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Paul Skenes earns his first victory of the season, Pirates beat Rays 4-2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Paul Skenes needed nearly three innings to warm up Wednesday, then struck out six over seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Oneil Cruz hit his second home run of the season and drove in another to give ...

Mangum and Baz help the Rays beat the Pirates 7-0

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Mangum collected three more hits and Shane Baz struck out a career-high 10 in six innings, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 on Tuesday night. Mangum drove in two runs and scored twice, one day after he went 4 for 4 with two steals in his ...

Griffin Conine’s HR, Derek Hill walkoff run help Marlins beat Pirates 3-2

MIAMI (AP) — Griffin Conine hit a home run, Derek Hill scored the winning run from third on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth and the Florida Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Sunday. Andrew McCutchen hit a lead-off homer in the top of the second inning but Nick Fortes hit an ...

Pirates place second baseman Nick Gonzales on IL with broken ankle

MIAMI (AP) — The Pirates placed second baseman Nick Gonzales on the 10-day injured list with a "non-displaced fracture of the left ankle," Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said Friday. Gonzales was originally injured in spring training when he fouled a ball off his ankle. He hit a two-run ...

Skenes and Alcántara show early dominant flashes in hyped opening day matchup

MIAMI (AP) — Hyped as the most appealing starting pitchers' matchup of opening day, Paul Skenes outlasted Sandy Alcántara but neither was involved in the decision of the Miami Marlins' 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Pittsburgh's Skenes is the reigning NL Rookie of the ...

Flyers fire coach John Tortorella in midst of another losing season

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer John Tortorella popped off after another Philadelphia loss — the sixth straight on his watch — and declared he was not interested in learning how to coach a losing team in another empty season. It's not his worry anymore. The Flyers fired the notoriously ...

Stowers hits run-scoring single in 9th to lift Marlins to 5-4 win over Pirates

MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Stowers hit a run-scoring single in the ninth inning and the Miami Marlins spoiled the first opening day start for Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes with a 5-4 victory over the Pirates on Thursday. Nick Fortes tripled to lead off the inning against reliever David Bednar (0-1) and ...

Nylander, Tavares each have 2 goals, 2 assists as Maple Leafs beat Flyers 7-2

TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander and John Tavares each had two goals and two assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-2 on Tuesday night. Bobby McMann, David Kampf and Max Domi also scored for Toronto, and Matthew Knies had two assists. Anthony Stolarz made 17 ...