The Pittsburgh Pirates kept giving up home runs in their 9-3 blowout defeat to the Kansas City Royals in the series opener at Kauffman Stadium. The

Witt went 2 for 3 and scored twice to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. Witt hit his 13th homer, a two-run shot the opposite way to right-center field off reliever Chase Shugart to give the Royals a 6-2 lead in the fourth. He added a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Kansas City Royals MLB game to be played on July 8, 2025 on ESPN.

Paul Skenes is having quite the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates when you compare the two. So far in 2025, the righty ace has 4.8 Wins Above Replacement. He has just four wins in his record. That's nearly impossible, although the stats only have some layer of correlation, clearly.

Jeff Passan pours cold water on the idea of Paul Skenes being traded ahead of the July 31 trade deadline on Watch ESPN, first streamed on Monday, July 7, 2025.

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz had his best moment in the outfield so far in the recent outing vs. the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile P

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz made a 105.2 mph throw to nab Seattle’s J.P. Crawford at the plate on Sunday, the second-hardest thrown ball to produce an outfield assist since Statcast started tracking in 2015.