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Starter Spotlight: Get Ready For Freddy

9-25-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Facing off against Freddy Peralta today, older brother of one-time Pirates prospect, Luis Peralta, and perennial tormenter of Bucs bats. Peralta has appeared in 21 games against the Pirates in his career and holds a 2-1 record with a 3.56 ERA over 78.1 innings, striking out 91 andContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Get Ready For Freddy”

Starter Spotlight: Return of Myers

9-24-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates open up their final home series of the season as the NL Central division-winning Milwaukee Brewers come to town with Tobias Myers on the bump for game 1. Myers previously faced the Pirates twice this year: once on April 23rd where he pitched 5 frames ofContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Return of Myers”

Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (89-67) at Pittsburgh Pirates (73-83)

9-24-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After clinching the NL Central for a second straight year, the Brewers are hyper-focused on post-season but will need to finish up the season against the Pirates, who have nothing to lose at this stage in the year. That doesn’t mean the Brewers will necessarily let up againstContinue reading “Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (89-67) at Pittsburgh Pirates (73-83)”

Starter Spotlight: Civale-Deja Vu

7-11-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Chance for a crucial series win today as Paul Skenes once again will pitch the deciding game against opposing starter, Aaron Civale – a rematch from June 23 while Civale was still a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. In that game, Civale pitched 5 frames of 3-hit,Continue reading “Starter Spotlight: Civale-Deja Vu”

Starter Spotlight: Can They Make It Three Straight?

7-10-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Pirates have not won (or lost, for that matter) 3 consecutive games in over three months when they notched successive victories from April 6-8. After scoring 20 combined runs over the past two games, do the bats still have some more in the tank to get anotherContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Can They Make It Three Straight?”

Starter Spotlight: Looking For A Rea of Hope

7-9-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading to Milwaukee for a potentially pivotal series this week, the Pirates will once again face off against Brewers starting pitcher Colin Rea, who enters play tonight with an 8-2 record, 3.34 ERA and 1.20 WHIP over his 94.1 innings this season. Although he’s experiencing a breakout thisContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Looking For A Rea of Hope”

Series Preview: Pirates (43-47) at Brewers (53-38)

7-9-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X The Brewers have been handily in control of the NL Central for the better part of the last few months but they split a series in Colorado and lost 2 of 3 to the Dodgers this past weekend. The Pirates, on the other hand, bring a hobbled rotationContinue reading “Series Preview: Pirates (43-47) at Brewers (53-38)”

Eric Lauer signs minor-league deal with Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates made yet another off-season pitching addition on Tuesday, bringing in former San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Eric Lauer on a minor league deal.

Hader Implodes, So Does Richard Rodriguez; Pirates Lose a Heartbreaker 7-6 to Brewers

Baseball is a funny game, sometimes you can sense that early on the significance of a situation. The lead was surrendered but he kept his team, and himself in the game, big stuff from the young man.