Paul Skenes quickly shrugged off the shortest start of his dominant major league career. Pirates fans shouldn’t worry either after Skenes returned to form on Wednesday. The reigning NL Cy Young winner allowed one run in five innings and struck out five in the Pirates’ 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Like the Reds, Pittsburgh also reportedly made an offseason run at then-free agent Kyle Schwarber, who ended up returning to the Philadelphia Phillies. But the Schwarber pursuit still underscored the Pirates' noticeable offseason.

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

Before Tuesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds pitchers Chase Burns, Jose Franco and Connor Phillips got together to take a picture with th

Cincinnati; Wednesday, 12:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Paul Skenes (0-1, 67.50 ERA, 9.00 WHIP, one strikeout); Reds: Andrew Abbott (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, four strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pirates -164,

Chase Burns allowed one hit in five innings for his first major league win, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Two of the Pittsburgh Pirates best hitters won't start vs. Reds in series finale.

A revamped Pittsburgh Pirates team came to Great American Ball Park and dealt the Reds their first series loss of 2026.

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly was ejected Tuesday night after a heated dispute vs. Reds during an 8-3 win in Cincinnati.