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Pillar pummels Pirates pitching

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Kevin Pillar homered twice and drove in six runs, helping Patrick Sandoval and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0 on Tuesday night. Logan O’Hoppe had four hits and two RBIs for Los Angeles, which had dropped three in a row and five of six overall. Willie Calhoun walked twice and scored three times. Sandoval (2-5) struck out seven in seven innings in his first win since April 3 against Miami. The left-hander allowed three hits and walked one. “Tonight belonged to Sandoval, he was outstanding,” Angels manager Ron ...

Keller goes all nine for victory

By John Perrotto The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Edward Olivares hit his first career grand slam and Mitch Keller pitched a five-hitter to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night. Olivares’ slam came off Tyler Anderson in the third ...

Cruz powers Pirates past Colorado

By Wes Crosby The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Oneil Cruz hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run sixth inning, powering the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Colorado Rockies 5-3 for a series win Sunday. Cruz sent a slider from Ryan Feltner (1-3) 429 feet to right-center, bouncing his ...

The Jones project continues its successful journey for Bucs

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Jared Jones understands the plan. He totally gets that the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing what they can to protect the future — both his and theirs — by being cautious with the precocious 22-year-old’s electric right arm. In time, ...

Lowly Rockies nip Bucs

PITTSBURGH — Ryan McMahon homered into the Allegheny River, Cal Quantrill pitched into the eighth inning and the Colorado Rockies finally held onto a lead during a 3-2 win over the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Colorado trailed in each of its first 31 games this season, a ...

Pirates send Davis down to Indy

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Henry Davis will try to work out of his early season funk in the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates optioned the former first-overall pick to Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday and activated catcher Yasmani Grandal off the injured list. Davis is hitting just .162 with no home runs and four RBIs in 23 games for Pittsburgh. The 24-year-old, the top selection in the 2021 amateur draft, has struck out 29 times in 83 at-bats. The Pirates drafted Davis as a catcher but he spent the vast majority of his rookie season in 2023 working in right field and as a ...