(Credit and Caption for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Oneil Cruz wears a welding hood as he is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a two run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026, in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar/Associated Press)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The 2026 Pittsburgh Pirates are hitting home runs at possibly a record-breaking pace. The team reached the mark of 100 home runs for this season during Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park when second baseman Brandon Lowe hit a three-run home run in the third inning. The Pirates are currently at 105 home runs on the season after yesterday’s game, and it only took them eighty-three games to reach the mark, which is the fastest in team history. The record for most home runs by a Pittsburgh Pirates team stands at 171 when they hit those home runs during the 1999 season.