The Pirates’ offense broke out last night thanks to the long ball. Joe Block has the story.
Manager Donnie Kelly says the Pirates needed to ease the offensive pressure, and they did.
Kelly was ejected from the game in the 8th inning for arguing about an obvious swinging strike by Eugenio Suarez that was ruled a ball. He says he was standing up for his guys.
For the series finale this afternoon at Great American Ballpark, Paul Skenes looks to rebound from his opening day loss to the Mets, making his second start of the season against Reds’ lefty Andrew Abbott. Airtime is 12:15, first pitch at 12:40 on WCCS.
The Pirates’ Indianapolis farm team lost its fourth straight game to open the season, 3-1 to Columbus. Konnor Griffin had a hit and Esmerlyn Valdez hit his first home run.
