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The 2026 Pittsburgh Pirates season is the franchise's ongoing 145th season overall, as well their 140th season as a member of the National League, and the 26th season at PNC Park. The team is seeking to win the NL Central title for the first time in team history as well as make the postseason for the first time since 2015. This is top prospect Konnor Griffin's first season in the majors after being called up on April 2.

2026 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[a]
Record43–44 (.494)
OwnerRobert Nutting
General managerBen Cherington
ManagerDon Kelly
TelevisionSportsNet Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-FM
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
← 2025

Season standings

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National League Central

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 5332 .624 — 29‍–‍18 24‍–‍14
Chicago Cubs 4939 .557 5½ 26‍–‍18 23‍–‍21
St. Louis Cardinals 4639 .541 7 23‍–‍21 23‍–‍18
Pittsburgh Pirates 4445 .494 11 23‍–‍22 21‍–‍23
Cincinnati Reds 4047 .460 14 19‍–‍23 21‍–‍24

National League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 5731 .648
Milwaukee Brewers 5332 .624
Atlanta Braves 5135 .593
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 4939 .557 +1½
Philadelphia Phillies 4939 .557 +1½
St. Louis Cardinals 4639 .541 —
Miami Marlins 4642 .523 1½
Washington Nationals 4643 .517 2
Arizona Diamondbacks 4343 .500 3½
San Diego Padres 4343 .500 3½
Pittsburgh Pirates 4445 .494 4
Cincinnati Reds 4047 .460 7
San Francisco Giants 3651 .414 11
New York Mets 3652 .409 11½
Colorado Rockies 3653 .404 12

Record vs. opponents

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2026 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2026

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —2–20–32–15–22–50–31–24–22–11–21–16–02–11–212–15
Atlanta 2–2—2–12–13–02–15–22–11–25–13–00–31–40–04–317–12
Chicago 3–01–2—4–03–31–20–02–47–06–13–42–13–31–21–29–14
Cincinnati 1–21–20–4—2–10–02–20–34–22–13–61–22–11–41–219–11
Colorado 2–50–33–31–2—2–50–30–34–22–43–31–62–10–00–013–11
Los Angeles 5–21–22–10–05–2—1–22–13–02–12–14–23–41–23–020–10
Miami 3–02–50–02–23–02–1—1–23–32–52–10–04–24–25–111–16
Milwaukee 2–11–24–23–03–01–22–1—0–02–11–22–12–24–12–421–12
New York 2–42–10–72–42–40–33–30–0—2–42–12–13–12–43–411–10
Philadelphia 1–21–51–61–24–21–25–21–24–2—5–26–04–20–05–210–8
Pittsburgh 2–10–34–36–33–31–21–22–11–22–5—1–21–22–52–216–8
San Diego 1–13–01–22–16–12–40–01–21–20–62–1—3–33–41–217–10
San Francisco 0–64–13–31–21–24–32–42–21–32–42–13–3—0–03–37–11
St. Louis 1–20–02–14–10–02–12–41–44–20–05–24–30–0—2–116–17
Washington 2–13–42–12–10–00–31–54–24–32–52–22–13–31–2—15–9

Updated with the results of all games through June 28, 2026.

Regular season

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Opening day lineup

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Order No. Player Pos.
Batters
115Oneil CruzCF
25Brandon Lowe2B
310Bryan ReynoldsLF
424Marcell OzunaDH
529Ryan O'HearnRF
619Jared TrioloSS
72Spencer Horwitz1B
83Nick Gonzales3B
932Henry DavisC
Starting pitcher
—30Paul Skenes
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Game log

