<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Pittsburgh Pirates on The Overreaction Desk</title><link>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/teams/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/</link><description>Pittsburgh Pirates results, series analysis, roster news, and the latest from the National League club.</description><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:11:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://theoverreactiondesk.com/teams/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Pirates 2, White Sox 0: Jones and Cruz kept it brutally simple</title><link>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/pirates-2-white-sox-0-jones-and-cruz-kept-it-small/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:11:50 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/pirates-2-white-sox-0-jones-and-cruz-kept-it-small/</guid><description>Jared Jones allowed one hit over seven 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as Pittsburgh outlasted San Diego 3-2 in an extra-inning test at Petco Park.</description></item><item><title>Pirates 13, Marlins 1: The late innings became a demolition</title><link>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/pirates-13-marlins-1-late-innings-became-a-demolition/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:52:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/pirates-13-marlins-1-late-innings-became-a-demolition/</guid><description>Pittsburgh scored all 13 of its runs after the fourth inning, with Rafael Flores Jr. supplying six RBI in a complete offensive avalanche.</description></item><item><title>Marlins 8, Pirates 2: Conine turned every trip into traffic</title><link>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/marlins-8-pirates-2-conine-turned-every-trip-into-traffic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/marlins-8-pirates-2-conine-turned-every-trip-into-traffic/</guid><description>Griffin Conine 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+0000</pubDate><guid>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/pirates-3-diamondbacks-2-lowe-finished-the-chase/</guid><description>Brandon Lowe delivered the walk-off single in the 10th after Pittsburgh erased a two-run deficit to beat Arizona 3-2.</description></item><item><title>Cubs 11, Pirates 0: Four quiet innings became an avalanche</title><link>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/cubs-11-pirates-0-four-quiet-innings-became-avalanche/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:33:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/cubs-11-pirates-0-four-quiet-innings-became-avalanche/</guid><description>Pete Crow-Armstrong had four hits and Shota Imanaga threw six scoreless innings as the Cubs beat the Pirates 11-0.</description></item><item><title>Yankees 8, Pirates 5: Chisholm answered Pittsburgh twice</title><link>https://theoverreactiondesk.com/articles/yankees-8-pirates-5-chisholm-two-swings/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:23:30 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