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The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2025 play is disconnected to a historically shaky start.
The Pirates started the play with a four-game acceptable against the Miami Marlins and finished with a 1-3 record. The win-loss full does not amusement however pugnacious those 3 losses were.
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Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, #7, centerfielder Oneil Cruz, #15, and rightfielder Bryan Reynolds, #10, high-five aft the Pirates defeated the Miami Marlins connected Friday, March 28, 2025 successful Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
In each of Pittsburgh’s 3 losses, Miami won successful walk-off fashion. Sunday’s crippled saw Marlins outfielder Griffin Conine necktie the crippled with a solo location tally successful the seventh inning portion Derek Hill scored the game-winning tally connected a wild-pitch.
The Pirates were the archetypal squad to suffer their archetypal 3 games via walk-offs since 1924, according to MLB.com, citing the Elias Sports Bureau. The past squad to bash it was the 1924 Pirates, who went connected to triumph 90 games that play and past won the World Series successful 1925.
"It's challenging," Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. "We've got immoderate things to enactment on."
The Marlins’ spoiled Paul Skenes’ opening-day commencement connected Thursday erstwhile Nick Forbes tripled to commencement the ninth inning. Xavier Edwards was intentionally walked and stole 2nd base. Kyle Stowers past plated pinch-runner Javier Sanoja and Miami had its archetypal triumph of the season.
Miami Marlins' Dane Myers, #54, and Kyle Stowers, #28, observe aft Stowers deed a walk-off azygous to people Javier Sanoja during the ninth inning of an opening-day shot crippled against the Pittsburgh Pirates connected Thursday, March 27, 2025 successful Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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On Saturday, Dane Myers drove successful Otto Lopez successful the bottommost of the 12th inning. Myers besides had a location tally and threw retired Tommy Pham, who was trying to people for the Pirates successful the apical of the 12th.
Pirates reliever David Bednar was credited with 2 of those walk-off losses.
"Lock it successful and bash the tiny things right," Pirates’ seasoned outfielder Andrew McCutchen told reporters of the connection successful the locker room. "I’ll proceed to sound connected that due to the fact that if you don’t, this is the concern and this is what tin happen.
"This is the result erstwhile you don’t bash the tiny things right. Execute erstwhile you request to execute, bash the things that you request to bash erstwhile you are hitting and we’ll beryllium fine. But erstwhile you don’t bash that, you extremity up 1-3."
The Pirates statesman a three-game acceptable with the Tampa Bay Rays connected Monday.
Miami Marlins' Dane Myers, #54, celebrates with Eric Wagaman, #33, and Jonah Bride, #41, aft hitting a sacrifice alert shot to people Otto Lopez successful the 12th inning of a shot crippled against the Pittsburgh Pirates connected Saturday, March 29, 2025 successful Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Miami is the archetypal squad since 2003 to triumph their archetypal 3 games with walk-offs. The Rays were 3-5 to commencement that play and finished 63-99 nether Lou Piniella.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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