(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly stands on the dugout steps during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly earned his 100th career win as an MLB manager when the Pirates defeated the Seattle Mariners at PNC Park yesterday 5-1. Kelly was promoted to interim manager on May 8th, 2025 after the Pirates fired Derek Shelton. In Kelly’s first season as manager of the Pirates, the team has finished the first half of the 2026 season with a 41-40 record. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Spencer Horwitz watches his single off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates placed first baseman Spencer Horwitz on the 10-day injured list Thursday because of a left hamstring injury.

Horwitz was injured Wednesday night in an 11-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. He felt a grabbing sensation in his leg while grounding into a double play in the third inning. He was removed for a pinch-hitter an inning later.

In 74 games this season, Horwitz is hitting .280 with 10 home runs and 33 RBIs.

Infielder Jack Brannigan was recalled from Double-A Altoona. The 25-year-old has yet to make it in the big leagues after being selected in the third round of the 2012 draft from Notre Dame.

The Pirates and Mariners were set to finish a three-game series on Thursday.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Brandon Lowe hits a solo home run off Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Thursday.

Lowe’s homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the scoring. He added an RBI single in a two-run eighth. Lowe also leads the Pirates with 51 runs batted in after being acquired from Tampa Bay in an offseason trade.

Davis entered the game with a .136 batting average. However, the catcher’s two-run home run, his sixth, in the third inning pushed the Pirates’ lead to 3-1. Davis finished 2 for 3 to raise his average to .148.

Miller (3-2) tied his career high with 11 strikeouts in just 5 2/3 innings. Miller also had no walks as the American League West leaders lost two of three in the series.

Rookie Bubba Chandler (3-7) pitched 5 1/3 innings for the win, allowing one run and five hits while striking out four and walking three. Evan Sisk, Yohan Ramirez, Mason Montgomery and Gregory Soto combined for 3 2/3 scoreless relief innings.

J.P. Crawford singled home the Mariners’ lone run in fifth inning.

Ryan O’Hearn had an RBI single in the eighth for the Pirates.

Up next

Mariners: RHP Luis Castillo (2-6, 5.32 ERA) pitches against Guardians LHP Joey Cantillo (6-3, 4.05) on Friday night in the opener a three-game series in Cleveland.

Pirates: Open a three-game series against visiting Cincinnati on Friday night. The Pirates are starting Paul Skenes (6-7, 2,86) while LHP Andrew Abbott (5-4, 3.83) gets the ball for the Reds.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Spencer Horwitz watches his single off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz left in the fourth inning against Seattle with discomfort in his left hamstring Wednesday night.

Esmerlyn Valdez pinch hit for Horwitz and had an RBI single during a five-run fourth in which the Pirates took a 5-1 lead.

Horwitz finished 1 for 3 and is hitting .280 with 10 home runs, 33 RBIs and 40 walks in 74 games.

(Credit and Caption for Photo: Meleek Thomas poses for a photo with NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the NBA Draft on Wednesday in New York. (AP))

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Brooklyn, NY) Former Lincoln Park standout basketball player and University of Arkansas freshman guard Meleek Thomas was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2026 NBA draft as the 34th overall pick last night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Sacramento Kings originally owned the 34th pick, but Thomas went to the Cavaliers because of a trade between the two teams. Thomas averaged 15.6 points per game, while shooting 43% from the field and 41% from the three-point line for his first season with the Razorbacks. Thomas is the second former Beaver County high school basketball player to be drafted into the NBA in two years because Los Angeles Lakers forward and Quaker Valley alum Adou Thiero was selected in the second round of the 2025 NBA draft as the 35th overall pick by the Brooklyn Nets before he was subsequently traded to the Lakers. Both Thomas and Thiero were coached at the University of Arkansas by its head coach, Moon Township native John Calipari.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Posted on Facebook on June 24th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Pirates announced yesterday the opening of Legacy Hall, which is a new event and meeting space at PNC Park that features the largest display of Pirates memorabilia at the ballpark. Legacy Hall is a multi-use space which is located next to the Left Field Entrance along Federal Street at the Willie Stargell statue. The venue has a capacity for up to 150 guests and it will accommodate corporate meetings, family events and networking events. It will also be open to all ticketed fans on game days when not reserved for a private event and will serve as the new starting point for ballpark tours. The unique area will feature a collection of Pirates memorabilia, with many items never previously displayed at PNC Park. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Esmerlyn Valdez, left, celebrates as he stands on first base after driving in a run with a single off Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Braxton Ashcraft pitched six strong innings, batterymate Endy Roriguez drove in three runs and Ryan O’Hearn had three hits to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday night.

