OAKLAND, Calif. -- Wednesday was another installment in what has been a miserable offensive stretch for the Pirates, being shutout by Ross Stripling and the Athletics to complete being swept, this time by a 4-0 final at the Oakland Coliseum. After starting the season 11-5, the offense has scored just

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OAKLAND -- The Bay has not been kind to the Pirates' bats. They could not escape their offensive rut Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum, falling to the Athletics, 5-2. "I thought we actually had better swings tonight than we have the last couple days," said Pirates manager Derek Shelton.

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OAKLAND -- Ke'Bryan Hayes made solid contact on the first swing of Monday's game. Athletics starter Joe Boyle delivered a fastball in, and Hayes shot it into right field for a base hit. The Pirates wouldn't get their second hit until one in the ninth, an Oneil Cruz bouncer up

SAN FRANCISCO -- It’s safe to say this isn’t the offensive output the Pirates envisioned when they built this roster. Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Giants at Oracle Park was another installment in what has been a brutal two weeks for the Pirates, marking the ninth time in their last

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Bryan Reynolds barely had time to get his high fives in the dugout before he watched Ke'Bryan Hayes make flush contact with a Taylor Rogers sweeper. Reynolds had just given the Pirates their first lead of this Giants series off a similar sweeper two pitches earlier, pulling

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Joey Bart didn’t know if he could really be surprised by this point. He had seen things online, and the writing appeared to be on the wall that he was not going to be a Giant much longer. He also had a funny feeling about Pittsburgh. They

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Five starts and 14 1/3 scoreless innings into his 2024 campaign, Paul Skenes allowed his first run of the year for Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday against Omaha. The run marked the first blemish to his previously perfect ERA, but the rest of the outing, for the most part, was business

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PITTSBURGH -- Wednesday was the first of what should be several games where the Pirates opted to push their originally scheduled starter back in favor of a bullpen day, giving most of the rotation another day of rest. The results were mostly favorable, outside of a three-run third when Luis

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