Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2025 season is starting a historically shaky start.
The pirates started the season with a four-game set against Miami Marlins and ended with a 1-3 record. The Win-Tab plot does not show how hard these three losses were.
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Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, #7, midfielder Oneil Cruz, #15, and right field Bryan Reynolds, #10, High-Five after Pirates defeated Miami Marlins on Friday, March 28, 2025 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
In each of Pittsburgh’s three losses, Miami won on walk-off mode. Sunday’s game saw Marlin’s outfielder Griffin Conine tie the game with a solo home ride in the seventh lap, while Derek Hill scored the game-winning race on a wildstone.
The pirates were the first team to lose their first three games via Walk-offs since 1924, according to MLB.com, referring to Elias Sports Bureau. The last team to do so was Pirates from 1924, who continued to win 90 games that season and then won the World Series in 1925.
“It’s challenging,” said Pirates -Manager Derek Shelton. “We have some things to work on.”
Marlin’s ‘spoiled Paul Skenes’ opening day start Thursday as Nick Forbes tripled to start the ninth lap. Xavier Edwards were deliberately gone and stole another base. Kyle Stowers then excellent Pinch-Runner Javier Sanoja and Miami had his first win of the season.
Miami Marlins’ Dane Myers, #54 and Kyle Stowers, #28, celebrate after Stowers hit a walk-off single to score Javier Sanoja during the ninth lap of an opening day baseball match against Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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On Saturday, Dane Myers drove in Otto Lopez at the bottom of the 12th lap. Myers also had a home drive and threw Tommy Pham out, who tried to score for the pirates at the top of the 12th
Pirates Reliever David Bednar was credited with two of these walk-off losses.
“Lock it in and do the little things right,” Pirates’ veteran Outfielder Andrew McCutchen told journalists about the message in the dressing room. “I will continue to knock on it, because if you do not, this is the situation and that is what can happen.
“This is the result when you don’t do the little things right. Perform when you need to do the things you need to do when you hit and we are well. But when you don’t, you end up 1-3.”
The pirates begin a three-game set with Tampa Bay Ray Monday.
Miami Marlins’ Dane Myers, #54, celebrates with Eric Wagaman, #33, and Jonah Bride, #41, after hitting a victim fly ball to score Otto Lopez in the 12th round of a baseball match against Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, March 29, 2025 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami is the first team since 2003 to win their first three games with walk-offs. The rays were 3-5 to start that season and ended 63-99 under Lou Piniella.
