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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On deck Saturday: Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Sunday: Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh Radio: HANK-FM 96.1 By Jay Cohen The Associated Press CHICAGO — This time, Paul Skenes brought his fastball. Not the one he struggled to command during an uneven major league debut. The dazzling one, the triple-digit heat that goes exactly where he wants it to go. The result was one impressive show. Skenes turned in a dominant performance during his second major league start on Friday, striking out 11 while pitching six no-hit innings for the ...
