Pittsburgh Pirates

Francisco Alvarez leads the New York Mets (30-33) into a matchup versus the Pittsburgh Pirates (32-29), after his two-homer showing in a 13-10 defeat to the Braves, starting at 7:05 PM ET on Friday. The Pirates will give the nod to Rich Hill (5-5, 4.55 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 6 on the season, and the Mets will counter with Tylor Megill (5-3, 4.40 ERA).

The Pittsburgh Pirates (32-29) had a major lapse against the Oakland Athletics and dropped two out of three games to the worst team in baseball.

A couple of teams looking for wins meet this weekend when the New York Mets visit the Pittsburgh Pirates. New York has lost a season-high six games in a row after being swept at Atlanta, including a 13-10, 10-inning defeat on Thursday. New York was up 9-2 Thursday, including Brandon Nimmo’sfirst career grand slam, but could not hold on. According to SNY, it’s the first time in club history that the Mets have dropped three games in a row after leading by at least three in each.

The MLB season is a marathon. Teams compete over a 162-game schedule, needing to rank among the top six squads in their respective leagues to make the playoffs. Wins are just as valuable in April, May, and June as they are in the latter part of the season, and franchises can’t afford to lose ground to the teams ahead of them. Here’s what the playoff brackets would look like if the postseason started today. National League No. 1 – Atlanta Braves First-Round Bye No. 2 – Arizona Diamondbacks First-Round Bye No. 3 – Milwaukee Brewers No. 6 – Miami Marlins No. 4 – Los Angeles Dodgers No. 5 – Pittsburgh Pirates An 8-2 run has propelled the Arizona Diamondbacks up the National League standings. The

1901 — The New York Giants set a major league record with 31 hits in beating Cincinnati 25-13. Al Selbach of the Giants went 6-for-7 with two doubles and four singles and scored four runs. 1906 — Boston snapped a 19-game losing streak by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3. 1914 — Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates got the 3,000th hit of his career off Philadelphia’s Erskine Mayer in a 3-1 loss to the Phillies at the Baker Bowl.

There are very few things that make Scott Bonnett panic. Spending the last 15 years making sure the Pittsburgh Pirates have whatever they need whenever they need it has taught the longtime equipment manager the importance of being prepared for anything. Bonnett found himself in the dugout in Seattle late last month watching Andrew McCutchen round third following a leadoff home run against the Mariners when joy was quickly replaced by panic. The pathologically meticulous Bonnett scanned the end of the bench looking not for a helmet or a glove or pine tar but … a rubber sword and a black suit jacket that looks like it got attacked by an overzealous tailor with an affinity for patches.

The Oakland Athletics won back-to-back games for just the third time season as Ryan Noda homered and reached base four times in a 9-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. All seven scored to give Oakland its second road victory in less than 24 hours following a 15-game slide away from home. Seth Brown had three of the A’s season-high tying 17 hits. Jace Peterson followed up a five-hit night with two more hits, including a two-run double that helped break things open in the first.

Jun. 6—It’s June, and the weather the past week has been hard to beat. School’s out, and vacation time is here. And for Pirates fans, it means PNC Park again will be chock-full of summer promotions, ticket deals, fireworks and bobbleheads. It’s important to note that throughout the season, giveaway items go to the first 20,000 fans, while Kid Sunday freebies go to those aged 14 and under. …

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