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The Pittsburgh Pirates are addressing their depleted outfield depth by calling up Cal Mitchell, along with right-handed pitcher Roansy Contreras, from Triple-A Indianapolis for Tuesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. Contreras will be the Pirates’ starting pitcher and Mitchell will start in right field. To make room on the 26-man...

After an embarrassing loss that finished off a sweep by the St. Louis Cardinals, Derek Shelton challenged the Pittsburgh Pirates to play with more energy in their series against the Colorado Rockies. When the Pirates continually put runners in scoring position but failed to generate runs, Ke’Bryan Hayes took matters...

Bryse Wilson’s struggles to stay in the strike zone, especially in his last start, got the right-hander optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton said the primary focus for Wilson is to start for Indianapolis, or at least pitch the bulk of innings in games if the Indians...

When Roberto Perez collapsed while rounding second base, the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher was hoping that he had just tweaked his left hamstring. The pop he heard told him otherwise. “I knew right away,” Perez said Monday at PNC Park, after undergoing season-ending surgery last week. “I’d never been in so...

It felt like a turn-back-the-clock kind of weekend at PNC Park for the St. Louis Cardinals. For the Pittsburgh Pirates, meanwhile, time continues to stand still and the calendar never advances to a better year. Adam Wainwright spun a gem. Albert Pujols hit a pair of home runs. Paul Goldschmidt...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are at their lowest point of 2022 — 24 defeats, 16 victories — with just about 25% of the season gone. Do the projection: The Pirates are on pace to lose 96 games, which is better than last season’s 101. But if you’re buried that deep, what...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 21-19) beat Toledo (Tigers), 7-1. SS Oneil Cruz (.197) was 2 for 4 with a solo home run. 1B Mason Martin (.254) hit his eight homer of the season, a two-run shot. CF Jared Oliva (.233) also homered. DH Travis Swaggerty (.247) was 2 for 4 with an...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are calling up Triple-A pitcher Yerry De Los Santos in hopes of supporting a struggling staff. The news first was reported by MLB Insider Hector Gomez and confirmed by the Tribune-Review. The Pirates are 1-5 in the past seven days, losing three of those games by scores...

The situation was perfect for the Pittsburgh Pirates to avoid a sweep of their three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis starter Steven Matz left the game with left shoulder stiffness after throwing four pitches. Pirates leadoff hitter Ke’Bryan Hayes was still at the plate when Cardinals manager...

Shortstop Kevin Newman, who has been on the injured list since April 27 with a left groin strain, injured his hamstring during a rehab assignment in Indianapolis, a situation general manager Ben Cherington labeled “a little bit of a setback.” “It will be a little bit longer before he’s back,”...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 20-19) was clobbered by Toledo (Tigers), 10-2. Indianapolis made six errors, including two by 3B Hoy Park (.203) and two by C Jason Delay (.263). RHP Osvaldo Bido (3.64) started and gave up one run on three hits and four walks in 3.1 innings. He struck out five....

Bryan Reynolds raced around the bases as the long fly ball ricocheted off the top of the wall in the left field cutout and rolled almost to the North Side Notch in left-center as Corey Dickerson chased it. Reynolds lost his helmet while rounding second but never broke stride and...

Rodolfo Castro was right where he wanted to be to celebrate his 23rd birthday Saturday, playing his favorite position in the major leagues and hoping to prove he’s a fast learner. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie started at shortstop for the eighth time in nine games Saturday night, a day after...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 20-18) defeated Toledo (Tigers), 5-2. SS Ji-hwan Bae (.293) was 3 for 4 with a home run. 1B Mason Martin (.258) smacked a two-run homer. CF Travis Swaggerty (.208) was 2 for 3 with a home run, triple and two RBIs. LHP Trey McGough (3.06) started and allowed...

The Pittsburgh Pirates gave Tyler Heineman time to test the waters before putting him behind the plate, allowing their new backup catcher the chance to catch bullpen sessions and learn the pitching staff. Then they threw Heineman into the deep end. Two days after being claimed off waivers from the...

For the Pittsburgh Pirates hitters, coming back to PNC Park on Friday might be a case of getting the wrong guy at the wrong time. The Buccos batters will face a familiar foe in Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals to open a three-game series and a six-game homestand....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 19-18) split a doubleheader with Toledo (Tigers). The Mud Hens won the first game, 4-2. RHP Roansy Contreras (0-1, 2.66) started and went 5.2 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts. SS Oneil Cruz went 1 for 1 with three...

Derek Shelton was well aware of Adam Wainwright’s mastery of the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the 40-year-old St. Louis Cardinals ace was 9-0 with a 1.65 ERA in his last 11 starts against them. “We’ve got to do something different,” Shelton said. “The formula, so far, has not worked.” Nothing Shelton...

Considering the angst created by the Pirates’ recent offensive deficiencies, it was shocking to look up Thursday morning and discover they had won three of their past five games. This is a team that is last (15th) in the National League in runs scored (122), 14th in home runs (28)...

To the surprise of no one, Pittsburgh Penguins fans are ticked off about their team blowing a 3-1 series lead against the New York Rangers en route to playoff elimination. Meanwhile, Pirates fans are ticked off about … everything. That’s why we invented “U mad, bro?” It’s basically a public...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 18-17) and Toledo (Tigers) were rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Thursday starting at 11:05 a.m. Next: Thursday vs. Toledo (Tigers), 11:05 a.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 16-19) rallied past Richmond (Giants), 7-5. The Curve scored two runs in the bottom of the...

Tim Suwinski insisted the salty droplet trickling down his face was sweat. But no one believed him. Who could blame Suwinski, a retired carpenter who devoted much of his adult life to chauffeuring his children to their sporting events, if he shed a tear or two in the Wrigley Field...

Veteran catcher Roberto Perez, who was helping guide the Pittsburgh Pirates pitching staff through the difficult early days of the season, will have season-ending surgery to repair his hamstring, director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Wednesday afternoon. Perez, who signed a one-year, $5 million contract in November, to replace...

Over the past three games, the Pittsburgh Pirates have found themselves in an unfathomable offensive funk where they have been no-hit once and shut out twice — against two teams sitting below them in NL Central standings. The struggles at the plate actually have stretched longer than a week. Since...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 18-16) blanked Toledo (Tigers), 7-0, as five pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout. RHP Osvaldo Bido (3.76) worked a scoreless first. RHP Cody Bolton (1-1, 3.86) followed with four scoreless, allowing one hit and fanning six. LHP Cam Vieaux (1.53) and RHP Yerry De Los Santos (1.98) pitched...