Pittsburg, PA
Pirates vs. Mariners Preview: Winning Streak Coming?
For the first time in 13 days, the Pittsburgh Pirates got back into the win column with a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night at PNC Park.
Now, Pittsburgh will look to make it two wins in a row in the second game of their three-game series against Seattle on Saturday.
Pittsburgh was riding an abysmal 10-game losing streak before Friday. Pirates ace Paul Skenes lived up to the billing, working around four walks to pitch six innings, allow three hits, two runs and he struck out six batters to earn his first win since July 11. After allowing a solo lead-off home run to Jorge Polanco in the ninth inning, Pirates closer David Bednar struck out the side, including Mitch Haniger, who was the potential game-tying run, to end the game.
The save was Bednar’s 21st of the season and his first since the Pirates’ 4-2 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 3.
Offensively, the Pirates got key contributions from Yasmani Grandal, Isaiah Kiner-Falefa, Andrew McCutchen and Oneil Cruz. Kiner-Falefa, Grandal and McCutchen each had one RBI apiece and a two-run double from Cruz extended the Pirates’ lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Cruz and McCutchen were forced to exit Friday’s game early. The team announced McCutchen was dealing with left knee discomfort and Cruz had discomfort in his left ankle. There haven’t been any further updates on their statuses heading into Saturday’s matchup.
Pittsburgh will have left-hander Bailey Falter on the mound on Saturday afternoon. Falter is 5-7 with a 4.07 ERA and pitched four innings, allowing four runs in his last outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. Seattle will counter with one of the game’s best pitchers, Luis Castillo. Castillo is 10-11 with a 3.40 ERA and has struck out 148 batters this season.
Pirates vs. Mariners Broadcast Info
Location: PNC Park
Records: Pirates 57-63, Mariners 63-60
First pitch: 1:05 p.m. ET
TV: Pirates – SportsNet-PIT — Mariners – ROOTNW — National – MLB Network (out-of-market only)
Radio: Pirates – KDKA-FM 93.7 — Mariners – KIRO 710, KTTH 770
Pirates vs. Mariners Betting Odds via SI Sportsbook
Spread: Mariners -1.5 (-137), Pirates +1.5 (+110)
Total: Over 8.5 (-118), under 8.5 (-110)
Moneyline: Mariners -154, Pirates +125
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Pittsburg, PA
About 5 pounds of bees removed from Acrisure Stadium scaffolding ahead of Morgan Wallen concerts
Acrisure Stadium is buzzing with excitement ahead of the back-to-back Morgan Wallen concerts. Except it’s not the fans generating all the excitement — it’s about 5 pounds of honeybees.
The Fine Family Apiary in Monongahela said it was contacted on Wednesday about a swarm of bees clustered on the stage scaffolding. The apiary put the swarm in a “nuc box” and took them home before moving the bees into full-size equipment.
Owner Al Fine estimates the swarm weighed about 4 to 5 pounds and consisted of 12,000 to 15,000 bees. All said, it took less than two hours to get the job done.
Why do bees swarm?
Swarming is how honeybees propagate, Fine explained. According to Penn State Extension, during swarming, the queen and about half the workers leave their home to establish a new nest. The bees will form a temporary cluster, hanging out while scouts search the surrounding area for a more permanent home in hollow spaces like tree cavities or, occasionally, the walls of a home.
Swarms can stick around for several hours or days until they’re ready to move, Penn State Extension says. Meanwhile, the colony left behind is temporarily without a leader until a new queen is established.
With the swarm at Acrisure Stadium removed, Morgan Wallen’s show is ready to go on. The country music megastar will bring his I’m The Problem Tour to Pittsburgh on June 5 and June 6, along with multiple acts like Brooks & Dunn and Ella Langley.
On Sept. 17, multi-platinum country music star Luke Bryan will bring his Farm Tour to 1846 Farms near Latrobe.
Westmoreland County is no stranger to large outdoor concerts. Some may remember the Rolling Rock Town Fair in the early 2000s, while others may recall Luke Bryan’s stop at a farm in South Huntingdon Township just two years ago. Now the country music superstar is returning to the area.
The Unity Township farm’s general manager, Aleisha Stas, gave KDKA a tour of the family farm, which dates back to before the Civil War. She says Bryan’s team first reached out after finding the farm on social media, but she says at first, she and her family thought it was too good to be true.
“This was around April Fools, so we thought it was an April Fools prank,” Stas said. “My whole family, we were like, there’s no way this is about to happen. But this has been incredible.”
Stas says Bryan’s team is handling everything logistically from parking and bathrooms to deciding exactly where the concert will be staged.
“If we have it on this side of the property, we can hold 12,000 people,” Stas said. “And if we have it on (the other side) of the property, it can be up to 20,000. But we have not determined that yet.”
Many of those decisions will be made as September gets closer. In the meantime, however, the farm is holding off on planting in certain fields until the final concert location is selected.
And while hosting thousands of people may sound a little intimidating, Stas says her family is excited to welcome fans to the farm for what they hope will be a memorable night.
“Obviously, we’ve never had this many people here before, so it will be a new thing for all of us, but we are not worried,” said Stas. “Luke Bryan’s team are experts with this, and I think it will go great.”
Tickets for this concert are currently on sale, and they will run you about $77 per person, plus tax for general admission.
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