April 18, 2025 4:29 am
Major League Baseball says Washington Nationals pitcher Jorge López has been suspended three games and fined for throwing at Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen. López was ejected from Wednesday night’s game against the Pirates after a high pitch near McCutchen’s head led to the benches briefly clearing in the seventh inning. The right-hander has filed an appeal of the suspension, which was set to begin Thursday but will not take effect until that process is done. Nationals manager Dave Martinez received a fine and one-game suspension because of the incident.
April 17, 2025 4:21 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit a leadoff home run, Andrew Heaney pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 1-0. Cruz’s homer was his fourth of the season and second in consecutive games. He hit a grand slam in Wednesday night’s 6-1 win over Washington. Heaney gave up all five Nationals hits, walked two and struck out four. Ryan Borucki and Dennis Santana preserved the Pirates’ first shutout of the season with Santana earning his second save. Washington starter Trevor Williams pitched five innings and gave up three hits and the one run. Nathaniel Lowe had two hits for the Nationals.
April 16, 2025 4:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit his first career grand slam to help Bailey Falter and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 6-1. Henry Davis also connected for Pittsburgh, which had dropped four of five. Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits and scored run. Falter allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings. Washington wasted a sharp performance by Mitchell Parker, who tossed six innings of one-run ball. The Nationals scored their only run on Alex Call’s sacrifice fly in the ninth.
April 16, 2025 4:32 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Washington Nationals pitcher Jorge López was ejected from the team’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after a pitch near Andrew McCutchen’s head led to the benches briefly clearing. In the seventh inning Wednesday, López hit the previous batter Bryan Reynolds with a pitch before facing McCutchen, who had to fall to the ground to avoid getting hit by a 92 mph ball near his head. As the umpires gathered to discuss the incident, McCutchen and López started arguing, which caused both benches to empty. Pirates outfielder Tommy Pham was also seen yelling while being held back by teammate Oneil Cruz.
April 17, 2025 4:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang’s season is over. The 19-year veteran will miss Pittsburgh’s finale against Washington after undergoing a procedure to close a small hole in his heart. Letang, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, has missed time earlier in his career due to strokes related to a hole in his heart. The team said Letang should make a full recovery in 4-6 weeks. The 37-year-old Letang had nine goals and 21 assists in 74 games for Pittsburgh this season.
April 16, 2025 9:17 am
The Penguins have announced that defenseman Kris Letang has undergone successful heart surgery. A statement released by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas says Letang had “successful close of a patent foramen ovale (PFO; small hole in the heart). The procedure was performed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. The expected recovery time is four to six weeks.
April 16, 2025 4:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Wood led off the game with a home run and Jake Irvin pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Irvin (1-0) allowed three hits, struck out six and walked one while snapping the Nationals’ three-game losing streak. The Pirates never got a runner past second base in losing for the fourth time in five games. Jose A. Ferrer and Kyle Finnegan pitched one inning each to finish the four-hitter. Finnegan notched his sixth save in as many opportunities. The shutout came a night after the Pirates scored a season-high in runs while beating the Nationals 10-3.
April 16, 2025 4:26 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed catcher/first baseman Endy Rodriguez on the 10-injured list with a lacerated right index finger. Rodriguez was catching when he got hurt during Monday night’s 10-3 victory over Washington. He was hit on the hand by a pitch in the dirt by Paul Skenes, and the injury required five stitches. The Pirates recalled right-hander Chase Shugart from Triple-A Indianapolis. Rodriguez has made nine starts at first base and five at catcher this season, hitting .178 with two RBIs. The injury leaves the Pirates thin at two positions.
April 16, 2025 4:31 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Washington Nationals third baseman Paul DeJong was hit in the face by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller on Tuesday night and left the game in the sixth inning. The pitch struck DeJong on his left cheek. After being attended to by athletic trainers, DeJong walked off the field. Amed Rosario pinch ran for DeJong with the Nationals leading 1-0. DeJong was 0 for 2 and is hitting .204 in 16 games this season. He signed with the Nationals as a free agent during spring training after hitting 24 home runs with the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City last season.
April 15, 2025 4:16 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes bounced back from the worst start of his career and teamed up with catcher Henry Davis to make a little history as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington 10-3. Skenes and Davis became the first pitcher/catcher battery in Major League history comprised of players selected first overall in the draft. Skenes (2-1), the top pick in 2023, allowed two runs, one earned, while striking out six in six innings. Davis, taken first in 2021, added a single after taking over for injured starter Endy Rodriguez. The Pirates snapped a three-game losing streak.
