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Pirates Insider: Turning the tide far more more important than Thursday's loss CINCINNATI — Comb through the Pirates’ 3-2 loss to the Reds on Thursday at Great American Ball Park, and you’ll find plenty of storylines. S...

JULY 31 • MLB.COM

Elly De La Cruz scores in the ninth as the Reds beat the Pirates 3-2

Elly De La Cruz scored on fielder’s choice in the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening game of a four-game series

JULY 31 • Associated Press

Reds play the Pirates in first of 4-game series

The Cincinnati Reds host the Pittsburgh Pirates to begin a four-game series

JULY 30 • Associated Press

Serving as Thursday's opener Ramirez will start for the Pirates against the Reds on Thursday, Danny Demilio of PittsburghBaseballNow.com reports.

Impact Thursday will be the first start of Ramirez's major-league career, with his last start taking place in 2023 with Triple-A Indianapolis. He'll likely pitch one or two innings before handing things over to Hunter Barco, who was recalled from Indianapolis on Wednesday, per Demilio. Ramirez has a 3.21 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, six holds, one save and a 62:33 K:BB across 56 innings this season.

JULY 29 • ROTOWIRE

Dansby Swanson's two-out single in the 10th inning, Boyd's strong outing lift Cubs over Pirates 3-2

Dansby Swanson hit an RBI single and Seiya Suzuki drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning as the Chicago Cubs held on for a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates

JULY 25 • Associated Press

Relentlessly positive, Yohan Ramirez is about to become even happier. Here's why NEW YORK — The length of a baseball season allows for many different types of days. There are doubleheaders, which the Pirates can’t seem to...

JULY 24 • MLB.COM

Esmerlyn Valdez homers again as Pirates edge Brewers, 3-2, sweep twinbill from NL Central leaders

Esmerlyn Valdez hit his third home run of the day, and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 to sweep a doubleheader

JULY 11 • Associated Press

Valdez, Triolo and Rodriguez homer for Pirates in 11-7 win over Phillies

Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo both hit home runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates escape an early five-run deficit, and Endy Rodriguez closed the deal with a three-run homer in th...

JUNE 30 • Associated Press

Brandon Lowe, Henry Davis each homer to lead Pirates over Mariners 5-1

Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1

JUNE 25 • Associated Press

Gonzalez and Reynolds homer as the Pirates hold off the Rockies 8-6

Nick Gonzalez and Bryan Reynolds homered to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Sunday

JUNE 21 • Associated Press

Spencer Horwitz hit by pitch with the bases loaded to lift the Pirates past the Marlins, 3-2

Spencer Horwitz was hit by a pitch from Anthony Bender with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to bring in the go-ahead run and give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over Miami

JUNE 13 • Associated Press

Jake Mangum homers and drives in 2 runs as Pirates hold off Twins 10-9

Jake Mangum finished with three hits, including his first home run of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates held off the Minnesota Twins 10-9

MAY 30 • Associated Press

Cubs snap 10-game losing streak as Ian Happ has 3-run homer, 5 RBIs in 10-4 win over Pirates

Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking three-run home run and drove in five runs on Wednesday night while playing in his hometown as the Chicago Cubs ended their 10-game losing streak with a 1...

MAY 28 • Associated Press

Spencer Horwitz homers, Konnor Griffin has four hits to help Pirates blank Cardinals 7-0

Spencer Horwitz homered, Konnor Griffin had four singles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 to snap a four-game losing streak

MAY 21 • Associated Press

Schwarber hits majors-leading 19th and 20th HRs, Phillies beat Pirates 11-9 in 10 innings

Kyle Schwarber hit his majors-leading 19th and 20th home runs of the season and Philadelphia rallied past Pittsburgh 11-9 in 10 innings

MAY 16 • Associated Press

Eduardo Rodriguez throws 7 innings of 2-hit ball, D-backs beat the Pirates 9-0

Eduardo Rodriguez gave up just two hits over seven strong innings, Geraldo Perdomo added a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0

MAY 6 • Associated Press

Records first save of season Ramirez earned the save Saturday against the Brewers after tossing a scoreless 10th inning, striking out two.

Impact Ramirez has gone 1-for-2 in save chances this season, but he didn't have major problems getting the job done in this one. The right-hander tossed 10 of his 15 pitches for strikes, retiring William Contreras with a groundout before fanning Jake Bauers and Tyler Black. Ramirez has struck out at least two in five of his last seven appearances, and he seems to be getting back on track after allowing four runs (two earned) and five hits over two outings on April 16 and April 18 against the Nationals and Rays, respectively. Ramirez has a 2.04 ERA and a 19:9 K:BB across 17.2 innings (11 outings) in 2026.

APRIL 26 • ROTOWIRE

Reynolds, Gonzales help the Pirates outlast the Brewers, 6-3 in 10 innings

Bryan Reynolds had a go-ahead single in the 10th, Nick Gonzales followed with a two-run single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Saturday night

APRIL 26 • Associated Press

Shield your eyes! Pirates reliever told belt is 'too blingy,' changes mid-inning ARLINGTON -- Pirates reliever Yohan Ramirez's belt was “too blingy” on Thursday night.

APRIL 24 • MLB.COM

Cedric Mullins homers in 13th to lift Rays past Pirates 8-7 in rain-soaked game

Cedric Mullins led off the 13th inning with a two-run home run and the Tampa Bay Rays outlasted the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 on a rainy Saturday

APRIL 19 • Associated Press

Rocky appearance in loss Ramirez went one inning allowing one run on one hit while striking out two batters in an extra-inning 8-7 loss to Washington on Thursday.

Impact Ramirez came into the ballgame in the seventh inning, allowing the go-ahead run at the time due to a wild pitch to give Washington a 7-6 lead. The 30-year-old has appeared in nine games to start the season for Pittsburgh, recording a 2.13 ERA in 12.2 innings. The right-hander has posted at least two strikeouts in seven of his nine relief outings on the campaign. After a solid start to the season, Ramirez will continue to be heavily featured in the back-end of Pittsburgh's bullpen.

APRIL 17 • ROTOWIRE

Ramírez escapes bases-loaded jams in 10th, 11th innings, NL Central-leading Pirates beat Cubs 4-3

Yohan Ramírez escaped bases-loaded jams in the 10th and 11th innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of a throwing error by Caleb Thielbar to score the go-ahead run in a...

APRIL 11 • Associated Press

Cruz homers twice, O'Hearn and Reynolds also go deep as Pirates beat Reds 8-3

Oneil Cruz homered twice and Ryan O’Hearn hit a three-run shot as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3

APRIL 1 • Associated Press

Pirates ace Paul Skenes gets chased in the 1st inning by the Mets on opening day

Paul Skenes didn’t even get through the first inning on opening day

MARCH 26 • Associated Press

Avoids arbitration Ramirez and the Pirates agreed to a contract Thursday, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.

Impact The terms of the deal aren't yet clear. Ramirez had been looking at arbitration if he and Pittsburgh had not been able to agree upon a deal. The Dominican reliever appeared in 24 games with the Pirates in 2025, posting a 5.40 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and 45:16 K:BB over 33.1 innings while notching one hold and a 3-3 record.

NOVEMBER 21, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

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