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Peguero keys Pirates’ win BRADENTON, Fla. – Livero Peguero smacked a 413-foot two-run homer in the bottom of eighth to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Toronto Tuesday in Grapefruit League action. It was the third home run of the day for the Pirates (5-6). Oneil Cruz’s first homer of the spring came with two outs in the fifth inning. Down 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, the Pirates got a solo homer from Tsung-Che Cheng as part of a two-run frame to tie game up. Pittsburgh has 21 home runs after 11 games in spring training. Pirates starter ...

Bucs play long ball in victory

From Mirror, wire reports PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Home runs from Henry Davis, Jack Suwinski and Canaan Smith-Njigba helped the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Tampa Bay, 7-3, on Monday in Grapefruit League action. Davis’ two-run homer in the third was his third this spring. He is 6-for-15 this ...

Ott, catcher on 1979 World Series team, dies

From Mirror, wire reports PITTSBURGH — Ed Ott, a former major league catcher and coach who helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1979 World Series, died Sunday. He was 72. Ott died in the central Pennsylvania town of Danville, according to the Pirates. No further details were provided by the team. “We are saddened by the loss of such a beloved member of the Pirates family,” Pirates President Travis Williams said in a statement. “Ed spent seven of his eight years in the major leagues with the Pirates and was a valued member of our World Series championship team in ...

Pirates slug their way past Rays

From Mirror,wire reports BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates homered three times on Friday in a 12-8 win over Tampa Bay in Grapefruit League action. Gilberto Celestino connected for his first home run this spring, a grand slam in the seventh inning to put the Pirates (2-5) up 12-5 at the time. Bryan Reynolds went deep for the second straight game with his 414-foot solo shot in the first inning off Rays starter Jacob Lopez. Jared Triolo added a three-run homer in the second inning for a 4-3 lead. Pirates starter Mitch Keller gave up three runs in the first but did record a ...

Pirates’ Skenes just happy to get in his work

From Mirror, wire reports SARASOTA, Fla. — Pittsburgh Pirates starter Paul Skenes retired the Baltimore Orioles’ Jackson Holliday on a grounder to second base Thursday in a spring training matchup of the top overall picks in the last two amateur drafts. Pirates reliever Connor Sadzeck ...

Pitching falters late for Pirates

From Mirror, wire reports BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pirates bullpen surrendered four runs in the seventh and eighth innings combined in a 5-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Grapefruit League action Wednesday. Pirates starter Quinn Priester worked two shutout innings and needed just 19 pitches to get his six outs. Jared Jones worked 1ª scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts for the Pirates. Pittsburgh (1-4) scored three times in the third, two of which came on a two-run homer from Tsung-Che Cheng. Teammate Connor Joe added a solo home run. Aroldis Chapman struck out three ...