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Another bullpen collapse

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Matt Chapman homered for the third straight game, this one a three-run drive during an eighth-inning rally, and the San Francisco Giants spoiled a solid start by Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes to surge to a 7-6 win on Thursday. Chapman went deep off Hunter Stratton (1-1), and Brett Wisely delivered a go-ahead single off Aroldis Chapman five batters later as the Giants overcame a big deficit for the second time in less than 24 hours. San Francisco trailed by five early in a 9-5 extra-inning victory on Wednesday. The Giants were down 6-2 ...

Bullpen falls apart in defeat for Bucs

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Patrick Bailey hit the first of three RBI singles in a four-run 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for a 9-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Bailey started with a single to right off Carmen ...

QB Fields ready to experience fresh start

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Justin Fields could sense his time in Chicago was up at his exit meeting in January. While Bears general manager Ryan Poles didn’t outright tell Fields the organization was going to look for another quarterback after three uneven seasons with the talented but inconsistent Fields running the offense, Foles didn’t have to. Fields could sense it in Poles’ body language. So when Fields received a call while eating dinner in Italy in mid-March that he was heading to Pittsburgh, the initial reaction wasn’t shock, but relief ...

Bucs score huge comeback victory late

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Nick Gonzales’ run-scoring single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Gonzales’ leadoff hit up the middle off of Erik Miller (0-2) scored automatic runner ...

Keller pitches 6 effective innings

CHICAGO — Mitch Keller pitched six effective innings, Nick Gonzales hit a key two-run single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs, 3-2, on Sunday. Jack Suwinski connected for another homer against Jameson Taillon as Pittsburgh closed out a 4-3 road trip by taking three of four ...

Starters have been high point

Notes and observations from Major League Baseball as Memorial Day approaches: n Back in 2017, MLB instituted a complete replay review system for umpires’ calls that were challenged on the field in games. Reviews were conducted at the Replay Command Center — which is located at the MLB Advanced Media headquarters in New York City — by replay officials who are full-time MLB umpires who work shifts at the Replay Command Center in addition to their on-field shifts. The reviews were instituted as a response to some egregious and blatant botched calls by umpires on the field that ...