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Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz reaches highest exit velocity ever recorded

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

Tribune News Service · Aug 24, 2022

Pirates’ O’Neil Cruz Records Hardest Hit in Statcast History

The Pirates shortstop set a new record.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 24, 2022

Oneil Cruz hit the hardest-batted ball in the Statcast era at 122.4 mph and MLB fans were justifiably impressed

How is that possible?!

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 24, 2022

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Roansy Contreras impresses, Oneil Cruz homers, but Pirates still lose to Braves

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

Tribune News Service · Aug 23, 2022

Lopsided innings doom Pirates in blowout loss against Reds

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.

Tribune News Service · Aug 21, 2022

Michael Chavis helps Pirates complete walk-off victory over Reds

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.

Tribune News Service · Aug 20, 2022

Lopsided 7th inning dooms Pirates in 9-3 loss to Diamondbacks

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

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

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Pirates lose game, Rodolfo Castro loses phone in 6-4 defeat against Diamondbacks

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.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

Bryan Reynolds walk-off homer carries Pirates to roller-coaster win over Brewers

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

Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022

Oneil Cruz saves offense, delivers Pirates 5-3 win over Brewers

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

Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022

Ranger Suárez keeps his cool and keeps Pirates in check as Phillies win again in extra innings

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…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 31, 2022

Adam Bittner: Why Juan Soto to the Pirates may not be as ludicrous as it seems

PITTSBURGH — The Juan Soto sweepstakes have resonated very little locally for obvious reasons. The star outfielder just turned down a nearly half-billion dollar offer from the Washington Nationals last week. So, in the context of the Pirates' penny-pinching ownership, a sign-and-trade situation in which the club gives him more…

Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022

Pirates offense remains mostly listless in 4-2 loss to Cubs

CHICAGO — It’s tough to know what to make of Bryse Wilson at the moment.

Tribune News Service · Jul 26, 2022

Crucial eighth-inning error dooms Pirates in 3-2 loss to Chicago Cubs

CHICAGO — All game Monday, the Chicago Cubs made silly mistakes against the Pirates. All game, the Pirates failed to take full advantage of it.

Tribune News Service · Jul 26, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Jul 24, 2022

Offense persistent, but Pirates come up short in 6-5 loss to Marlins

PITTSBURGH — In a game where the Pirates faced arguably the best starting pitcher in the National League in right-hander Sandy Alcantara, their offense was pesky, persistent and productive, Pittsburgh tying the game in the ninth to force extra innings and threatening again in the 10th.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022

Ron Cook: The Pirates would be right to send Oneil Cruz back to Class AAA

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates were right to send Jack Suwinski back to the minors last week. He was overmatched at the plate. An 0-for-29 slide had dropped his batting average to .198 and his on-base percentage to .288. That was beyond abysmal. His 14 home runs seemed as if they…

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 14, 2022

Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz made MLB history with a scorching 97.8 mph throw from shortstop

An actual CANNON.

Miami Herald · Jul 14, 2022

Miami Marlins walk-off Pittsburgh Pirates in extra innings

MIAMI — Pablo Lopez, even while inefficient at times, did his job Wednesday. The Miami Marlins’ right-handed pitcher had a no-hitter through four innings and ultimately allowed just one hit and one run over five innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Miami Herald · Jul 13, 2022

Pittsburgh Pirates get to Daniel Castano and hold on to beat Miami Marlins

MIAMI — Daniel Castano has described his cutter as a pitch with which he “lives and dies.” It’s his most-used pitch this season, one the Miami Marlins’ left-handed pitcher had thrown 42.9 percent of the time entering his Tuesday start against the Pittsburgh Pirates after beginning to add it to…

Tribune News Service · Jul 10, 2022

Pirates belt four homers as they outlast Brewers to take series

MILWAUKEE — Chi Chi Gonzalez looked down at the ground, shook his head out of frustration, and the Brewers reliever mouthed a couple words that … well, weren’t exactly family friendly. Another Pirates home run had sailed over the fence, this one a three-run shot from former Brewer Daniel Vogelbach,…

Tribune News Service · Jul 10, 2022

After rare error, Ben Gamel redeems himself in Pirates win

MILWAUKEE — Ben Gamel rounded second base, pointed toward the Pirates dugout and pumped his left fist and arm in celebration, the emotion flowing through the Pirates outfielder glaringly obvious on Saturday at American Family Field.

Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2022

Suwinski homer highlights Pirates win over Jameson Taillon, Yankees

PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates have traded away veterans over the years, whoever it may have been, they did so understanding that their returns in those trades wouldn’t show up until much later.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022

Mike Persak: What we think we know about the Pirates at the season's (almost) halfway point

The Pirates are almost halfway done with their season. That unofficially important mark will come Wednesday, when they wrap up a two-game set against the best team in baseball, the New York Yankees.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2022

Bryse Wilson return proves fruitful as Pirates beat Brewers, 7-4

PITTSBURGH — Bryse Wilson still faces a climb ahead of him to prove he can be a capable MLB starting pitcher, but Saturday was a step in the right direction.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 2, 2022

This week’s baseball quiz: Time to do ‘the hustle’

Some White Sox might be slowing down, but the quizmaster knows only one speed

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