Pirates/MLB category, Page 22

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-22) was idle. Next: Wednesday vs. Nashville (Brewers), 6:35 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 22-24) doubled up Portland (Red Sox), 4-2. DH Nick Cimillo (.210) went 1 for 3 with his second homer. 1B Brenden Dixon (.135) went 1 for 3 with a double and a run scored. C Shawn...

On Sunday at PNC Park, Oneil Cruz hit a baseball 432 feet into the Allegheny River. That solo home run was moving at 122.9 mph, the hardest-hit ball since exit velocity started being tracked in 2015. Two innings earlier, Cruz’s throw from center field to home plate sailed to the...

For Pittsburgh Pirates fans, Bill Mazeroski’s home run to win Game 7 of the 1960 World Series has been immortalized for decades. Now, on a national level, the Library of Congress has done that permanently. In April, the Library of Congress inducted 25 recordings as part of the National Recording...

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly recently received a compliment from his Milwaukee Brewers counterpart, Pat Murphy, as the two clubs battled over the weekend at PNC Park. “The Pirates have been playing good baseball,” Murphy said. “Playing good defense, playing better in so many aspects … They’re playing loose, they’re...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-22) won 2-1 over Nashville (Brewers). RHP Po-Yu Chen (1-0, 0.00) threw five shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks with four strikeouts. RHP Dauri Moreta (2.57) tossed a no-hit inning of relief with two strikeouts. RHP Kyle Nicolas (5.11) earned the save after giving up one...

The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted No. 7 overall prospect and right-handed pitcher Braxton Ashcraft to the big leagues Monday. Ashcraft, 25, joined the Pirates from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of their three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks and would be in line to make his MLB debut. Per MLB.com, he’ll work out...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-22) was shut out by Toledo (Tigers), 8-0. SS Nick Gonzales (.000), C Endy Rodriguez (.182) and DH Jack Suwinski (.232) combined to go 0 for 10. CF/1B Billy Cook (.206) and RF/LF Nick Yorke (.262) each had a single. LHP Randy Labaut (2-1, 5.82) took the loss...

The Pittsburgh Pirates bounced back from a bad start, thanks to grinding start from Bailey Falter, a prolific home run from Oneil Cruz and a go-ahead two-run double from Adam Frazier. Just as the Pirates were on the brink of winning successive series for the first time this season, the...

Adam Frazier was watching video of his at-bat in the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout when he heard the crack of Oneil Cruz’s bat, just in time to look up and see the ball clear the right-field stands at PNC Park and reach the Allegheny River on a bounce. “I’m just glad...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-20) scored twice in the top of the ninth but gave up a run in the bottom of the inning to lose 5-4 to Toledo (Tigers). CF Jack Suwinski (.241) hit a game-tying two-run single in the top of the ninth. RHP Ryder Ryan (2-1, 2.89) gave up...

Mitch Keller dealt with his share of ups and downs early in his major-league career with the Pittsburgh Pirates that mentally steeled the right-hander and taught him how handle adversity with aplomb. Keller had lost six consecutive decisions, a run of futility not seen since Quinn Priester lost seven straight...

The infielder in Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly was amazed at the deke by catcher Henry Davis, who stood statuesque awaiting a relay throw from Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Davis caught it and slapped a tag on an unsuspecting Spencer Steer sliding into home plate in the sixth inning of Wednesday’s 3-1...

at Diamondbacks 8:10 p.m. Monday (SN PIT) 9:40 p.m. Tuesday (SN PIT) 3:40 p.m. Wednesday (SN PIT) • Aside from the historically inept Colorado Rockies, the NL West is among the most competitive divisions in baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks are trying to keep pace with the Padres, Giants and Dodgers....

How much did you take from your MLB debut at Yankee Stadium last September back to Triple-A Indianapolis? For me, it created perspective on what I needed to do down there to work on things. Down there, you can get really caught up in trying to prove that you’re ready...

Jack Brannigan Position: SS/3B Height: 6-foot Weight: 210 pounds Level: Double-A As he approaches two months at Double-A with the Altoona Curve, Jack Brannigan’s slash line (.238/.335/.385) hasn’t been particularly eye-popping. However, the 24-year-old infielder has shown some signs of acclimation at the plate as he gets settled against stiffer...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-20) defeated Toledo (Tigers), 4-0. In his first Triple-A start of the season, RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-0) went six innings, striking out 10 and surrendering four hits. RHP Drake Fellows (4.32) threw two scoreless innings and struck out three. RHP Kyle Nicolas (4.76) pitched a scoreless ninth. LF...

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly was only kidding following his club’s 6-5 walk-off win in 10 innings Friday night at PNC Park against the Milwaukee Brewers. Yet the first remark he made meeting with reporters after the 3-hour, 35-minute game captured the roller coaster that was Friday’s contest, with the...

Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington appeared to be somewhere between annoyed and bemused by the very question. Is trading Paul Skenes — less than two full years into his career — a genuine consideration? “No,” Cherington said Thursday afternoon, “it’s not at all part of the conversation.” Would #Pirates...

Spencer Horwitz waited a long time to make his Pittsburgh Pirates debut, which was delayed by surgery on his right wrist in February that caused him to miss spring training and the first 45 games of the season. He has wasted no time making a positive impression. The 27-year-old first...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-20) managed a total of six hits in being swept by Toledo (Tigers) in a doubleheader. In the first game, a 2-1 Indianapolis loss, LF Matt Gorski (.289) went 1 for 3 with his fourth homer. Matt Frazier (.231) went 2 for 3 with a double. 2B Nick...

Just when it appeared that neither Mother Nature nor the baseball gods could prevent the Pittsburgh Pirates from setting a major league record of dubious distinction Thursday night, they finally caught a break. The Pirates hadn’t scored more than four runs in 26 games when a one-hour, 50-minute rain delay...

As the Pittsburgh Pirates stumbled to a disappointing start to the season, the idea that they should consider trading star right-hander Paul Skenes has become a hot-button topic in baseball circles. Pirates general manager Ben Cherington smirked when asked about trading Skenes on Thursday afternoon, entertaining the question if not...