Pirates aim to take series from Giants after walkoffs
Field Level Media
16 May 2021, 16:40 GMT+10
It s funny how things work sometimes, and right now the Pittsburgh Pirates are the jovial ones after two straight walk-off wins over the visiting San Francisco Giants.
The fourth and final game of the series at PNC Park is Sunday, and the Giants, who won the opener Thursday, are guaranteed they won t win the series. Again.
San Francisco arrived in Pittsburgh in first place in the National League West and nosing around the top of the overall standings, going into a series against a team struggling (3-10 in its previous 13) and last in the NL Central.
PEORIA, Ariz. The Indians have made their first cut of the spring.
Indians manager Terry Francona said he talked to outfielder Billy Hamilton on Thursday before his club’s 5-4 loss to the Padres at Peoria Stadium, informing him that he would not be making the team.
“We just felt, out of respect to Billy,” Francona said, “because of being the veteran he is and being the really good veteran that he is, we didn’t think it was right to ask him to get on a bus and back up guys if we knew he wasn’t going to be on the team.