17+ hour, 25+ min ago   (342+ words) Brandon Lowe’s pinch-hit two-run single lifted the Pirates to a 4-3 win over the Cubs to salvage the series at Wrigley Field on Sunday afternoon. Top 1st, 1-0 PIT: Bryan Reynolds gave the Pirates (75-75) a first-inning lead with an RBI single to left field…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (260+ words) The Pirates starting rotation has taken a major hit as Braxton Ashcraft has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right arm discomfort. The move is retroactive to Sep. 7. Ashcraft has emerged as the team’s top starting pitcher this…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (381+ words) The Pirates got back to.500 after escaping two bases-loaded jams in the late innings to hold on and beat the White Sox 4-2 at Rate Field on Wednesday night. Top 5th, 1-0 PIT: Emserlyn Valdez opened the scoring with an opposite-field solo home…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) PITTSBURGH — Given that they are clinging to their last playoff hopes, the Pirates entered September needing to play as close to flawless baseball as possible. Their performance on Wednesday night against the lowly Giants was anything but, and Pittsburgh’s already-slim…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (398+ words) PITTSBURGH — The Pirates fought back in the late innings to force extras but fell 5-4 to the Giants in the 10th on Wednesday night at PNC Park. Top 1st, 1-0 SFG: For the second straight game, Rafael Devers homered to center. His solo blast…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (556+ words) PITTSBURGH — The Pirates led by six runs after five innings and five runs after seven only to see the Giants use a five-run eighth inning to tie Tuesday’s game at PNC Park. But a collapse of epic proportions was avoided…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (430+ words) The Pirates entered Saturday’s game at Busch Stadium mired in a team-wide slump, but a big blast from Rafael Flores Jr. helped lift them to a 6-2 win over the Cardinals. Top 1st, 1-0 PIT: Brandon Lowe got the Pirates (66-71) on the board with…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (560+ words) Not many players in the Pirates’ system have more power than the 6-foot-7, 243-pound Tony Blanco Jr. The 21-year-old showed off that power with High-A Greensboro this weekend by producing back-to-back two-homer games against Bowling Green. Blanco hit two home…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) Oneil Cruz hit a late home run and made a clutch sliding catch late but the Pirates were defeated 5-4 by the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. Top 1st, 1-0 PIT: Nick Gonzales got the Pirates (63-67) on the board with an…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (495+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates’ top acquisition from last offseason is going to be the topic of plenty of discussion in the upcoming offseason. Second baseman Brandon Lowe has been what the Pirates hoped when they acquired him with left-handed reliever Mason…...