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1:16Highlights: Pirates at Dodgers (8/22)
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1:12Highlights: Pirates at Dodgers (8/21)
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1:20Can the Brewers Challenge the Dodgers?
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1:00Sndyer's Power Rankings (08/17): Pirates Fighting For Playoff Lives
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1:57Paul Skenes Pulled After 65 Pitches, Does Not Touch 97 MPH
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9:06Breaking Down Matt Snyder's MLB Playoff Predictions
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1:54Predicting the NL Wild Card Teams
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1:46MLB Playoff Predictions: NL Division Winners
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1:59Breaking Down Paul Skenes' Recent Struggles
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1:47What's Wrong With Paul Skenes?
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1:01Why You Shouldn't Sleep on the Cubs
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1:56Clubhouse Atmosphere Heading Into the Trade Deadline
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0:46Feel Good Moments: Tigers Score in Every Inning, Allow 0 Runs
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1:21Why Sell When You Can Buy: ARI, WAS & PIT
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1:52Which Division Race Changes the Most Because of the MLB Trade Deadline?
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0:58José Caballero Hit With Pitch Clock Violation
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0:34Max Fried Tosses 5 Scoreless Innings in Return
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9:24Teams One Move Away From a Playoff Run
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1:34MLB Power Rankings: Red Sox Win 13 In a Row
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Top Pirates News
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Pirates' Konnor Griffin: Taking swings
Griffin (finger) took swings Friday as he continues to ramp up baseball activity, MLB.com reports.
Griffin is at the Pirates' facility in Florida as he ramps up his rehab. Manager Don Kelly didn't have much detail, but he said the initial reports indicate the session went well. Griffin is trending toward a return in early September.
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Pirates' Jared Jones: Inefficient in no-decision
Jones took a no-decision against the Dodgers on Saturday, allowing two runs on three hits and five walks in four innings. He struck out five.
Facing a vaunted Dodgers lineup, Jones nibbled around the plate Saturday and landed just 48 of his 87 pitches for strikes. The five walks allowed were a season worst, and the hard-throwing right-hander has yet to touch the 90-pitch marker in any of his 15 appearances following a delayed start to the season due to Tommy John surgery. Jones will carry a shaky 4.76 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 77:26 K:BB over 68 innings into his next scheduled outing in St. Louis.
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Pirates' Carmen Mlodzinski: Serving as bulk reliever Sunday
Mlodzinski will operate as a bulk reliever against the Dodgers on Sunday, Jason Mackey of MLB.com reports.
Lacke Bachar will make his sixth start of the season in Sunday's series finale and figures to toss at least one inning before turning the keys over to Mlodzinski. The latter has allowed at least four earned runs in each of his last three outings, and in eight appearances since the All-Star break, Mlodzinski has a 6.95 ERA and 1.77 WHIP over 22 innings.
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Pirates' Lake Bachar: Starting Sunday vs. LAD
Bachar will be the Pirates' starter for Sunday's series finale against the Dodgers, Jason Mackey of MLB.com reports.
Bachar will serve as Pittsburgh's opener for Sunday's game before turning the keys over to Carmen Mlodzinski, the latter of whom will operate in a bulk-relief role. It'll be the sixth start of the season for Bachar, who has a 3.75 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 73:27 K:BB over 69.2 innings this season between the Pirates and Marlins.
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Pirates' Nick Gonzales: Drives in two
Gonzales went 2-for-5 with two RBI against the Dodgers on Friday.
Gonzales drove in the first run of the game with a single in the opening inning, and he then tacked on an additional run two frames later. In three starts since returning from a head injury, Gonzales has gone 5-for-15 with two RBI, a run scored and a double. Across 499 plate appearances this season, he has maintained an impressive .311 batting average, though Gonzales also has just a .093 ISO.
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Pirates' Oneil Cruz: Forces extras Friday
Cruz went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and two walks in Friday's 5-4 extra-inning loss to the Dodgers.
Cruz went deep in the eighth inning to force the extra frame. He's gone 3-for-9 with a pair of homers, five RBI and a stolen base over three games since he returned from a fractured left hand. Cruz has hit fifth in all of those contests after primarily serving as the Pirate's leadoff hitter prior to his injury. On the year, he's batting .266 with an .846 OPS, 16 homers, 49 RBI, 47 runs scored, 10 doubles and 22 stolen bases over 67 contests.
