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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen Held Out of Lineup With Quad Injury
Andrew McCutchen is not in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, per manager Derek Shelton’s official lineup card.
McCutchen left Saturday night’s contest with left left quadriceps tightness following a leadoff single in the bottom of the sixth inning. He was replaced by Ji Hwan Bae, who stayed in as the designated hitter for the rest of the contest.
Joey Bart is starting at designated hitter in McCutchen’s place on Sunday. As for his usual role as the leadoff hitter, that role is being filled by second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who the Pirates acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays ahead of last week’s trade deadline.
McCutchen extended his hitting streak to five games before getting banged up on Saturday. He has recorded 17 hits in his last 17 games, anchoring the lineup for a Pirates team that went 11-6 in that span.
On the whole this season, McCutchen is batting .228 with 13 home runs, 31 RBI, a .712 OPS and a 0.7 WAR.
While the 37-year-old veteran clearly isn’t the same five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger and NL MVP he was a decade ago, his batting average and OPS have dropped 28 points and 64 points, respectively, compared to last season. Still, the longtime face of the franchise is doing his best to lift Pittsburgh back to the postseason, even if he says this won’t be his final year in the big leagues.
Here is the full lineup the Pirates are using in Sunday’s rubber match against the Diamondbacks:
1. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 2B
2. Bryan Reynolds, LF
3. Oneil Cruz, SS
4. Bryan De La Cruz, RF
5. Rowdy Tellez, 1B
6. Joey Bart, DH
7. Ji Hwan Bae, CF
8. Jared Triolo, 3B
9. Yasmani Grandal, C
SP: Paul Skenes, RHP
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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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