Pirates in baseball: Gavin Williams picks up fourth win of season for Guardians

by | May 22, 2025

Gavin Williams picked up his fourth win of the season in his fourth straight quality start on Wednesday.

He picked up a 5-1 victory after pitching six innings with one run given up on two hits. He struck out six and walked two to improve to 4-2 on the season.

So far in May, he is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA, five earned runs on 17 hits, 29 strikeouts and 12 walks over 20 innings.

He didn’t pitch in the completion of the second game, a 6-5 win by the Twins. That game was completed after a rainout on Tuesday.

See below to find out what the rest of the Pirates in baseball did on Wednesday.

Major League Baseball

  • Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: Was 1-for-3 with a walk and RBI single in the first inning in 2-1 loss to Cubs.
  • Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: 2-for-4 in 5-1 loss to Tigers
  • Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: Did not pitch in 4-3 loss to Yankees
  • Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: See above
  • Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: Did not pitch in 14-0 win over Padres
  • Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies: Pitched in ninth inning of 9-5 loss to Phillies. Gave up no runs on no hits. Threw just six pitches to get the three outs and lower his ERA to 1.50 through 12 innings.
  • Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Marlins fall to 19-29 after 2-1 loss to Cubs

Triple-A

  • Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (San Francisco Giants): Did not pitch in 8-1 win over Oklahoma City

Double-A

  • Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): Rained out vs. Altoona. Doubleheader on Friday.
  • Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list

Single-A

  • Trey Yesavage, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): Did not pitch in 8-4 loss to Eugene
  • Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): 0-for-2 with two walks in 8-4 loss to Eugene
  • Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): 0-for-3 with a walk in an 11-8 loss to Winston-Salem
  • Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch in 11-8 loss to Winston-Salem
  • Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Did not pitch in 3-2 win over Dayton
  • Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins): 0-for-5 in 7-6 loss in 10 innings to Quad Cities
  • Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): 0-for-3 with a walk and run scored in 5-4 loss to Palm Beach
  • Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
  • Erik Ritchie, Clearwater Threshers (Phillies): Did not pitch in 6-2 loss to Bradenton

Frontier League

  • Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): Did not pitch in 7-0 win over Mississippi

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