PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Seth Hernandez with the sixth pick in the first round of the 2025 first-year player draft on Sunday. Hernandez was rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in this year’s draft (No. 3 by MLB Pipeline) as a senior ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez homered twice, Jac Caglianone hit the longest measured homer by a Royals rookie, and Kansas City beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep. Perez broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with his longball off Isaac ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Loftin hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, then won it in the ninth with a one-out RBI single as the Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Tuesday night. Rookie Jac Caglianone homered for the Royals, a 421-foot drive leading off the ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez hit two of Kansas City’s four home runs to back a strong start by rookie Noah Cameron, and the Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3 on Monday night. Cameron (3-4) struck out seven in a season-high seven innings. The left-hander ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes was named to the National League All-Star team for this season’s All-Star Game at Atlanta’s Truist Park, which will take place on Tuesday, July 15. Skenes joins Bob Veale in 1965 and 1966 and Rip Sewell in 1943, 1944 and 1946 as the only Pirates ...
SEATTLE — Randy Arozarena homered, George Kirby tossed 6 1/3 crisp innings and the Seattle Mariners shut out the punchless Pirates for the third straight game, winning 1-0 on Sunday as Pittsburgh wasted another strong start by All-Star Paul Skenes. Arozarena hit his 14th long ball of the ...
