Locked On Pirates - Daily Podcast On The Pittsburgh Pirates

After a series loss to the Houston Astros, the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the road again to face their divisional rivals in the form of the St. Louis Cardinals, who despite their early struggles, can still be a thorn in the side of the Pirates as they have been for the past decade. The Pirates enter Busch Field on a three-game road win streak and both teams have similar strengths and similar weaknesses, but host Ethan Smith is joined by Locked On Cardinals JD Hafron to discuss the upcoming four-game set, what each team needs to do to win, predictions for the series and more.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates could not extend their series win streak to three against the Houston Astros, losing two of three to Houston and wrapping up the home stand 3-3. Although the series was lost, there were some positives to take away from the Pirates performance and what could be looked at as a benchmark for this team moving forward, but there were also some things to take away that could be concerning moving forward. Host Ethan Smith is joined by Craig Toth to discuss the series, its positives and negatives for Pittsburgh, what lies ahead as well as Craig taking a deep dive into the happenings of the minor league system for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Ji-hwan Bae recored his first career walk off homer and the first of the 2023 season for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they evened up their only series against the defending champion Houston Astros in a 7-4 victory at PNC Park on Tuesday night. Keller had yet another impressive outing, the team clawed back once and many more things happened along the way and host Ethan Smith breaks down the first two games of the series as well as previewing tomorrow'r rubbermatch. 

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It's a double episode Monday once again as Ethan Smith heads over to Houston to talk to Eric and HTown from Locked On Astros as the Pittsburgh Pirates welcome the Houston Astros to PNC Park for the first time since 2016. The Pirates, coming off of yet another series victory, welcome an Astros team that isn't at full strength with injuries riddling them early on, but the series has some fun potential w/ pitching matchups, young stars all-around and more.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates won their second straight series after defeating the Chicago White Sox on Sunday 1-0, but it came with a brutal price as star shortstop Oneil Cruz fractured his ankle on an unfortunate baseball play. Cruz's loss will hurt, but the Pirates have viable options to "replace" him, so Ethan Smith and Gary Morgan discuss last week's series victories, how the Pirates could handle Cruz's absence and take a look at the week ahead with Houston and St. Louis on the docket.

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Wow. Andrew McCutchen singles in his return, Bryan Reynolds was a double short of the cycle, the 7-8-9 hitters dominated and the bullpen played shutdown baseball on PNC Park Opening Day for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they defeated the Chicago White Sox 13-9. In what will be a memorable day in Pittsburgh, there were a ton of positives and few negatives about this game and we'll talk about it all here on Locked On Pirates, your team, your Pittsburgh Pirates, everyday. 

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The Pittsburgh Pirates swept the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park... what?! The start to the season has been fun through six games and there have been plenty of things to like from starting pitching, Bryan Reynolds hot start, veteran presence making a difference already and much more. Craig Toth also takes a deep dive into the minor leagues with each level of the system kicking off tomorrow.

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The weekend did not go as planned for Pittsburgh, but apparently a trip to Fenway Park is all they needed as they've taken the first two games against the Boston Red Sox so far and attempt a sweep tomorrow. Host Ethan Smith talks about what he's liked in the series, Roansy Contreras and his strong start, Ji-hwan Bae and Bryan Reynolds contributions and more. 

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After the opening series vs Cincinnati, the Pittsburgh Pirates keep things rolling as they head to Boston to take on the Red Sox in a three game series with Ethan Smith joining Jake Iggy to discuss both teams, how each fared on opening weekend, expectations, how each team can win the series and the pitching matchups we'll see for each game and how Fenway Park could affect the series overall.

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The Opening series of 2023 has come and gone and the Pittsburgh Pirates lost the final two games of the series in Cincinnati as Ethan Smith is joined by Gary Morgan to breakdown what they enjoyed from this weekend, what there wasn't to like about some performances as well as taking a look at the week ahead which includes Andrew McCutchen's return to PNC Park.

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