Pirates/MLB category, Page 186

The Pittsburgh Pirates found ways to get runners in scoring position against the Los Angeles Dodgers, as eight of their first 12 batters reached base. What they couldn’t do was bring them home. Justin Turner outdid them in two swings. The red-bearded third baseman hit a pair of solo home...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 16-15) were held to two hits and lost to Nashville (Brewers), 9-4. RHP Steven Wright started and was tagged for six runs, all earned, in 1.1 innings, giving up six hits and walking three. SS Cole Tucker, hitting leadoff, went 1 for 4 with a double and two...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Jose Soriano with the top pick in the Rule 5 Draft in December, they took a risk on a 22-year-old right-hander who still was recovering from Tommy John surgery. When Soriano dealt with discomfort in his right elbow, team physicians found a significant setback: new...

When Ke’Bryan Hayes hit the ball, he had no idea that he didn’t touch ‘em all. A day after Pittsburgh Pirates rookie third baseman and top prospect had a home run erased after he missed the bag while rounding first base in the first inning of a 5-3 loss to...

Wednesday’s “First Call” features interesting comments by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick on some recent front office decisions. Gerrit Cole gives a bizarre explanation about Spider Tack. Levon Kirkland sees a lot of himself in a potential NFL star linebacker. And yet another entertaining game out west between the Colorado...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 16-14) handled Nashville (Brewers), 6-1. RHP James Marvel started and allowed one run on four hits in 5.2 innings with five strikeouts. RHP Wil Crowe, RHP Tyler Bashlor and RHP Braeden Ogle each pitched a scoreless inning of relief. LF Anthony Alford went 2 for 4, hit his...

It was the home run trot that was not, a play that started with fireworks but ended with a blank. How a Ke’Bryan Hayes homer was officially scored as a putout became the inexplicable storyline for the Pittsburgh Pirates after the rookie third baseman failed to touch first as he...

Maybe Lloyd McClendon had the right idea when the former Pittsburgh Pirates manager marched off with first base in protest of a call 20 years ago this month. Eleven days after rookie first baseman Will Craig made an epic error by chasing Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs in a...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have activated infielder/outfielder Phillip Evans to the major league roster and reinstated right-hander Mitch Keller from the injured list, manager Derek Shelton announced Tuesday afternoon. “It’s nice,” Shelton said. “Anytime you add guys back that are part of your regular group, it’s important.” To make room on...

When Garth Brooks spent two weeks in spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2019, Jameson Taillon teased the country music star for taking live batting practice against Clay Holmes. It’s not just that Holmes strikes an imposing presence on the mound but that the right-hander has nasty stuff. The...

As they prepare to host the defending World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, this must’ve felt good for any Pittsburgh Pirates player or official who happened to check the Los Angeles Times in advance of the three-game series which starts Tuesday. The headline read as follows: “Dodgers still waiting for...

Derek Shelton had to be delighted the Pittsburgh Pirates finally had Adam Frazier, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Bryan Reynolds and Colin Moran back at the top of their batting order and Chad Kuhl on the mound. Just like Opening Day at Wrigley Field. Since then, Hayes missed two months with a left...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-14) lost 4-1 to Columbus (Indians). 1B Christian Bethancourt (.308) had two of the Indians’ five hits and knocked in the lone run with a double. LF Phillip Evans (.216) was 1 for 3 with a walk as he continued his rehab assignment as he recovers from a...

The Pittsburgh Pirates welcomed Colin Moran back with open arms, inserting him into the starting lineup at first base and in the cleanup spot of the batting order after a 28-day absence. And Moran made an immediate impact, fielding a pair of grounders in the top of the first inning...

The Pittsburgh Pirates soon will be allowed to take off their masks in the dugout and bullpen and loosen road restrictions, as they are expected to reach the 85% vaccination threshold by the end of the week. Pirates general manager Ben Cherington revealed the vaccination update Sunday afternoon on his...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have their starting infield back together again but lost a starting pitcher to the covid-injured list. Pirates manager Derek Shelton announced Sunday morning that first baseman Colin Moran will be activated from the injured list, but right-hander Mitch Keller will go on the covid-IL. Keller was removed...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-13) beat Columbus (Indians), 3-2. 1B Phillip Evans went 2 for 4 with two doubles as he continued his rehab assignment as he recovers from a hamstring injury. 3B Hunter Owen went 2 for 4 with a home run, his second, and three runs scored. C Joe Hudson...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates had to wait a lot longer than they wanted to celebrate, but they wound up notching one of their more stirring wins of the season. Jacob Stallings’ run-scoring single in the bottom of the 12th inning lifted the Pirates to an 8-7 victory over the...

Chris Stratton already had washed out with the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Angels when he landed with the Pittsburgh Pirates a little more than two years ago. The right-hander never had lived up to his pedigree of being the Giants’ first-round draft pick in 2012. Despite once being...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 14-13) moved over .500 with a doubleheader sweep of Columbus (Indians), 5-2 and 10-3. In the second game, 1B Colin Moran went 2 for 4 with a double and four RBIs as his rehab assignment for a groin injury continued. Phillip Evans singled and drove in a run...

For the first two months of the season, the storyline for the Pittsburgh Pirates was an anemic offense that struggled to produce runs and ranked among baseball’s worst in several categories. There was hope that the return of Ke’Bryan Hayes to the lineup would reverse that trend, providing a boost...

In what now sounds like a game of telephone, where something gets lost in translation, Bryan Reynolds wanted to clarify a conversation he had with Jacob Stallings about only hitting home runs. Stallings joked about it after Reynolds hit his fourth home run in seven games Thursday night against Miami....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 12-13) lost 3-2 to Columbus (Indians). 1B Colin Moran, making his second rehab appearance as he recovers from a groin injury, went 1 for 3 with a two-run home run in the fourth inning. 3B Phillip Evans, rehabbing a hamstring injury, also went 1 for 3. DH Christian...

When Ke’Bryan Hayes was introduced before his first home game of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie third baseman heard something that was missing when he made his debut last September at PNC Park. Applause. The biggest cheers, however, were directed at Jacob Stallings after he hit a bases-clearing double...

Miguel Yajure, who made two starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this season, has stopped throwing for Triple-A Indianapolis while dealing with right elbow discomfort. Yajure was placed on the seven-day injured list, retroactive to Tuesday. “It’s an injury that is hindering him at this point in time where we...