The Latest Breaking News from Oneil Cruz

PITTSBURGH — In the end it'll go down as a third-inning single, but anyone who saw it will remember it differently.

The Pirates shortstop set a new record.

How is that possible?!

PITTSBURGH — Roansy Contreras paid for his one big mistake against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

PITTSBURGH — For as strange as it may seem, the Pirates’ experiment using right-hander Tyler Beede in the starting rotation hasn’t been all bad.

PITTSBURGH — Michael Chavis sprinted toward first base and raised his right fist in the air, the emotion evident as his line drive into left field easily finding some grass, the Pirates walking it off for one of their more enjoyable victories during a frustrating season.

PHOENIX — Teams don’t win many games when they allow seven runs in an inning.

PHOENIX — The more pessimistic Pirates fans in Pittsburgh might argue the team phoned it in a while ago this season. Even if one doesn’t subscribe to that theory, the evidence in Wednesday night’s 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks was a little on the nose.

PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates promised roster changes after the trade deadline.

PITTSBURGH — Tuesday was probably what the Pirates envisioned when they called Oneil Cruz up earlier this season.

PITTSBURGH — A few hours before the Phillies' 2-1, 10-inning win over the Pirates on Saturday night, Ranger Suárez played a game of Uno with reliever Seranthony Domínguez and first-base coach Paco Figueroa. Music was blasting in the clubhouse, and Suárez was shuffling the cards and shaking his shoulders to…