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Konnor Griffin’s early blast, two-hit day lift Pirates past Tigers 4-2 at Comerica Park
Konnor Griffin gave Pittsburgh an immediate lead and added another RBI later, helping the Pirates build a four-run cushion before holding off Detroit 4-2 on Sunday at Comerica Park. The Tigers finally broke through in the seventh on solo homers from Kevin McGonigle and Eduardo Valencia, but their offence arrived too late to erase a quiet first six innings.
Story contact: Xiao Ling WuREAD THE GAME ↗3 — 4Detroit Tigers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4–3
Detroit Tigers finished with a 4–3 victory over Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park on September 26, 2026. A single run separated the teams at the finish.
Story contact: Terrence BookerREAD THE GAME ↗7 — 8Spencer Torkelson’s big night built the cushion as Tigers held off Pirates’ five-run eighth
Detroit did enough to make Friday’s 8-7 win over Pittsburgh feel comfortable, then spent the final stretch proving how thin comfort can be in baseball. Spencer Torkelson drove the Tigers’ attack early, and a late Pirates surge turned a runaway into a one-run escape at Comerica Park.
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1 — 2Pirates turn Burleson’s early blast into a footnote in 2-1 win over Cardinals
One swing gave the Cardinals the first word Thursday at PNC Park, but not the last. Pittsburgh absorbed Alec Burleson’s opening-inning homer, settled into a pitchers’ game and found the extra run it needed in a 2-1 victory over St. Louis.
Story contact: Keisha MonroeREAD THE GAME ↗5 — 1Cardinals flip Pirates’ early edge with five-run third and fourth in 5-1 win
A game that began with one emphatic Pirates swing ended as a lesson in sustained reply, with the St. Louis Cardinals turning Brandon Lowe’s early home run into a 5-1 victory over Pittsburgh at PNC Park by taking control of the third and fourth innings.
Story contact: Mei ZhaoREAD THE GAME ↗0 — 2Ryan O'Hearn’s sixth-inning single breaks it open as Pirates blank Cardinals 2-0
The cleanest number on the board at PNC Park was also the one that decided everything. St. Louis never solved Pittsburgh’s pitching Tuesday, and the Pirates turned two later openings into a crisp 2-0 win.
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3 — 4Rafael Flores Jr.’s eighth-inning homer lifts Pirates past Royals after Kansas City’s late surge
For most of Sunday at PNC Park, this was a one-run game waiting for one more swing. The last and biggest belonged to Rafael Flores Jr., whose eighth-inning two-run homer sent the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Kansas City Royals 4-3.
Story contact: Vikram SandhuREAD THE GAME ↗5 — 6Brandon Lowe’s eighth-inning homer lifts Pirates past Royals after Kansas City rally
For seven innings at PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates looked like they had built enough. Then the Kansas City Royals stacked together a comeback and briefly stole the lead, only for Brandon Lowe to answer with the swing that decided a 6-5 Pirates win.
Story contact: Katie SullivanREAD THE GAME ↗5 — 8Pirates hit their way back from 4-0 hole, top Royals 8-5 behind Konnor Griffin and Spencer Horwitz
Pittsburgh did not erase Kansas City’s early punch with one outburst Friday at PNC Park. The Pirates answered in layers, piling up 15 hits and wiping away deficits of 4-0 and 5-2 before a three-run seventh inning carried them to an 8-5 win over the Royals.
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4 — 7Pirates ride five-run second and Henry Davis' answer homer past Brewers 7-4
Baseball sometimes announces its verdict in one untidy inning and then spends the rest of the day making everyone live with it. At PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates built a five-run second, then used Henry Davis’ two-run homer in the eighth to hold off the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4.
Story contact: Keisha MonroeREAD THE GAME ↗5 — 4Christian Yelich’s seventh-inning single lifts Brewers past Pirates after Pittsburgh’s home-run surge
The Milwaukee Brewers won this game without a home run and without much margin for error, which made Christian Yelich’s seventh-inning two-run single feel like the cleanest answer to a night that kept swinging back toward Pittsburgh. Milwaukee left PNC Park with a 5-4 win after weathering three Pirates homers and closing the final innings just tightly enough.
Story contact: Greg HalvorsenREAD THE GAME ↗5 — 1Brewers waited out their opening, then buried Pirates with a four-run sixth in 5-1 win
For five innings, this looked like the kind of game Pittsburgh might steal with a few timely swings. Then Milwaukee turned one thin lead into a comfortable one, and the Pirates were left staring at the cruelest line of the night: 10 hits, one run.
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Pirates’ sixth-inning surge turns Cubs’ brief lead into a 4-3 loss at Wrigley Field
The Cubs finally found their opening Saturday, but they could not protect it. Pittsburgh absorbed Chicago’s fifth-inning burst, answered with three runs in the sixth, and then handed the final 3 2/3 innings to a bullpen that allowed no hits in a 4-3 Pirates win at Wrigley Field.
Story contact: Katie SullivanREAD THE GAME ↗3 — 4Cubs erase Pirates’ 3-2 lead with bases-loaded pressure, win 4-3 at Wrigley
At Wrigley Field on Saturday, the Chicago Cubs won a game that looked small on contact and huge on consequences. They managed only five hits against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but two home runs and an eighth inning built on a walk and a hit batter carried them to a 4-3 comeback victory.
Story contact: Kevin HuangREAD THE GAME ↗2 — 12Cubs erase early Pirates lead and keep swinging in 12-2 Wrigley Field rout
The Chicago Cubs turned a brief Pittsburgh lead into a long afternoon Friday, answering the Pirates’ first-inning run with wave after wave of contact in a 12-2 win at Wrigley Field. By the end, the box score read like a lineup-wide argument: 16 hits, seven extra-base hits and almost no easy outs.
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