OAKLAND — The Pittsburgh Pirates had more than double the hits and exactly double the runs Tuesday night compared to the night before. They still lost, 5-2, guaranteeing a series loss to the A’s in Oakland. The Pirates drew first blood right away, taking a 1-0 lead on a Connor Joe home run in the first inning.
The Pittsburgh Pirates (14-17) play on Wednesday at 3:37 PM ET against the Oakland Athletics (14-17), who enter the matchup with a three-game winning streak.
Pirates’ minor league affiliates managed three wins on Tuesday night, headlined by 2023 first overall pick Paul Skenes pitching a quality start for the first time this season as his innings continue to climb.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Another loss, another awful offensive output, and the final night of April gets spent in last place. The Pirates continued their stretch of wretched results Tuesday night, falling to the Athletics, 5-2, at Oakland Coliseum and falling into the National League Central Division cellar for the first time this season.
Skenes owns a 0.53 ERA in 17 innings with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. Indianapolis has this guy who throws 101 mph as a former No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have completed the trade that sent right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker to the New York Yankees. The player to be named later heading back to the Pirates is infield prospect Keiner Delgado, who was ranked as the Yankees’ No.
With April rounding to a close, it’s the perfect time to compare this year’s Pirates team—which raced out to a 9-2 start and the most wins in the National League through much of the first three weeks—with last year’s club, which enjoyed a similar hot start before falling back to earth.
To put it bluntly, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ offense has been abysmal over the past couple of weeks. Since scoring nine runs on Apr. 14 against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pirates have scored a total of 29 runs over their last 14 games.
Veteran pitchers will go head-to-head for the third time in their careers when Alex Wood and the Oakland Athletics host Mitch Keller and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night in the second contest of a three-game series.
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored one run in their 5-1 loss Monday, and that came on a wild pitch in the first inning. After the first, the team managed just one hit, which didn’t take place until the ninth inning when game was all but sealed.
Who thought we’d be clamoring to see Connor Joe on a daily basis? With all of the supposed quality players in the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup day in and day out, the team sure has a hard time putting up runs as of late.
This is one in a weekly update on the top 10 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects. Welcome back to another installment of updates for the top 10 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Pirates' winning formula has been quite simple this season: Score more than four runs and odds are a victory will be the final outcome.
OAKLAND — It was the same song and dance for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. The team just couldn’t get much done offensively in a 5-1 loss to
After being given a $10.5 million contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Aroldis Chapman has been a disappointment recently. After a good start to the season, Chapman now has an ERA of 6.00, a WHIP of 1.889, and a FIP of 5.05 at the close of Sunday’s action.
Two teams that took much different modes of transportation to the same site meet up in Oakland, Calif., on Monday night when the Athletics entertain the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a three-game series.
SAN FRANCISCO -- For two weeks, Rowdy Tellez has been in search of something to boost his confidence. Perhaps a few quality swings, a hard-hit ball put
Action Network's Sean Paul shares his Pirates vs. Giants pick, including MLB odds and predictions for the series finale at Oracle Park on Sunday, April 28.
Many fans wonder how long it will take before the Pirates call up the generational prospect.
Brewers pitcher Tobias Myers made his Major League debut on Tuesday night and he found out very quickly that pitching in the big league is very different from the minor leagues.
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jared Jones claimed his first real MLB victim on Monday night.
Skenes isn't even getting anything resembling a challenge in Triple-A.
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