Pirates in baseball: Yesavage shines for Vancouver; Armstrong gets win, McCrystal, Moylan help get victories

by | May 26, 2025

Trey Yesavage had his second solid start in a week for the Vancouver Canadians on Sunday.

The East Carolina baseball alumni started again against Eugene and went four innings, giving up a hit with three walks and nine strikeouts. He left with a 2-0 lead.

Eugene tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, but the Canadians scored seven times in the 10th inning to win it, 9-2. Fellow ECU alum Carter Cunningham, playing at first base, was 1-for-2 with a run and three walks. He doubled and scored in the 10th to cap the scoring for the Canadians.

Though Yesavage has only pitched eight innings in his two starts, he has 19 strikeouts, six walks, and given up two earned runs on three hits. This season, he’s pitched 41.1 innings with 11 earned runs, 22 hits, 14 walks and 74 strikeouts.

Also of note is Cunningham’s patience at the plate. He’s drawn 20 walks in May while getting 16 hits in 51 plate appearances, scoring 11 times.

Shawn Armstrong

He improved his record to 2-1 and lowered his ERA to 4.29 after winning for the Texas Rangers in a 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

He came on in the seventh inning and finished up the eighth. He gave up no runs and no hits with three strikeouts. Texas scored three in the bottom of the ninth to give him the win.

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

Major League Baseball

  • Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: Was 1-for-4 with a run-scoring single in the fourth inning in 3-0 win over Angels.
  • Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: 0-for-4 in 4-3 win over Diamondbacks
  • Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: See above
  • Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: Did not pitch in 5-0 loss to Tigers
  • Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: Did not pitch in 13-0 loss to Rays
  • Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies: Did not pitch in 5-4 loss to Yankees.
  • Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Took 2-of-3 from the Angels as team won 3-0 to improve to 21-30

Triple-A

  • Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (San Francisco Giants): Did not pitch in 9-6 loss to Oklahoma City.

Double-A

  • Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): Did not pitch in 1-0 loss to Altoona
  • Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list

Single-A

  • Trey Yesavage, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): See above
  • Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): See above
  • Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): 1-for-4 with a single and run scored in the fifth in 5-4 win over Winston-Salem. His run tied it at 2-2.
  • Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch 5-4 win over Winston-Salem
  • Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Took the loss in 9-6 Dayton victory. He came on in the fifth and pitched 2.2 innings, giving up three runs, two earned, on three hits with four walks and two strikeouts. His record is now 1-3 with a 3.92 ERA.
  • Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins): 0-for-3 with RBI in 5-1 loss to Quad Cities. His sacrifice fly in the ninth drove in his team’s only run.

  • Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): 2-for-4 with a run and RBI in 4-2 win over Palm Beach. He hit his first triple to drive in a run in the fourth then later scored to make it 4-1.
  • Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
  • Erik Ritchie, Clearwater Threshers (Phillies): Did not pitch in 6-3 win over Bradenton

Frontier League

  • Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): Did not pitch in 8-2 win over Mississippi

Photo credit: Trey Yesavage (Toronto Blue Jays photo)

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