Pirates open 2025 season in Miami; home opener set against Yankees at PNC Park
Updated: 12:20 PM EDT Mar 27, 2025
THAT GAME GETS STARTED JUST AFTER 10:00 TONIGHT. I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR THE CRACK OF THE BAT AGAIN. TODAY IS OPENING DAY FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. ALL BUT TWO OF THE LEAGUE’S 30 TEAMS WILL TAKE THE FIELD TODAY. THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ARE SET TO START THEIR SEASON ON THE ROAD AGAINST THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS. FIRST PITCH SET FOR JUST AFTER 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, ALSO ON THE ROAD. THEY’RE GOING TO BE PLAYING THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS THAT GAME STARTING AFTER 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. NEWS EIGHT’S SPORTS DEPARTMENT WILL BE IN WASHINGTON FOR THAT GAME. THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Pirates open 2025 season in Miami; home opener set against Yankees at PNC Park
Updated: 12:20 PM EDT Mar 27, 2025
The Pirates are spending their Opening Day in Miami to face the Marlins for their season opener. Tuesday’s game begins at 4:10 p.m. with Paul Skenes expected to pitch. Miami went 62-100 overall and 30-51 at home a season ago. The Marlins slugged .378 as a team last season with 2.6 extra base hits per game.Pittsburgh had a 76-86 record overall and a 37-44 record in road games last season. The Pirates batted .234 as a team in the 2024 season with a .672 OPS. After four games in Miami, the Pirates stay in Florida for a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays before coming home to Pittsburgh to face the Yankees.The Pirates will play their home opener next Friday at PNC Park against the New York Yankees.The game on April 4 will mark the first time in Pirates history that the Yankees have been Pittsburgh’s opponent for the home opener. Click here to see the full 2025 schedule for the Pirates.The Associated Press contributed to this story.
MIAMI —The Pirates are spending their Opening Day in Miami to face the Marlins for their season opener.
Tuesday’s game begins at 4:10 p.m. with Paul Skenes expected to pitch.
Miami went 62-100 overall and 30-51 at home a season ago. The Marlins slugged .378 as a team last season with 2.6 extra base hits per game.
Pittsburgh had a 76-86 record overall and a 37-44 record in road games last season. The Pirates batted .234 as a team in the 2024 season with a .672 OPS.
After four games in Miami, the Pirates stay in Florida for a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays before coming home to Pittsburgh to face the Yankees.
The Pirates will play their home opener next Friday at PNC Park against the New York Yankees.
The game on April 4 will mark the first time in Pirates history that the Yankees have been Pittsburgh’s opponent for the home opener.
Click here to see the full 2025 schedule for the Pirates.
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