{"id":158205,"date":"2026-04-06T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158205\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:30:10","slug":"pirates-make-improbable-pittsburgh-baseball-history-not-done-since-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158205\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates make improbable Pittsburgh baseball history not done since 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pirates make improbable Pittsburgh baseball history not done since 1943<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> believed heading into this season that they’d have a quality starting pitching rotation.<\/p>\n

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So far, so good.<\/p>\n

In fact, historic.<\/p>\n

The Pirates’ starting pitchers haven’t allowed a home run in the first nine games of the campaign. In this modern, homer-happy baseball world, that’s almost impossible.<\/p>\n

The last time a streak lasted this long to begin a season was the 2018 San Francisco Giants<\/a>, according to MLB Network’s Sarah Langs.<\/p>\n

For the Pirates, it’s been much longer.<\/p>\n

They haven’t had a streak of homers not giving up homers to start the season since 1943 — when they went the first 17 games without allowing a four-bagger.<\/p>\n

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Paul Skenes, Mitch Keller, Braxton Ashcraft and Carmen Mlodzinski have each made two starts this season. Bubba Chandler has made one.<\/p>\n

Chandler has a 0.00 ERA. Keller’s is 1.50, Ashcraft at 2.25, Mlodzinski at 4.00 and Skenes at 9.53 after that nightmare (but not hard-hit) first start.<\/p>\n

Giving up homers is believed to be more of a skill for pitchers than simply giving up hits, which has a lot more luck involved.<\/p>\n

So far, the Pirates have that skill working nicely. If they keep it up, this could be a great season in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

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