Pirates/MLB category, Page 231

If baseball’s regular season ended Thursday, the Pittsburgh Pirates would be a playoff team, and, of course, it doesn’t matter. It’s true the Pirates have the fourth-best record in MLB (10-6) and are in first place in the National League Central, percentage points ahead of the Miilwaukee Brewers, who fell...

DETROIT — At this point, Clint Hurdle is probably used to managing for more than nine innings. Colin Moran hit an RBI single in the top of the 10th, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday night. It was the second straight night Hurdle’s Pirates beat...

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop prospect Ji-Hwan Bae was suspended for 30 games for violating minor league baseball’s domestic violence policy. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said the suspension will start Thursday. Bae agreed to a minor league contract in March 2018 for a $1.2 million signing bonus. He was accused by a...

Glasnow’s game Two of the biggest reasons why the Tampa Bay Rays are in first place in the American League East are former Pirates. Specifically, the two players Tampa got in exchange for Chris Archer: Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows. Glasnow improved to 4-0 on Tuesday night, getting a win...

Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 8-4) won 4-3 over Toledo (Tigers). 2B Erich Weiss (.286) lead the Indians offensively, going 3 for 4 at the plate with a triple, a two-run homer and three RBIs. RHP Mitch Keller (1-0, 3.86) lasted 51/3 innings with five strikeouts, four walks and an earned run...

DETROIT — Starling Marte dropped down a sacrifice bunt in the fifth inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ game against Detroit. Not exactly the norm for the outfielder, but a sign of how much he’s struggled early this season. Later, with the score tied in the 10th, it was time to...

The Pittsburgh Pirates activated relief pitcher Kyle Crick to the roster Tuesday after he spent 11 days on the 10-day injured list with right triceps tightness. Crick, who allowed no runs, hits or walks in two innings before being placed in the injured list, could help relieve some issues in...

Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 7-4) won 9-1 over Toledo (Tigers) for its seventh win in eight games. RHP J.T. Brubaker (2-0, 1.69) threw 51/3 scoreless innings with four hits allowed and five strikeouts en route to victory. SS Cole Tucker (.356) went 3 for 5 with a double, triple and an...

A $20,000 donation from the Pirates’ charitable foundation is helping Pittsburgh improve two city baseball fields. Pirates Charities is providing $10,000 for each field through its Fields for Kids program. The donation will pay for infield resurfacing and new dugouts at Dinan Field in Stanton Heights and Devlin Field in...

WASHINGTON — Faced with the based loaded, two outs and one of baseball’s hottest hitters at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, there was nowhere Felipe Vázquez wanted to be more than on the mound at Nationals Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates relief ace then coaxed a fly...

WASHINGTON — Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Archer dropped his appeal and began serving a five-game suspension Sunday for setting off a benches-clearing altercation on April 7. The impact of Archer’s suspension will be minimal. He ended his appeal a day after allowing one run in seven innings against Washington, getting...

Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 6-3) won 9-6 against Charlotte (White Sox). First baseman Will Craig went 2 for 4 with a homer, and RHP Brandon Maurer improved to 2-0 by allowing one hit in 2/3 of an inning of work. Next: Sunday vs. Charlotte (White Sox), 1:35 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 6-4)...

WASHINGTON — Howie Kendrick quickly is making up for lost time. Limited to only five games last season because of a torn Achilles and slowed this spring by a hamstring injury, the 35-year-old Kendrick is off to a fast start for the Washington Nationals. He is 6 for 10, including...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 5-3) won 9-2 over Charlotte (White Sox). The Indians scored five runs in the third inning and three in the fourth to gain a 8-1 advantage. 1B Will Craig (.290) highlighted the third inning with a two-run homer. He finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs and two...

WASHINGTON — Colin Moran had a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored five runs off Washington’s struggling bullpen in a 6-3 victory over the Nationals on Friday night. Moran’s homer to right center off Justin Miller was his second as a pinch hitter in...

After playing four games for the Single-A Bradenton Marauders, Gregory Polanco will shift his rehab assignment to Triple-A Indianapolis, where he is scheduled to play Saturday night against the Charlotte Knights. Polanco, who had shoulder surgery in September after hitting a career-high 23 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates, played...

CHICAGO — Jose Quintana struck out 11 in seven innings of four-hit ball, and the Chicago Cubs blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-0, on Thursday night. Daniel Descalso and Victor Caratini each had two hits and an RBI in a game that was delayed 69 minutes by rain before the eighth....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 4-3) won their fourth straight game, 7-3 over Charlotte (White Sox). 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (.267) went 3 for 5 with two doubles, a solo home run and three RBIs. LF Trayvon Robinson (.429) went 4 for 4 at the plate and stole a base. CF Bryan Reynolds (.393)...

The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled infielder Kevin Kramer from Triple-A Indianapolis to replace infielder Kevin Newman, who was put on the 10-day injured list with a laceration on his right middle finger. There are currently 10 players on the Pirates’ injury list. Newman’s placement is retroactive to Tuesday. He was injured...

Jordan Lyles had everything, including a retooled curveball, clicking on a cold, windy night at Wrigley Field. Lyles struck out 10 in six crisp innings to tie a career high, Francisco Cervelli and Starling Marte homered off Yu Darvish, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Wednesday....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 3-3) won 4-3 over Toledo (Tigers). Three of the Indians’ runs came on solo home runs in three consecutive innings: the second, third and fourth. 1B Will Craig (.261), SS Cole Tucker (.321) and CF Bryan Reynolds (.391) went deep. Tucker finished 3 for 5 with two singles...

The value of the Pittsburgh Pirates continues to grow, according to Forbes.com — but just barely and not at the rate of almost all of their contemporaries. The Pirates have an estimated net worth of $1.275 billion, the financial publication said in its annual valuation of MLB teams. The list...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 2-3) won 9-6 over Toledo (Tigers) for their second straight victory. 1B Will Craig (.238) and DH/OF Eric Wood (.273) each hit home runs. SS Cole Tucker (.261) finished 2 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs. Six Indians drove in runs. RHP Geoff Hartlieb (1-0, 0.00)...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are only nine games into the season, but it feels like mid-July with all the news that has swirled around the team since Opening Day. It started with unexpected bullpen failures, followed by a four-game sweep of Cincinnati Reds, who don’t look to be as improved as...

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chris Archer could miss his next scheduled start after he was suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount of money by Major League Baseball for throwing behind Derek Dietrich of the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Pirates pitcher Chris Archer and Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig, as well...