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Yahoo
7 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Pirates push winning streak to five, hang on to sweep Giants
This article originally appeared on The Pittsburgh Pirates pushed their winning streak to five games on Wednesday, July 30, sweeping the San Francisco Giants in a 2-1 extra-innings win. Despite playing with a short bullpen after trading left-handed reliever Caleb Ferguson to the Mariners midway through the game, Carmen Mlodzinski and Isaac Mattson each stepped up for two scoreless innings in relief. Mike Burrows got the start, striking out seven batters on 91 pitches and allowing just one run in six innings. Oneil Cruz began the tenth inning on second as the inherited baserunner, taking third and scoring on groundouts from Nick Gonzales and Henry Davis, respectively to put the Pirates in front. Mattson allowed a leadoff base hit on a ball Jack Suwinski missed in left field, but the lead runner didn't advance on a play that seemed destined for an out. A bunt moved the runners over, but Mattson escaped with consecutive strikeouts. Before the late game heroics, San Francisco opened a 1-0 lead against Burrows with three singles in the fourth inning. The advantage lasted all of three pitches, as Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled and Spencer Horwitz doubled to open the fifth. Click here to read more from Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
Reuters
9 hours ago
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- Reuters
Pirates edge Giants in 10 innings for fifth straight win
July 30 - On a day that began with one team acquiring a Rogers twin while the other traded one away, the Pittsburgh Pirates scored a 10-inning run without the benefit of a hit and held on to defeat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 to complete a three-game road sweep Wednesday afternoon. Neither Rogers brother was available for the series finale, with the left-handed Taylor having been dealt from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pirates shortly before the righty Tyler was dealt from the Giants to the New York Mets. With extra-innings ghost runner Oneil Cruz on third after an infield out and Jack Suwinski, who had walked, on first, Giants reliever Ryan Walker (2-4) coaxed a comebacker out of Henry Davis. But Suwinski was running with the pitch, and Walker, unaware of what was transpiring, threw too late to second instead of getting an easy out at home on Cruz, who scored the difference-making run. The Giants caught a break in the last of the 10th when Suwinski lost Casey Schmitt's inning-opening fly ball in the sun, putting runners at first and second with no outs. Mike Yastrzemski bunted the runners into scoring position, but Isaac Mattson (3-1) struck out Patrick Bailey and Heliot Ramos to complete the sweep. Neither starting pitcher got a decision after effective outings. The Pirates' Mike Burrows limited the Giants to one run on three hits over six innings. He struck out seven and walked one. The lone tally against Burrows came in the fourth, when the Giants opened the scoring on a two-out RBI single by Dominic Smith. Ramos and Willy Adames had singled to set the stage for Smith. Giants starter Logan Webb struck out 11 in 5 2/3 innings, during which he served up just one run and five hits. He walked four. The Pirates needed just three pitches in the fifth to tie the game after the Giants had scored in the last of the fourth. Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit Webb's second offering of the fifth for a single and scored one pitch later when Spencer Horwitz doubled to center field. Horwitz had his team's only extra-base hit of the game, and added a single for the Pirates, who won their fifth in a row. Smith had two singles for the Giants, whose six hits were all singles en route to a sixth straight loss in six outings on a just completed homestand. -Field Level Media
Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Pirates Preview: Mitch Keller's last start in black and gold?
This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW. The Pittsburgh Pirates earned a series win over the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 6-0 shutout win on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park. Paul Skenes dazzled with six excellent innings and Oneil Cruz stuffed the stat sheet to help lift Pittsburgh to the win. The Pirates (44-62) will now travel out west for the start of a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants (54-52) on Monday night at Oracle Park. Click here to read more on PGHBaseballNOW. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Oneil Cruz's two-run homer (17)
Oneil Cruz hits a two-run homer to right-center, giving the Pirates a 2-0 lead in the 2nd
Washington Post
3 days ago
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- Washington Post
Paul Skenes dominant again, striking out 9 in 6 innings as Pirates blank D-backs 6-0
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes struck out nine and gave up three hits in six innings, Oneil Cruz and Ke'Bryan Hayes drove in two runs each, and the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the Arizona Diamondbacks for the second straight game, 6-0 on Sunday. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Skenes (6-8) is the first pitcher to have an ERA below 2 through his first 45 starts. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year sits at 1.89 for his career and 1.83 this year, which leads the majors. Skenes is the only starter this season who hasn't allowed a first-inning run. He struck out two in the first, including Geraldo Perdomo, who hadn't fanned in a league-best 39 straight at-bats. Jake McCarthy had a one-out triple in the second, but Skenes struck out James McCann and retired Alek Thomas on a popup to short. Skenes also worked around a leadoff double by Tristin English in the third. Cruz walked leading off the Pirates second and the majors stolen base leader with 34 was off and running when Tommy Pham singled to center field on a 1-2 pitch from Zac Gallen for a 1-0 lead. Gallen (7-12) allowed four runs on five hits in six innings. Arizona scored one run in the three-game series, winning 1-0 in 11 innings Friday night. Skenes hit Eugenio Suárez with a 3-2 pitch leading off the fourth and McCarthy doubled him to third with one out. Skenes then struck out McCann on three pitches and Thomas on six. Skenes has allowed one run or fewer in 14 of 22 starts this season after doing it 14 times as a rookie. The D-backs head to Detroit to begin a series against the Tigers on Monday, and the Pirates play at San Francisco. ___ AP MLB:
