(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.