The Pirates scored five runs on Thursday night, the first time in 27 games that they’ve reached that total. They lost anyway, falling 8-5 to the Brewers despite two runs in the

Rain has started to pick up in Pittsburgh, and unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's going to slow down for a while. According to Weather.com's hourly forecast, showers are expected to remain in Pittsburgh until after 10:00 p.m. ET, meaning it will likely be a little more than an hour and a half before play is resumed.

Christian Yelich hit a pair of home runs and finished with four RBIs to help the Milwaukee Brewers open a four-game series with an 8-5 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.

The Pirates are favored (-126 moneyline odds) when they host the Brewers (+106). The Pittsburgh Pirates will hand the ball to Paul Skenes (3-5, 2.44 ERA), who is looking for win No. 4 on the season, and the Brewers will turn to Freddy Peralta (5-3,

A day after the Pittsburgh Pirates' front office declared its intention to keep ace Paul Skenes for the long term, the right-hander will get the start Friday against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers.

The Pittsburgh Pirates, sitting at the bottom of the National League Central, can find some solace in the fact that they have the most dominant young pitcher in baseball in Paul Skenes. Pittsburgh's woes, however, have resulted in some unsubstantiated buzz that the franchise could resort to trading their generational ace.