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Pirates top Blue Jays as Paul Skenes bounces back from rough outing

PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes kept the American League’s top team in relative check for six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of some sloppy play by the Toronto Blue Jays to pull away for a 5-2 victory on Monday night. Skenes bounced back from a rare shaky performance in his ...

Pittsburgh Pirates lose series to Chicago Cubs

CHICAGO — Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of the weekend series. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ian Happ each had two hits for Chicago, which had dropped four of five before a 3-1 ...

Pirates beat Cubs on Suwinski’s homer

CHICAGO — Jack Suwinski hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the struggling Chicago Cubs on Friday. Suwinski, a Chicago native, hit Daniel Palencia’s (1-3) 1-1 fastball the opposite way, into the left-field bleachers for his third ...

Pirates get swept out of Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — William Contreras drove in four runs, Christian Yelich drove in three and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-5 on Wednesday to extend their winning streak to 12 games. Milwaukee scored double-digit runs for the second straight game and the fourth time this ...

Skenes hit hard early in Pirates’ defeat to the Brewers

MILWAUKEE — Sal Frelick and Brice Turang homered off Paul Skenes, and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-0 on Tuesday night for their 11th consecutive victory. Christian Yelich, Andrew Vaughn and Caleb Durbin also went deep as major league-leading Milwaukee improved to ...

Pirates roughed up by Brewers

MILWAUKEE — Brice Turang hit his first career leadoff home run, Jose Quintana allowed three hits over six solid innings and the MLB-best Milwaukee Brewers extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 7-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Quintana (10-4) struck out three ...