The Pittsburgh Pirates' 2025 season has been off to a historically unstable start.
The Pirates began the season with a four-game set against the Miami Marlins, finishing with a 1-3 record. Winroth's total does not show how harsh these three losses are.
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Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, #7, Centerfielder Oneil Cruz, #15, and Rightfielder Bryan Reynolds, #10, High 5 after Pirates defeated the Miami Marlins in Miami on Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
In each of Pittsburgh's three losses, Miami won in walk-off fashion. In Sunday's game, Marlins outfielder Griffin Connine tied the game with a solo home run in seven innings, while Derek Hill scored a game-winning run on the wild pitch.
The Pirates were the first team to lose their first three games in the walk-off since 1924, Go to mlb.comQuoted from the Elias Sports Bureau. The last team was the 1924 Pirates. He won 90 games that season and won the World Series in 1925.
“It's challenging,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “There are a few things to tackle.”
The opening day for the spoiled Marlins Paul Skens began on Thursday when Nick Forbes tripled and began his nine innings. Xavier Edwards deliberately walked and stole two bases. Kyle Storers then won the first win of the season over pinch runners Javier Sanoja and Miami.
Miami Marlins' Dane Myers #54 and Kyle Storers (#28) celebrate on March 27, 2025, after Storers hit a walk-off single to win Javier Sanoja in the nine innings of their first day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
“Trevor Megill Rail against the newly designed 'torpedo' bats: “I think that's awful.”
On Saturday, Dane Myers drove for Otto Lopez at the bottom of the 12 innings. Myers also ran a home run and dumped Tommy Femme, who was trying to score for the Pirates at the top of the 12th.
Pirates Reliever David Bedner was recognized for two of these walk-off losses.
“Lock it in and do the little things right,” Pirates veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen told reporters a message from the locker room. “If not, this is the situation and this could happen, so I keep knocking on it.
“This is the result of not doing small things right. It's fine if you do it when you need to do it and do what you need when you're hit. But otherwise it's 1-3.”
The Pirates will begin their three-game set with the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
Dane Myers (#54) of the Miami Marlins celebrates with Eric Waggaman #33 and Jonah Bride (#41) after winning a sacrifice flyball to win Otto Lopez in a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, March 29th in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Miami is the first team since 2003 to win their first three games on the walk-off. The Rays finished 63-99 under Loupiniera, 3-5 to start that season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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