Ashcraft (7-3) had 10 strikeouts without a walk while allowing one run and five hits. He became the first Pirates pitcher to have at least two starts in the same season with at least 10 strikeouts and zero walks since at least 1901.

Rodriguez’s two-run double opened the scoring in a five-run fourth inning against Bryan Woo (6-6) as the Pirates went ahead 5-1. Rodriguez also singled in a run in a four-run seventh that pushed the lead to 9-1.

Carmen Mlodzinski pitched four scoreless innings for his second save.

Tyler Callihan tripled home Rodriguez in the fourth, Jake Mangum, and Esmerlyn Valdez followed with run-scoring singles.

O’Hearn doubled twice, including one that drove in a pair in the seventh. Valdez and Nick Gonzales had two hits and Callihan had two RBIs.

Woo started the game with three hitless innings, but then fell apart in the fourth and was lifted at the end of the inning. He gave up five runs and six hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

The AL West-leading Mariners got their run in the first when J.P. Crawford, Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez hit consecutive singles to begin the game. Ashcraft eventually settled in and retired the last 10 batters.

Rodriguez and Josh Naylor had two hits for the Mariners.

Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz left the game with left hamstring discomfort in the fourth inning. Valdez pinch-hit and delivered an RBI single.

Up next

Mariners RHP Bryce Miller (3-1, 1.58) was set to start against RHP Bubba Chandler (2-7, 4.62) on Thursday in the series finale.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Pascal Dupuis (9) skates during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens Nov. 11, 2015, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Floral Park, NY) The New York Islanders announced yesterday that they hired former Pittsburgh Penguins hockey player Pascal Dupuis as director of player development. The forty-seven-year-old Dupuis spent the past three seasons in the front office for the Shawinigan Cataractes in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League and has been with that team in various capacities for the past six years since becoming a co-owner. Dupuis played fifteen years in the National Hockey League and is a Stanley Cup champion as part of the 2009 Penguins championship team.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Sheetz)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Altoona, PA) Yesterday morning, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes and Sheetz introduced fans at a Pittsburgh- area Sheetz to The Big Glizzy, which is an extra-large Nathan’s Famous premium hot dog. The menu item was officially unveiled at Sheetz’s “Glizzy Gala” later that day. The “Glizzy Gala” was an invitation-only event where loyal customers and content creators received an exclusive first taste of the new menu item. The Big Glizzy joins the Sheetz Made-to-Order (MTO®) lineup beginning today and it brings a viral cultural phenomenon to customers across the company’s seven-state footprint.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Seattle Mariners’ Cole Young celebrates a two-run home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the seventh inning in a baseball game, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Philip G. Pavely)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cole Young hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning in his first major league game in his hometown to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

The 22-year-old second baseman’s drive into the right-field bleachers kept the Mariners in first place in the AL West with a 41-39 record. Young grew up in Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs and starred at North Allegheny High School.

The Mariners’ other run came in the fourth inning when Cal Raleigh led off with a solo shot off Mitch Keller (5-5). That ended a streak of 64 plate appearances since Raleigh’s last homer on April 27.

Raleigh has just eight home runs this season after hitting a major league-high 60 last year. He was on the injured list with an oblique strain from May 14-June 15.

Young’s home run enabled George Kirby (6-7) to end a five-game losing streak and win for the first time in eight starts. Kirby allowed two runs (one earned) in six innings, allowing eight hits, striking out five and walking two.

Andrés Muñoz pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save.

Keller remained winless in his last five starts as he gave up three runs and seven hits in six-plus innings with four strikeouts and one walk.

The Pirates took a 2-0 lead on an RBI single by Marcell Ozuna in the second inning and a throwing error by third baseman J.P. Crawford in the third.

Crawford and Josh Naylor had two hits each for the Mariners. The Pirates got two hits each from Brandon Lowe and Nick Gonzales.

Up next

Mariners RHP Bryan Woo (6-5. 3.94 ERA) faces RHP Braxton Ashcraft (6-3, 3.18) on Wednesday night.