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Legend
 Pirates win
 Pirates loss
 Postponement
BoldPirates team member
2026 Game Log: 43–44 (Home: 23–22; Away: 20–22)[1]
March/April: 16–16 (Home: 8–9; Road: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 26@ Mets7–11Peralta (1–0)Skenes (0–1)—41,4490–1L1
2March 28@ Mets2–4 (11)Lovelady (1–0)Barco (0–1)—37,1830–2L2
3March 29@ Mets4–3 (10)Santana (1–0)Lovelady (1–1)—36,9401–2W1
4March 30@ Reds0–2Burns (1–0)Ashcraft (0–1)Phillips (1)13,6261–3L1
5March 31@ Reds8–3Ramírez (1–0)Williamson (0–1)—22,3902–3W1
6April 1@ Reds8–3Skenes (1–1)Abbott (0–1)—15,0073–3W2
7April 3Orioles5–4Keller (1–0)Bradish (0–2)Soto (1)38,9864–3W3
8April 4Orioles3–2Santana (2–0)Helsley (0–1)—27,9495–3W4
9April 5Orioles8–2Ashcraft (1–1)Bassitt (0–2)—11,9566–3W5
10April 6Padres0–5Márquez (1–1)Chandler (0–1)—8,4466–4L1
11April 7Padres7–1Skenes (2–1)Pivetta (1–2)—9,0617–4W1
12April 8Padres2–8King (1–1)Lawrence (0–1)—10,0467–5L1
13April 10@ Cubs2–0Montgomery (1–0)Thielbar (1–1)Santana (1)28,8118–5W1
14April 11@ Cubs4–3 (11)Ramírez (2–0)Thielbar (1–2)—34,0499–5W2
15April 12@ Cubs6–7Palencia (1–0)Urquidy (0–1)—35,7119–6L1
16April 13Nationals16–5Skenes (3–1)Cavalli (0–1)—11,53210–6W1
17April 14Nationals4–5Parker (1–0)Keller (1–1)Varland (2)9,42310–7L1
18April 15Nationals2–0Mlodzinski (1–0)Irvin (1–2)Santana (2)11,24411–7W1
19April 16Nationals7–8Beeter (1–0)Santana (2–1)Ribalta (1)10,50411–8L1
20April 17Rays5–1Chandler (1–1)Martinez (0–1)—24,19812–8W1
21April 18Rays7–8 (13)Jax (1–2)Ramírez (2–1)Gómez (1)37,77312–9L1
22April 19Rays6–3Keller (2–1)McClanahan (1–2)—13,43913–9W1
23April 21@ Rangers1–5Rocker (1–1)Mlodzinski (1–1)—23,91013–10L1
24April 22@ Rangers8–4Soto (1–0)Winn (1–1)—24,28914–10W1
25April 23@ Rangers1–6deGrom (2–0)Chandler (1–2)—24,43014–11L1
26April 24@ Brewers6–0Skenes (4–1)Woodruff (2–1)—33,33915–11W1
27April 25@ Brewers6–3 (10)Soto (2–0)Zerpa (0–2)Ramírez (1)40,40816–11W2
28April 26@ Brewers0–5Harrison (2–1)Mlodzinski (1–2)—31,50016–12L1
29April 27Cardinals2–4Fernandez (1–0)Santana (2–2)Soriano (1)9,78716–13L2
30April 28Cardinals7–11Leahy (3–3)Ashcraft (1–2)—8,75816–14L3
31April 29Cardinals4–5Pallante (3–2)Chandler (1–3)O'Brien (8)9,29716–15L4
32April 30Cardinals5–10Graceffo (2–0)Skenes (4–2)—12,14316–16L5
May: 16–12 (Home: 10–6; Road: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
33May 1Reds9–1Keller (3–1)Singer (2–2)—13,44217–16W1
34May 2Reds17–7Mlodzinski (2–2)Lowder (3–2)—23,76318–16W2
35May 3Reds1–0Soto (3–0)Santillan (1–1)—16,64219–16W3
36May 5@ Diamondbacks0–9Rodríguez (3–0)Chandler (1–4)—22,41019–17L1
37May 6@ Diamondbacks1–0Skenes (5–2)Soroka (4–2)Soto (2)21,71920–17W1
38May 7@ Diamondbacks4–2Keller (4–1)Gallen (1–3)Soto (3)21,82721–17W2
39May 8@ Giants2–5Ray (3–4)Mlodzinski (2–3)—41,02421–18L1
40May 9@ Giants13–3Ashcraft (2–2)Roupp (5–3)—40,41722–18W1
41May 10@ Giants6–7 (10)Borucki (1–1)Lawrence (0–2)—41,08522–19L1
42May 12Rockies3–1Skenes (6–2)Lorenzen (2–5)Soto (4)13,51623–19W1
43May 13Rockies4–10Senzatela (3–0)Keller (4–2)—10,55423–20L1
