Pirates/MLB category, Page 187

We are in the midst of a short week coming off of Memorial Day. But there is no shortage of evil emails, tenacious tweets and pouting Facebook posts. Pittsburgh fans are livid over another early Penguins ouster from the playoffs, the pathetic Pirates and the ridiculous Robert Morris hockey mess....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 12-12) and Columbus (Indians) were rained out. They will play a doubleheader at 5:05 p.m. Friday. Next: Thursday vs. Columbus (Indians), 7:05 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 16-9) beat Richmond (Giants), 9-4, behind a 4-for-5 showing by SS Oneil Cruz. Cruz hit a two-run homer, his fifth, and drove in...

Two weeks after claiming utility man Ildemaro Vargas off waivers from the Chicago Cubs, the Pirates traded him to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday for cash. Vargas, 29, started his major-league career with the Diamondbacks in 2017 before splitting time last season between the Cubs and Minnesota Twins. The Pirates...

After the Pittsburgh Pirates’ most recent defeat Tuesday night, manager Derek Shelton wasn’t thinking too far beyond Wednesday’s day off. The return of Ke’Bryan Hayes, set for Thursday at PNC Park against the Miami Marlins, is the big event. But outfielder Ka’ai Tom was hit by a pitch and left...

Derek Shelton trusted his pitcher. Wil Crowe didn’t justify that trust. The result Tuesday night on the first day of June was the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 10-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals (27-26) at Kauffman Stadium. The Pirates were 8-20 in May, have now lost three games in a row...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 12-12) beat Columbus (Indians), 5-3. 1B Colin Moran (groin) and RF Phillip Evans (hamstring) began rehab assignments. Moran went 0 for 2 with a strikeout and Evans went 1 for 2 with a single. They both played five innings in the field. RHP Max Kranick, newly promoted from...

Injured infielders Colin Moran and Phillip Evans took their most important steps toward rejoining the Pittsburgh Pirates when they begin rehab assignments Tuesday in Triple-A Indianapolis. The Indians start a six-game home series against the Columbus Clippers on Tuesday night. Moran, who has transitioned this season into the Pirates’ regular...

The proximity from where the Pittsburgh Pirates were starting their road trip to where Ke’Bryan Hayes was finishing his allowed for the rookie third baseman to join the major league club Monday. With the Indianapolis Indians finishing a six-game series at Omaha, the Pirates had Hayes accompany them for their...

When Chad Kuhl returned to the major league mound, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton wanted to see the right-hander attack hitters and show fastball command. Kuhl struggled with both in the second inning, when he hit the first batter he faced and gave up a pair of RBI hits, but...

When Chase De Jong came out in the sixth inning, he took a deep breath and soaked in the chance to start a game again in the major leagues. It was a moment the 27-year-old right-hander didn’t take for granted. Despite allowing one run on five hits and two walks...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-12) lost 7-2 to Omaha (Royals). DH Ke’Bryan Hayes went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in a rehab assignment as he recovers from a wrist injury. He is 6 for 24 (.250) in seven games. RF Bligh Madris (.295) was 2 for 4, and SS Kevin Kramer...

A bullpen that has been the backbone of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitching staff was bound to blow a game, and it was their most reliable reliever who gave up the tying and go-ahead runs in the ninth inning. Richard Rodriguez had been the Pirates’ catalyst as the closer until Charlie...

Chad Kuhl is expected to return from his rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Indianapolis and start for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday at Kansas City, general manager Ben Cherington said. “He’s ready to go,” Cherington said Sunday in a video conference call. “This was really about lining up the rotation going...

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Chase De Jong from Triple-A Indianapolis, and the right-hander will make his first start for the club against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday at PNC Park. It was one of several roster moves made by the Pirates, who designated infielder Ildemaro Vargas for assignment to make...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-11) lost 6-2 to Omaha (Royals). 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his second home run since starting a rehab assignment as he recovers from a wrist injury. He’s 6 for 20 (.300) with a 1.064 OPS. DH Bligh Madris went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles and...

Of all people to save the shutout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, it was right fielder Gregory Polanco — often a lightning rod for his defense. In the sixth inning of the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park, Polanco made a play that prevented a...

The Pittsburgh Pirates found the perfect antidotes to snap their six-game losing streak: a rainout and a doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies. Pirates starters JT Brubaker and Mitch Keller combined to pitch 11 scoreless innings in a sweep of the Rockies in seven-inning games on a chilly Saturday afternoon at...

JT Brubaker pitched six scoreless innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a six-game losing skid with a 7-0 win over the Colorado Rockies in the first game of a seven-inning doubleheader Saturday afternoon before an announced crowd of 5,279 at PNC Park. It was a makeup of Friday’s game, which...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-10) lost to Omaha (Royals), 3-0. Four Omaha pitchers combined to throw a two-hitter. RHP Steven Wright, the veteran knuckleballer, allowed two runs on six hits in 5.2 innings, striking out five. He’s 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA. LHP Austin Davis pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief. DH...

Friday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies has been postponed due to inclement weather and rescheduled as a split seven-inning doubleheader Saturday at PNC Park. The first game of the doubleheader will begin at 12:05 p.m., with the second game expected to start at 4:05 p.m. or...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-9) lost 6-5 to Omaha (Royals) on a walk-off RBI single by LF Kyle Isbel off LHP Braeden Ogle. RHP James Marvel started and fared no better, giving up five runs, four earned, on seven hits and two walks in 3⅔ innings. LHP Joe Jacques and RHP Shea...

The last thing these run-down Pittsburgh Pirates needed was a rundown with Javier Baez. When Baez went backwards, it might as well have mirrored the direction of the Pirates’ season. A strange play you should not expect to see on a major league diamond led the Chicago Cubs to a...