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Saturday’s matchup between the Cardinals and Pirates had an odd feel to it. Pittsburgh was planning on having a bullpen game and with Kyle Leahy on a strict pitch count limitation, St. Louis was, too. Eventually, it would be mistakes and who could make the most of opportunities that would decide which team would walk […]
The St. Louis Cardinals made a bullpen-related roster change Saturday, promoting left-hander Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis while designating veteran reliever Caleb Ferguson for assignment ahead of their matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mautz, 25, returns to the majors after spending most of the 2026 season with Memphis. The Cardinals’ 2025 Minor League Pitcher of […] The post Cardinals DFA veteran reliever with latest roster move appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates will convene again Saturday afternoon for game 2 of their weekend series. Kyle Leahy is the scheduled starter for the Cardinals while the Pirates will send RHP Lake Bachar to the mound. First pitch is 1:15pm central time with the game broadcast available via Cardinals.tv.
The Pittsburgh Pirates pulled off a number of intriguing additions leading into the 2026 season and stayed relatively busy at the trade deadline (or at least busier than usual), doing what they reasonably could to improve the team’s competitive outlook in the present. But their most important decision concerned the long-term future of the franchise. […] The post Pirates’ latest Konnor Griffin injury update is crucial appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals, August 29, 2026, 2:15 p.m. ET The Pittsburgh Pirates are hoping to bounce back after dropping the opener in their three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The Pirates are turning to the bullpen for this game, as Lake Bachar (1-3, 3.70 ERA) opens the matchup. […]
The Pirates pitching staff carried the team last year. They had a team ERA of 3.76 and 1,314 team strikeouts. The rotation was strong and consistent while the offense absolutely struggled. Paul Skenes won the NL Cy young award last year with just 10 wins. The pitching staff this year has been not as consistent […]
Watching the Cardinals for the past week has been similar to that meme where the stick figure pokes the stick at an object saying “do something”. Many of us who witnessed the early season version of the St. Louis Cardinals have been anxiously waiting for the team to do something and they did some of […]
The St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up their brief homestand with a 3-game weekend series as their division rival Pittsburgh Pirates come to town. After a bullpen game Thursday, Quinn Mathews will get the start Friday while the Pirates will send Jared Jones to the mound. First pitch is scheduled for 7:15pm central time at […]
Ahead of Friday’s three-game series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the St. Louis Cardinals placed infielder Blaze Jordan on the 10-day Injured List with a left ankle sprain after the 23-year-old was forced to leave Thursday’s 7-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Jordan suffered the injury in the top of the eighth inning. After reliever […] The post Cardinals place Blaze Jordan on IL before Pirates clash appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The San Diego Padres desperately needed a win to get back their momentum. After sweeping the Minnesota Twins, they were on the verge of being swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates thanks to an uncharacteristically quiet offense. That offense returned just enough to edge out the Buccos and stave off the sweep. What was more impressive […]
The St. Louis Cardinals came out of their tailspin by winning the final game of the Baltimore Orioles series just in time to host their division rival Pittsburgh Pirates this weekend. It appears that the Cardinals will avoid facing Paul Skenes, but the team faces numerous roster challenges due to injuries. Let’s take a look […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates offense has cooled off severely after the All Star break but in the first half of the season they were red hot ranked as one of the top offenses in the league. A lot of that is because of veteran second baseman Brandon Lowe. The Pirates traded for Lowe from the Tampa […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates went two months without their budding star center fielder, Oneil Cruz, as he was rehabbing a left hand fracture. Despite the extended time off, Cruz has been dynamic in his return to the lineup. Cruz would make his first appearance back from the IL against Detroit on August, 18. In that first […]
Here are the latest updates on Endy Rodriguez’s status and how long he could be out for following his latest injury.
It was not the end to the homestand the San Diego Padres were looking for, but they did salvage the final game of the series against the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 3-0 win that allowed them to finish with a 4-2 record before heading out on the road to face the Tampa Bay Rays and […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a handful of young pitchers with a lot of potential, and Khristian Curtis is one of them. The 24-year-old has only pitched in two games so far but both outings were very impressive. His first outing was on July 18 against the Cleveland Guardians, where he threw for five innings. The […]
The Pirates bullpen is one of the main reasons why a once promising season turned on a dime and became the most disappointing in a decade. It’s improved since the All-Star break and especially the trade deadline, but a combination of relievers sank the Pirates’ ship. Dennis Santana opened the season as the Pirates’ primary […]
Pittsburgh Pirates (65-69) at San Diego Padres (71-62), August 26, 2026, 1:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Heading into this series, it would have been incredibly difficult to believe that the San Diego Padres would be staving off the sweep against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s been a tough turnaround for the Friars, going from scoring a combined 21 runs against the Minnesota Twins to scoring just two against the Buccos. They’ve wasted […]
Paul Skenes had one of his best performances on the mound in a while against the Padres. The Pirates ace joked after about his outing and velocity.
The plan that was apparent to anyone watching the game, was Adrian Morejon would pitch a scoreless eighth inning and he would be followed by Mason Miller for a scoreless ninth. If the San Diego Padres scored in the bottom of the eighth inning, Miller would be in line for the save and if they […]
After over a year of rehab and recovery, Jackson Jobe made his triumphant return to the mound on Saturday, August 8 against the Giants. Then he got lit up by the White Sox on August 14. His outing against the Pittsburgh Pirates on the 19th, went much better as he allowed just one earned run […]
We’ve been super ciritical of Paul Skenes lately, and rightfuly so. The Pittsburgh Pirates ace had been going through the worst stretch of his career. But we post when we need to ask: What’s wrong with Paul Skenes? So it only seems right to post when he bounces back a little. And he indeed did. […]
The San Diego Padres just so happened to be on the receiving end of a few trend-busters from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday. Not only did Paul Skenes, who was mired in the worst slump of his big-league career, look more like the Skenes of old after throwing six scoreless innings, the Pirates were also […] The post Padres fans can’t believe Mason Miller’s unfortunate first in loss to Pirates appeared first on ClutchPoints .
There has been plenty of concern surrounding Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes amid a bit of a down year in 2026. After putting up two consecutive seasons with a sub-2.00 ERA, Skenes’ ERA has ballooned all the way to 3.95 as he entered play on Tuesday against the San Diego Padres. His fastball velocity is […] The post Pirates’ Paul Skenes hits impressive mark for the 1st time since May 12 appeared first on ClutchPoints .