{"id":136132,"date":"2026-03-12T05:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/136132\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T05:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:09:23","slug":"pirates-star-scratched-from-spring-training-game-with-concerning-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/136132\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Star Scratched From Spring Training Game With Concerning Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates lost their spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, falling 7-2 at Ed Smith Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates also got some bad news before the game, as <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/03\/06\/all-star-slugger-reveals-early-impressions-of-first-pirates-spring-training\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe<\/a> was scratched from the starting lineup with lower-body tightness. He was originally slated to play second base and bat second.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DKPghSports\/status\/2031754469730320744\" rel=\"nofollow\">Per the Pirates\u2019 medical team<\/a>, he was expected to go through a normal practice session at the club\u2019s spring training facility in Bradenton, Florida.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brandon Lowe was removed from today\u2019s original lineup due to lower body tightness, per an update from the Pirates&#8217; medical team. He is expected to go through a normal practice session with the group staying back in Bradenton. Lowe was originally scheduled to play second base and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DK Pittsburgh Sports (@DKPghSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DKPghSports\/status\/2031754469730320744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With Opening Day only two weeks away, this is something for Pittsburgh fans to monitor. Not only is Lowe 31, but he\u2019s also had trouble staying healthy throughout his career, averaging just 113 games per season over the last five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Given that Lowe presumably practiced on Wednesday, his injury doesn\u2019t seem too serious. It sounds more like the Pirates were simply being cautious with him.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, he still has time to rest up and get back in the lineup before the season starts. He could use the extra reps, as he has only three hits and seven strikeouts in 18 plate appearances this spring.<\/p>\n<p>More Pirates: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/03\/10\/nba-superstar-praises-paul-skenes-for-electrifying-world-baseball-classic-performance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Superstar Praises Paul Skenes For Electrifying World Baseball Classic Performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates lost their spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, falling 7-2 at Ed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[34879,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-136132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-brandon-lowe","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}