Bailey Falter gave up three runs in the first inning, but settled down to turn in another quality outing. However, the Bucco bullpen stumbled in the eighth inning as Milwaukee rallied for a win. Joe Block has the recap.
Oneil Cruz’s 122.9 mile-per-hour home run was so hard-hit that manager Donnie Kelly was relieved that no fans got hit by it.
On The Ben Cherington Show on WCCS, the Pirates general manager said he remains focused on winning in 2025, not looking ahead to contending next season.
Cherington explained that Jared Jones, who had elbow surgery this week, had no additional damage to the elbow since spring, but it wasn’t healing so he opted for the new procedure, which is not as extensive as Tommy John surgery and will enable him to return to pitching sooner.
The Pirates begin a West Coast road swing for tonight. They will play three games in Arizona and three more in San Diego. Andrew Heaney starts for the Pirates tonight against the D-Backs’ Ryne Nelson. It’s a 7:45 airtime, 8:10 first pitch on WCCS.
