with 1.96 ERA, retires 6 straight batters in Yankee Stadium debut
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes knew his time on the mound at Yankee Stadium was going to be brief, so he savored all 23 pitches, especially encounters with New York stars Juan Soto and Aaron Judge that resulted in strikeouts. “It's cool,” Skenes said after ending an impressive...
Reynolds homers twice, Pirates beat Yankees 4-2, delay NY from clinching ALCS home-field advantage
NEW YORK (AP) — Bryan Reynolds homered twice, including a tiebreaking two-run drive in the eighth inning that lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Yankees 4-2 on Friday night and delayed New York from clinching home-field advantage throughout the American League playoffs. Jazz...
Civale pitches 6 shutout innings, Ortiz has 3 hits in Brewers' 5-2 win over Pirates
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Civale pitched six scoreless innings in his last start before the postseason and Joey Ortiz was a home run short of the cycle as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday. Civale (8-9) allowed three hits, struck out five and...
Shorter games, more running, more action. Two years in, MLB's rule changes have provided a jolt
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up. Pitch clocks. Defensive shift...
