Kevin Gorman stories, Page 34

Miguel Andujar is taking an aggressive approach to the plate, one that is paying dividends for the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield this September. After spending the majority of the season at Triple-A Indianapolis — where Pirates general manager Ben Cherington called him their “best and most consistent performer all year long”...

Joshua Palacios has a flair for the dramatic, so the Pittsburgh Pirates had confidence he could come up with a big pinch hit in the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs. Palacios exceeded expectations. After working a full count, Palacios blasted Julian Merryweather’s slider 384 feet to right field for...

What impressed Derek Shelton even more than the six consecutive singles in the fourth inning was that five came with two strikes against Chicago Cubs All-Star left-hander Justin Steele. The Pittsburgh Pirates manager watched Connor Joe connect on a 2-2 fastball for a swinging bunt, Jack Suwinski smack a 2-2...

What started as a strikeout duel between All-Star pitchers Mitch Keller and Justin Steele had Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton wondering from where and when the runs would come. Shelton looked at the Wrigley Field scoreboard and saw that the Chicago Cubs left-hander was among the National League leaders in...

Now that Mitch Keller has established himself as an All-Star and the anchor of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting rotation, what he wants next is to complete a pair of benchmarks. Keller wants to join the 200-200 club. The 27-year-old right-hander is two strikeouts away from reaching 200 and needs to...

It didn’t take long for Alexander Canario to make an impact – accidental or intentional – in his second major league game for the Chicago Cubs. The 23-year-old rookie was involved in an oddity when he was called for obstruction on a pop fly in foul territory while in the...

A switch from starter to reliever provided a path to the major leagues for Kyle Nicolas, as the Pittsburgh Pirates selected the right-hander’s contract Tuesday in a series of roster moves. Nicolas, ranked the Pirates’ No. 26 prospect by MLB Pipeline, has thrived since switching to a bullpen role in...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates optioned Jason Delay to Triple-A Indianapolis in mid-July to make room for Endy Rodriguez to become their starting catcher, Delay didn’t know if or when he would return. “It was more wishful thinking than anything,” Delay said. “Definitely no promises. It was more hoping something would...

Quinn Priester cherished going to Chicago Cubs games at Wrigley Field as a kid, eating hot dogs and peanuts with his grandfather and daydreaming about becoming a future major leaguer. “Forever, the dream was to be in the home dugout,” said Priester, a native of Cary, Ill., about 40 miles...

The New York Yankees stretched their streak of retiring Pittsburgh Pirates batters to 27 consecutive when Jared Triolo hit a leadoff double off the wall in right-center field in the third inning. When Triolo hit another double in the seventh — doubling his season total — it put him in...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have only one thing standing in their way of reaching the 70-win mark for the first time in five years. That’s the New York Yankees, who turned PNC Park into their playground for the second consecutive night and silenced the Pirates’ bats for the final six-plus innings....

Joshua Palacios was doing a pregame interview with Harold Reynolds on MLB Network about Roberto Clemente Day when the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder got the surprise of a lifetime, especially for a player with Puerto Rican bloodlines. Pittsburgh Steelers minority owner Thomas Tull handed Palacios a bat, glove and 1960 World...

Ji Hwan Bae drove in the game-tying run for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he couldn’t get the image out of his head of his line drive hitting New York Yankees pitcher Anthony Misiewicz in the face. A scary scene in the sixth inning that had Bae in shock only got...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Henry Davis to Triple-A Indianapolis on a rehabilitation assignment to test the muscle strain in his right hand, he pulled a 407-foot home run on the first swing of his first at-bat. Davis had no delusions that one swing would prove to the Pirates that...

Jack Suwinski has endured his share of slumps, so the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder is enjoying every moment of a seven-game hitting streak that is giving him a good ending to a roller-coaster season. By going 2 for 3 with a solo home run Thursday in a 2-0 win over the...

A right-handed pitcher who was a 2019 first-round pick got pounded for seven runs on 10 hits, including four runs on six hits in the first inning. The good news for the Pittsburgh Pirates: It wasn’t Quinn Priester. The Pirates roughed up Jackson Rutledge in his major league debut, then...

As the Pittsburgh Pirates crawl toward the conclusion of their season, Ben Cherington already has an eye toward the offseason and important decisions involving two of their most prominent players. The Pirates general manager was pressed Wednesday about the team’s plans for shortstop Oneil Cruz and designated hitter Andrew McCutchen,...

Quinn Priester had a simple solution for his struggles with the Pittsburgh Pirates, one the right-hander pitcher employed with resounding success after he was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis last month. “Stop thinking as much. Just throw that thing,” Priester said. “And I had really good results when I did that,...

Joshua Palacios gave the Pittsburgh Pirates the lead over his former team with his bat, then helped protect it with his arm. The right fielder hit a two-run home run in the second inning and threw a runner out at the plate in the seventh, as the Pirates beat the...

The calendar confirmed the Pittsburgh Pirates’ concerns that time was running out on Oneil Cruz to play again this season, so they decided Tuesday to pull the plug on hopes of his return. The 6-foot-7 shortstop fractured his left ankle on an awkward slide into home plate against the Chicago...

The phone call had Roberto Clemente Jr. in tears when his brother Luis shared how powerful the experience was to see never-published images of their father, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente. The black-and-white shots will be on display through the Roberto Clemente 3000 Photographic Exhibit outside PNC Park this week,...

Wearing a first baseman’s mitt for the first time in a major league game, Jared Triolo was hoping to break it in with an easy play Monday night against the Washington Nationals. Instead, the first hit his way took a high bounce with topspin. Triolo blocked it with his body,...

The Pittsburgh Pirates couldn’t hit Patrick Corbin as the 34-year-old Washington Nationals left-hander showed why he is the last player left from their 2019 World Series champions. The Pirates couldn’t keep CJ Abrams from hitting it out of the park as the 22-year-old shortstop flashed the potential that made him...

A day after Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes criticized home plate umpire Bill Miller on social media, Pirates manager Derek Shelton defended his right to complain about a called strike. “I think it was a very unique situation. It’s a very rare situation, and he was frustrated, you know?”...

The Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t been shy about voicing their displeasure with umpires on called strikes outside the zone this season, but Ke’Bryan Hayes took it a step further. The Pirates third baseman voiced his complaints on social media Sunday in a post about a call by home plate umpire Bill...