By Alanis Thames The Associated Press For much of Lee Allen Jr.’s childhood, baseball seemed quite far from him. Major League Baseball’s Royals played in his hometown Kansas City, Missouri, but Allen — who is Black and lived in the inner city — didn’t come across many baseball ...
From Mirror, wire reports BRADENTON, Fla. —Playing a game that featured future stars from the Minor League systems of both teams Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore, 3-1, in a seven-inning game in Grapefruit League action. Paul Skenes started for Pittsburgh and struck out the first two batters, including the Orioles’ Jackson Holliday, their No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft. He got three outs, and the first three pitches of the game from him were clocked at 101, 101 and 102 mph. Reliever Patrick Reilly struck out the side in the sixth for Pittsburgh. Bubba Chandler ...
From Mirror, wire reports DUNEDIN, Fla. — Pittsburgh Pirates starter Roansy Contreras gave up four runs in two innings Wednesday in a 10-3 loss to Toronto in Grapefruit League action. Contreras was making his fourth appearance this spring and got his second loss. He gave up six walks and ...
Solid start for Bucs’ pitcher BRADENTON, Fla. – Starter Chase Anderson pitched three shutout innings, retiring all nine batters he faced, in helping the Pittsburgh Pirates down Atlanta, 5-1, in Grapefruit League action Tuesday. Anderson has tossed seven shutout innings for the Pirates (7-10-1) this spring. Ryan Borucki and Wily Peralta each tossed a 1-2-3 shutout inning in relief for the Pirates. Oneil Cruz led off the bottom of the first with his fourth homer of the spring, and he has homered in three straight games. Teammate Billy McKinney hit a three-run homer, and has ...
From Mirror, wire reports FOR MYERS, Fla. – The Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers gave up only one run on Monday but the offense struggled and the team wound up on the short end of a 1-0 loss to Boston in Grapefruit League action. Southpaw starter Bailey Falter retired the first 10 batters he faces for the Pirates (6-10-1) before allowing a one-out double to Jamie Westbrook in the fourth inning. He finished with four strikeouts and no walks in 3-plus innings of work. Out of the bullpen, Jose Hernandez pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning and had only given up one run in five outings.In five ...
Bullpen fails for Pirates SARASOTA, Fla. — Reliever Ryder Ryan was charged with two runs in the eighth inning Wednesday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 6-4, in Grapefruit League action. Pittsburgh (5-7) scored all four runs in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead at the time. Liover Peguero went 2-for-2 with a run scored and is batting .429 in seven games this spring. Teammate Jared Triolo went 1-for-3 and is batting .350 this spring. On the mound, starter Mitch Keller gave up two runs in the first inning and wound up charged with three runs over four ...