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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Chased after four frames
Chandler allowed four runs on four hits, two walks and a hit batsman while striking out six over four innings in a no-decision versus the Dodgers on Friday.
Chandler had won his last three starts, but he wasn't up to the challenge the Dodgers presented in this contest. The right-hander gave up a pair of runs in the first and third innings for his most runs allowed in a game in August. He has 4.38 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 114:66 K:BB across 125.1 innings over 25 games (24 starts) this year. Chandler's next outing is projected to be at San Diego.
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Pirates' Esmerlyn Valdez: Sitting Friday
Valdez is not in the Pirates' starting lineup against the Dodgers on Friday.
Valdez will take a seat following a three-game stretch in which he went 0-for-12 with eight strikeouts, one walk and one run scored. Jake Mangum will start in right field and bat eighth in Friday's series opener.
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Pirates' Jhostynxon Garcia: Lands on 7-day IL
Garcia was placed on the 7-day injured list Thursday with an undisclosed injury, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
The Pirates demoted Garcia to Triple-A Indianapolis on Aug. 14 after he had been up with the big club since July 29. The 23-year-old got three hits with an RBI and no walks across 11 plate appearances in the three games he appeared in after being optioned.
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Pirates' Robert Hassell: Hits 7-day IL
Hassell was placed on the 7-day injured list Thursday with an undisclosed injury, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Hassell was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis from Double-A Altoona on Aug. 18, but he did not make an appearance prior to the injury designation. He had been with Double-A Altoona since Aug. 8, and he picked up four hits with two RBI and six walks across 24 plate appearances in a five-game stretch.
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Pirates' Brandon Lowe: Walks off Tigers
Lowe went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, two walks and two runs scored Wednesday against the Tigers.
Lowe capped a dramatic win for Pittsburgh on Wednesday, blasting a walk-off home run against Kenley Jansen in the ninth inning. That marked the second baseman's fourth long ball of August, though he's also struck out at a 38.2 percent clip while hitting just .229 across 18 games. Lowe now has 27 homers on the season and has also reached 80 RBI for a second consecutive campaign.
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Pirates' Rafael Flores: Comes up big off bench Wednesday
Flores went 2-for-2 with two solo home runs in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Tigers.
The Pirates tried to give the red-hot Flores a breather by keeping him out of the lineup Wednesday, but the 25-year-old was summoned off the bench to pinch hit for Henry Davis in the seventh inning and took Jacob Waguespack deep to make it a 3-2 game. Two frames later, Flores homered again to tie it, this time off Detroit closer Kenley Jansen, setting the stage for Brandon Lowe's walk-off blast. Flores has gone yard five times in the last seven games, a sizzling stretch in which he's batting .435 (10-for-23) with 10 RBI.
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Pirates' Mason Montgomery: Nabs fifth win Wednesday
Montgomery (5-3) picked up the win Wednesday against the Tigers, giving up two hits and striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning.
The southpaw reliever worked a clean top of the ninth with the Pirates down 3-2 and got rewarded when Rafael Flores and Brandon Lowe both took Detroit closer Kenley Jansen deep for a walk-off win. Montgomery has reeled off nine straight scoreless appearances, picking up two wins and three saves in that stretch with a 0.63 WHIP and an eye-popping 17:2 K:BB over eight innings as Pittsburgh's top high-leverage option.
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Pirates' Paul Skenes: Another early exit Wednesday
Skenes didn't factor into the decision in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Tigers, giving up three runs on four hits and four walks over 4.1 innings. He struck out five.
The 24-year-old right-hander was on the hook for his 12th loss of the season until the Pirates rallied to walk it off in the ninth. Skenes has failed to last longer than five frames in four straight starts, and he's failed to complete six frames in six of his last seven trips to the mound, a stretch in which he's stumbled to a 5.00 ERA and 1.44 WHIP despite a 48:18 K:BB over 36 innings. Skenes will try to turn things around in his next outing, which is set to come on the road early next week in San Diego.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| Avg | R | HR | ERA | |
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.255 (3rd) |
653 (3rd) |
156 (12th) |
4.29 (22nd) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
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| K. Griffin SS Konnor Griffin SS | Finger |
| R. O'Hearn 1B Ryan O'Hearn 1B | Quadriceps |
| M. Keller SP Mitch Keller SP | Arm |
| E. Rodriguez C Endy Rodriguez C | Hip |