Pirates in baseball: Trey Yesavage gets second win, Jenkins-Cowart homers twice

by | May 8, 2025

While it wasn’t his best outing of the season, former ECU baseball star Trey Yesavage did get his second win of the season on Wednesday.

Yesavage improved to 2-0 with a 2.22 ERA after a 7-3 win by Dunedin over Fort Myers. He started and went five innings, giving up three runs, one earned, on two hits with seven strikeouts.

He gave up a two-run homer in the third inning to knot the game at 3-3 after an error by the Blue Jays a batter earlier. Despite that, he looked sharp again with the strikeouts, including two in the second and two in the fourth.

It marked the fourth straight game he’s had seven or more strikeouts, following two 10-strikeout games and a game where he fanned eight in his last outing.

Jacob Jenkins-Cowart

He hit his first two homers of the season and third of his pro career in Jupiter’s 9-8 loss to Palm Beach.

He hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to tie the game at 4-all. He hit a solo homer in the seventh after Palm Beach had gotten the lead, cutting the margin to 9-5.

He finished 2-for-5 with three runs and three RBI to raise his batting average to .250.

It was not a good night for closers in the majors as Zach Agnos and Jeff Hoffman each took losses on Wednesday. See below to find out what the rest of the Pirates in baseball did on Wednesday.

Major League Baseball

  • Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: Did not play in 10-1 loss to Dodgers
  • Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: 0-for-3 in 5-0 win over Pirates
  • Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: Did not pitch in 6-4 loss to Red Sox
  • Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: Did not pitch in 8-6 win over Nationals
  • Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: Had his second bad outing in a row in 5-4 loss to Angels. He pitched .1 innings, gave up three hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout over the final five batters. It was his first blown save of the season and dropped his record to 3-1.
  • Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies: Was tagged with his first loss in an 8-6 setback to the Tigers. He gave up a hit and struck out two over two innings. An error allowed two runs to score in the 10th for the Tigers. Agnos’ ERA remains 0.00.
  • Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Marlins lost 10-1 to drop to 14-22

Triple-A

  • Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (San Francisco Giants): Took the loss in a 3-0 setback to Tacoma. He fell to 2-3 with a 4.14 ERA after giving up two earned runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts and a walk. He gave up two solo homers in the fifth inning.

Double-A

  • Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): Did not pitch in 3-0 loss to Somerset
  • Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list

Single-A

  • Trey Yesavage, Dunedin Blue Jays (Blue Jays): See above
  • Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): Did not play in 9-7 loss to Spokane.
  • Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): went 2-for-5 with a run and three RBI in 12-1 win over Wilmington
  • Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch in 12-1 win over Wilmington
  • Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Pitched in 3-1 win over Wisconsin. Came on in the sixth and pitched 2.1 innings to get his first hold of the season. He gave up a run on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts to drop his ERA to 4.73.
  • Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Jupiter Hammerheads (Marlins): See above
  • Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): Postponed due to weather. Will play doubleheader on Thursday with Tampa.
  • Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
  • Erik Ritchie, Clearwater Threshers (Phillies): Did not pitch in 4-1 loss to St. Lucie

Frontier League

  • Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): Season begins on Friday 

Photo credit: Trey Yesavage (Toronto Blue Jays photo)

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