PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Chris Sale became the fastest pitcher to reach 2,500 strikeouts, pitched six scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3 on Thursday night to split a doubleheader. The Phillies won the afternoon game 5-4. Sale (3-3) struck out Edmundo Sosa ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, Oneil Cruz hit a two-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates romped past the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-1 on Wednesday. The Pirates rallied from a 6-2 deficit with seven runs in the eighth inning to beat the Diamondbacks 9-6 ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Bryan Reynolds had four hits, including a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth, and the Pittsburgh Pirates overcame a six-run deficit to stun the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-6 on Tuesday night. The Pirates, who entered the night 0-29 when trailing after seven innings, were down ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Eugenio Suárez and Josh Naylor homered to back a stellar start from Ryne Nelson as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Monday night to end a five-game skid. Suárez hit his 15th homer — a 109 mph shot to left-center that traveled 433 feet — for a ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Braxton Ashcraft pitched three scoreless innings in his major league debut on Monday. Ashcraft, one of the team's top prospects, was recalled before Pittsburgh's 5-0 loss at Arizona. Right-hander Isaac Mattson was optioned to Triple-A ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ranger Suárez struck out eight over six shutout innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies survived an injury scare to slugger Bryce Harper to beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 on Tuesday night. Harper left in the first inning after he was hit near the right elbow by a 95.3 mph ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper took a knee and grasped his right arm —- the Phillies' star slugger's elbow was bruised, more than 40,000 Phillies fans stomachs were in knots — and the worst was feared as he took off for the tunnel. "Whenever your top hitters, or your best hitter, gets ...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit his 18th homer, then had a tiebreaking, two-run double in the 11th inning that lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-6 victory Saturday night extending their winning streak to nine and sending the Athletics to their 11th straight loss. Max ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Caleb Durbin and Brice Turang hit back-to-back doubles in the eighth inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers top the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Sunday. Durbin sent a sweeper from Ryan Borucki (1-2) to the track in left field, driving in two and tying it at 5. Turang brought him ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Jones' second season in the big leagues is over before it even began. The Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher underwent surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on Wednesday and will miss 10 to 12 months. The 23-year-old Jones initially complained ...
DENVER (AP) — Ranger Suárez pitched into the seventh inning to outduel Germán Márquez, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Thursday to sweep the four-game series. Philadelphia has won seven straight overall and 11 of its last 12 on the road. The Phillies have ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are reeling, and just about everything is on the table for a last-place team that has already fired its manager and packed a half-decade's worth of public-relations missteps into two months. Well, except for one thing: trading ace Paul Skenes. Asked ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Austin Hays had three hits and two RBIs, and scored the go-ahead run on Monday night as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 for their fifth consecutive victory. Gavin Lux hit two doubles, his second scoring Hays in the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie. Hays ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bailey Falter gave up four hits and had five strikeouts through seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. Falter (3-3) has surrendered one run in 23 2/3 innings over his past four ...
DENVER (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit his 300th career home run, a 466-foot shot off the facing of the third deck in right field, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the struggling Colorado Rockies 9-3 on Monday night. Alec Bohm hit a go-ahead homer in a four-run eighth inning for ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man has been charged with providing alcohol to the 20-year-old who fell from the outfield stands at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30. Ethan Kirkwood, 21, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor and has ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bailey Falter gave up four hits and had five strikeouts through seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. Falter (3-3) has surrendered one run in 23 2/3 innings over his past four ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies closer José Alvarado was suspended for 80 games on Sunday following a positive test for external testosterone under Major League Baseball's drug-testing program. Alvarado, among the hardest-throwing relievers, became the second player suspended this ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mick Abel outdueled Paul Skenes to win his major league debut, striking out nine over six innings to lead Philadelphia over the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep and the Phillies' 15th win in 20 games. Brandon Marsh grounded into a run-scoring forceout ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper reached 1,000 RBIs and was part of a wild seventh inning rally in which the Philadelphia Phillies scored four runs on just one hit in an 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Harper, who had three hits and reached base four times, picked up ...