O’Neil Cruz is top 10 in stolen bases this year and hasn’t played for 2 months. We got robbed of a potential 30/50 season.

He is currently 14 home runs and 21 stolen bases.

Pirates (53-49) @ Yankees (56-45) - Wed, Jul 22

(Game 1 of doubleheader)

Game Status: Final - Score: 5-3 Pirates

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

Decisions

• Winner: Mason Montgomery (3-3, 3.79)
• Loser: Fernando Cruz (4-4, 2.51)
• Save: Gregory Soto (13, 3.89)

Division Scoreboard

PIT 0 @ NYY 2 - Final

NYM 3 @ MIL 4 - Final

CIN 5 @ SEA 3 - Final

STL 1 @ LAA 0 - Final

DET 5 @ CHC 1 - Final

Next Pirates Game: Fri, Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDT vs. Cubs (2 days)

^{Last Updated: 07/22/2026 10:47:37 PM EDT}

Jones: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 ER, 9 K, 74 Pitches

Skenes: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 1 ER, 8 K, 100 Pitches

Keller: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 6 K, 75 Pitches

Chandler: 6.1 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 ER, 5 K, 84 Pitches

Still feel like we are pulling our starters at least one inning too early though...

Last night Santana & Caballero got jawing and emptied the dugouts. Caballero said he got under Santana's skin with his known batter's box shenanigans. I thought maybe that's a truth. But today he tried it again and the ump called a strike (Caballero's third?) and he whined like a third-grader.

Nice see that call go in our favor, especially on the road (and in Yankees Stadium no less.) Bush leaguer behavior IMO.

Pirates (53-49) @ Yankees (56-45) - Wed, Jul 22

(Game 2 of doubleheader)

Game Status: Final - Score: 2-0 Yankees

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

Decisions

• Winner: Paul Blackburn (3-1, 2.00)
• Loser: Brandon Eisert (2-2, 6.68)
• Save: Tim Hill (1, 4.23)

Division Scoreboard

PIT 5 @ NYY 3 - Final/10

NYM 3 @ MIL 4 - Final

CIN 5 @ SEA 3 - Final

STL 1 @ LAA 0 - Final

DET 5 @ CHC 1 - Final

Next Pirates Game: Fri, Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDT vs. Cubs (2 days)

^{Last Updated: 07/22/2026 10:45:41 PM EDT}

This is a pretty awesome graph

We need to get some Gonzo Brothers t-shirts in that Super Mario font with a black and gold scheme! Those shirts would sell like hotcakes!

Does anyone have a pair of SROs they are not using tomorrow night 7/24? My wife wants to go to the game and was going to try to do it on the cheap. Go Bucs!

Are you trying to win games this season and get into the playoffs, or are you trying to save guys arms for next season? You can't keep pulling the starting pitchers early and saying you're trying to win this year when we all know the bullpen is bad and will give up the lead consistently or lose us the game.

Braxton Ashcraft got roughed up in the 1st Yankees game and we had to go to the bullpen wayyyyyy earlier then we should've which means the bullpen got spent in the 1st game. Don Kelly knew this and should've adjusted accordingly but instead Don Kelly decides to pull both of our other starters earlier than expected as well.

Don kelly in the last 2 games pulled Keller and Bubba too early which resulted in a bad bullpen having to go out their and eat multiple innings. The Keller game resulted in us almost losing the entire game when carmen gave up the 3 run shot and we had to hold onto our butts to then squeeze a win out. It also resulted in us having to spend one of our better relievers 'sad i know' and now he won't be available for multiple days.

The Bubba ​Chandler game was lost on the offense BUT pulling him early again means we have to use guys we don't want to in the bullpen and go to a bullpen earlier than we should which is not winning baseball in a season where we can't rely on the bullpen. My overall point is that you can't pull these guys early repeatedly in a win now season when the bullpen is a mess and then lie by saying 'we're trying to win now' because it's not adding up.

https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/audacy
Just saw this, starting in September Audacy will be leasing a bunch of local sports stations to SXM, 93.7 The Fan Pittsburgh is on the list. Could be good news for people that don't live in Pittsburgh. (might be bad news for Mad Dog Sports radio, it's the only general sports talk on SXM)

Just happened when he threw out the hitting coach for arguing.

Pirates (53-49) @ Yankees (56-45) - 7:05 PM EDT

(Game 2 of doubleheader)

Game Status: Final - Score: 2-0 Yankees

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

Decisions

• Winner: Paul Blackburn (3-1, 2.00)
• Loser: Brandon Eisert (2-2, 6.68)
• Save: Tim Hill (1, 4.23)

Division Scoreboard

PIT 5 @ NYY 3 - Final/10

NYM 3 @ MIL 4 - Final

CIN 5 @ SEA 3 - Final

STL 1 @ LAA 0 - Final

DET 5 @ CHC 1 - Final

Next Pirates Game: Fri, Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDT vs. Cubs (2 days)

^{Last Updated: 07/22/2026 10:45:40 PM EDT}