SAN DIEGO (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Carlos Santana hit a pair of two-run homers and the Pittsburgh Pirates went deep four times against Yu Darvish in an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday night.Liover Peguero also had a two-run drive and Jack Suwinski added a solo shot for the Pirates.ÎÞëÊÓƵœWe just got ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Endy RodrÃguez appears right at home in the majors after acknowledging he was nervous playing in his first couple of big league games.The 23-year-old rookie catcher hit his first career homer and was behind the plate as five Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers combined on a ...
PITTSBURGH ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Right-hander Paul Skenes, taken by Pittsburgh with the first pick in this monthÎÞëÊÓƵ™s amateur draft, agreed Tuesday to a contract that includes a $9.2 million signing bonus.The amount is the highest for a drafted player, topping the $8,416,300 Detroit agreed to with first baseman ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Max Muncy not only hit his 19th homer of the season Monday night, he was the first to congratulate Dave Roberts for his 700th win as the DodgersÎÞëÊÓƵ™ manager after Los AngelesÎÞëÊÓƵ™ 5-2 in over the Pittsburgh Pirates.Even if it took a couple minutes for Roberts to realize ...
CHICAGO (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Trying to make the most of his powerful swing, White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. lets the ball run deep into the strike zone sometimes.ThatÎÞëÊÓƵ™s when it happens.ÎÞëÊÓƵœWhen I do that, the catchers, they might think that I am not swinging (for) the ball and they try to reach the ball ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” The Pittsburgh Pirates used the seventh overall pick in the 2020 draft on Nick Gonzales in part because of the power heÎÞëÊÓƵ™s able to generate out of his slight 5-foot-9 frame.Nearly three years later, that power is finally on display in the major leagues.Gonzales tripled in ...
