Pirates in baseball: First half of season ends with big games from Moylan, Burleson

by | Jul 14, 2025

The first half of the baseball season has been completed with Sunday’s games.

Baseball will take a break for the All-Star Game in Atlanta on Tuesday. It will resume with the second half of the season on Thursday.

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

Major League Baseball

  • Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: On 15-day injured list with left wrist inflammation. 
  • Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: 2-for-3 with run and walk in 5-4 win over Braves. Also stole his fourth base of the season. He singled and scored in the fifth to tie the game at 3-3. 
  • Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: Pitched final 1.1 innings in 5-1 win over Astros. Gave up a hit and struck out one to lower ERA to 3.21.
  • Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: Did not pitch in 6-5 win over White Sox
  • Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: Did not pitch in 6-3 loss to Athletics
  • Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Beat Orioles 11-1 to improve to 44-51
  • Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies: Pitched one inning in 4-2 loss to Reds. Gave up a run on two hits with a strikeout.

Triple-A

  • Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (Giants): Did not pitch in 7-0 win over Salt Lake

Double-A

  • Trey Yesavage, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays): Did not pitch in 5-1 loss to Somerset
  • Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): Placed on 7-day injured list with right shoulder strain on June 12.
  • Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list

Single-A

  • Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): 0-for-3 with walk in 7-6 loss to Hillsboro

  • Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): 2-for-4 with RBI in 3-2 win over Asheville. He singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning.
  • Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch in 3-2 win over Asheville
  • Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Did not pitch in 10-8 loss to Cedar Rapids
  • Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins): 1-for-4 with run in 8-3 win over Dayton
  • Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): Game vs. Jupiter suspended to Aug. 5 due to rain
  • Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
  • Erik Ritchie, Clearwater Threshers (Phillies): Did not pitch in 7-0 win over Fort Myers
  • Landon Ginn, Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs): Did not pitch in 4-2 loss to Kannapolis

Frontier League

  • Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): Pitched six innings of relief in 6-5 win over New York. Came on in the second inning and gave up a run on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts. ERA lowered to 5.52.

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