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Patrick Bailey crushed a walk-off, three-run homer with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, producing the only scoring of the San Francisco Giants' 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. After Camilo Doval (2-0) had pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the inning, Pirates closer David Bednar (1-2) walked Michael Conforto and served up a single to Matt Chapman to start off the bottom of the inning. A wild pitch advanced the baserunners, but rather than intentionally walk Bailey to load the bases and create a potential forceout at the plate, Bednar grooved a 1-1 fastball that the San Francisco catcher drilled over the right field wall for his third homer of the season.

When the San Francisco Giants cut Joey Bart in late March and began shopping for trades for their once-heralded top prospect, the catcher had an inkling about the Pittsburgh Pirates as a destination. Better yet, he had family ties — his father, Tommy, grew up near Pittsburgh in Lower Burrell, and instilled a love of Pittsburgh sports in Bart. “I had a weird feeling about Pittsburgh,” said Bart, who returned to San Francisco on Friday for the first time since being dealt this month, as the Pirates opened a three-game set against the Giants.

Giants manager Bob Melvin shared an encouraging update on Thairo Estrada after the second baseman injured his hamstring in Wednesday's loss to the New York Mets.

Gary Sánchez hit a pinch-hit, two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a series split on Thursday. Sánchez drove an 0-2 sinker at 101.9 mph from Aroldis Chapman (0-2) 371 feet to right with two outs, putting the Brewers ahead 6-5. Two of his three home runs came this series, including on Tuesday when he produced Milwaukee's lone run in a 2-1 loss. “He's the same Chapman from when I knew him at the Yankees,” said Sánchez, a batterymate of Chapman's with the Yankees from 2016-21.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates are 13-13, chasing their first season with a winning record since 2018. Calling up top pitching prospect Paul Skenes could fan those sparks into a flame, but he remains in the minor leagues. The Pirates drafted Skenes with the first overall pick in the 2023 draft out of Louisiana State. Prior to this season, every major prospect list ranked him as the top pitching prospect in baseball.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — William Contreras had three hits and the Milwaukee Brewers used one big inning to edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Wednesday night. The Brewers took advantage of a sloppy second inning by the Pirates to turn an error, two walks and two hit batters and an RBI single by Contreras into three […]

Apr. 23—Besides beating Baltimore for World Series titles in 1971 and 1979, the Bucs and the Birds have followed much the same path. From 1997 through 2022, the Orioles finished last or next to last 18 times, while the Bucs were last or next to last 19 times. The Pirates last trip to the Series was 1979, 44 years ago and counting; Baltimore's last time in the Series was 1983, 40 years ago and ...

It looked like it might be a different story for the Pittsburgh Pirates after the first inning, but it turned out to be more of the same in their 6-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox at PNC Park on Sunday afternoon.

Reese McGuire added a pinch-hit two-run single for the Red Sox, who improved to 10-3 on the road so far this season.

Kutter Crawford allowed one run in six strong innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Saturday.