Kevin Gorman

A game that started ahead of schedule with a sellout crowd for Paul Skenes and the bobblehead giveaway celebrating the National League Cy Young Award winner ended six-plus hours later with a whiff. Cedric Mullins sent Yohan Ramirez’s 2-0 fastball 403 feet... See more

Brandon Lowe was confused when his first hit was followed by the flashing of “Home Run” on the Jumbotron and fireworks at PNC Park, given that it was a groundrule double that bounced over the fence. Lowe turned to second base umpire Paul Clemons for clari... See more

After one of the sloppiest performances of the season, Don Kelly promised that the Pittsburgh Pirates would play a cleaner game in the series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. Bubba Chandler backed up the Pirates manager by retiring 17 of the first 18 ba... See more

The Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t need a bat signal to summon A.J. Burnett back to PNC Park. A simple phone call sealed the deal to get Burnett to serve as the narrator for the unveiling of their City Connect uniforms. Burnett wore a custom jersey with his ol... See more

The first two players in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ batting order are a pair of left-handed hitters whose stature stands in stark contrast but whose statistics serve as almost mirror images of one another. At 6-foot-7, 248 pounds, Oneil Cruz uses his long le... See more