The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson homered during Chicago’s five-run fourth inning, and the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 on Tuesday night to move over .500 for the first time since May 28. Suzuki hit a tying two-run drive for his 19th homer this ...
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Dansby Swanson hit a grand slam to cap an eight-run sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs had eight stolen bases – their most in a game in more than 100 years — on the way to an 18-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Swanson’s slam came off Domingo German, was the third of the shortstop’s nine-year career — and second this season — and pushed the Cubs’ lead to 9-2. Swanson also homered with the bases loaded on April 24 against Houston rookie Spencer Arrighetti. The Cubs last had eight steals in 1913. Rookie center ...
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Oneil Cruz is switching positions, moving from shortstop to center field. Cruz is likely to be the designated hitter for the three-game series against the Chicago Cubs that started Monday night. He will go through pregame workouts during the early part of the week before likely making his center-field debut sometime during a three-game weekend series at Cleveland. The 6-foot-7 Cruz has made only one appearance in the outfield since breaking into the major leagues late in the 2021 season. He played one inning in left ...
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Bryan De La Cruz was hit by a pitch from Alexis Díaz (1-4) before Grandal connected for his seventh homer — a ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Bryan De La Cruz drove in a pair of runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Friday night. The Pirates had dropped nine straight one-run games since the July 30 trade deadline before coming back from five down to beat the skidding Reds for the sixth time in eight meetings so far this season. “Very excited about it, we’ve lost too many of them,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said after his team improved to 20-26 in one-run contests. “But it was good. They continued to battle.” Joey ...
By John Perrotto The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes struck out nine in six dominant innings, Bryan De La Cruz hit a three-run double during a six-run fifth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on Thursday night. Skenes (8-2), the rookie who started last month’s All-Star game, allowed just two hits and one walk after going 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in his previous three starts. Through 17 starts and 92 innings, Skenes has struck out 110. Skenes has pitched 131• innings between the major and minor leagues in his first full professional season ...