44May 14Rockies7–2Mlodzinski (3–3)Dollander (3–3)—19,10124–20W1
45May 15Phillies9–11 (10)Alvarado (1–1)Santana (2–3)Kerkering (1)29,99824–21L1
46May 16Phillies0–6Sánchez (5–2)Chandler (1–5)—31,29624–22L2
47May 17Phillies0–6Wheeler (3–0)Skenes (6–3)—37,82024–23L3
48May 19@ Cardinals6–9 (10)Soriano (2–0)Montgomery (1–1)—22,95824–24L4
49May 20@ Cardinals7–0Mlodzinski (4–3)McGreevy (3–3)—27,18525–24W1
50May 21@ Cardinals6–2Ashcraft (3–2)May (3–5)—27,70526–24W2
51May 22@ Blue Jays2–6Gausman (4–3)Chandler (1–6)Varland (7)39,83926–25L1
52May 23@ Blue Jays2–5Corbin (2–1)Skenes (6–4)Hoffman (5)41,81326–26L2
53May 24@ Blue Jays4–1Keller (5–2)Cease (3–3)Soto (5)41,35427–26W1
54May 25Cubs2–1Dotel (1–0)Thornton (2–1)Soto (6)22,17428–26W2
55May 26Cubs12–1Ashcraft (4–2)Wicks (0–1)—13,95029–26W3
56May 27Cubs4–10Webb (1–1)Ramírez (2–2)—12,34029–27L1
57May 28Cubs2–7Rea (5–3)Skenes (6–5)—19,12129–28L2
58May 29Twins6–5Soto (4–0)Rogers (1–2)—27,10730–28W1
59May 30Twins10–9Ramírez (3–2)Ober (6–3)Soto (7)24,27231–28W2
60May 31Twins9–3Ashcraft (5–2)Matthews (1–3)—19,35832–28W3
June: 11–15 (Home: 5–7; Road: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
61June 2@ Astros10–6Chandler (2–6)Burrows (3–7)Soto (8)25,51333–28W4
62June 3@ Astros9–11Blubaugh (3–2)Soto (4–1)Hader (1)26,95633–29L1
63June 4@ Astros5–1Jones (1–0)Teng (3–4)Mlodzinski (1)23,13634–29W1
64June 5@ Braves3–6Pérez (4–3)Keller (5–3)Iglesias (12)39,41834–30L1
65June 6@ Braves3–6Strider (4–1)Ashcraft (5–3)Iglesias (13)40,27634–31L2
66June 7@ Braves2–3López (3–1)Chandler (2–7)Fuentes (1)37,69734–32L3
67June 9Dodgers3–12Klein (2–2)Dotel (1–1)—30,64634–33L4
68June 10Dodgers9–8Sisk (1–0)Hurt (1–1)Soto (9)30,62635–33W1
69June 11Dodgers6–8Dreyer (3–1)Keller (5–4)Scott (7)30,66035–34L1
70June 12Marlins3–8Alcántara (6–4)Dotel (1–2)—19,58735–35L2
71June 13Marlins3–2Ramírez (4–2)Bender (1–1)Soto (10)31,19236–35W1
72June 14Marlins2–4Meyer (7–0)Skenes (6–6)Fairbanks (9)18,12736–36L1
73June 15@ Athletics2–11Ginn (5–3)Jones (1–1)—10,03336–37L2
74June 16@ Athletics6–5Montgomery (2–1)Alvarado (2–1)Soto (11)8,61537–37W1
75June 17@ Athletics12–4Ashcraft (6–3)Civale (5–3)—9,02438–37W2
76June 19@ Rockies3–4Senzatela (7–0)Montgomery (2–2)—33,59638–38L1
77June 20@ Rockies1–2Sugano (8–4)Skenes (6–7)Hill (2)40,38038–39L2
78June 21@ Rockies8–6Ramírez (5–2)Lorenzen (2–9)—38,91239–39W1
79June 23Mariners2–3Kirby (6–7)Keller (5–5)Muñoz (14)16,01539–40L1
80June 24Mariners11–1Ashcraft (7–3)Woo (6–6)Mlodzinski (2)18,75040–40W1
81June 25Mariners5–1Chandler (3–7)Miller (3–2)—24,36741–40W2
82June 26Reds4–6Burke (3–3)Montgomery (2–3)Ferguson (1)25,18641–41L1
83June 27Reds7–9Ferguson (1–0)Soto (4–2)Petty (1)30,07741–42L2
84June 28Reds9–4Keller (6–5)Singer (3–7)—24,02342–42W1
85June 29@ Phillies11–7Ashcraft (8–3)Nola (3–5)—39,79143–42W2
86June 30@ Phillies0–8Sánchez (10–3)Chandler (3–8)—41,71043–43L1
July: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
87July 1@ Phillies6–10Kerkering (6–0)Skenes (6–8)—41,76643–44L2
88July 2@ Phillies—(—)(—)——
89July 3@ Nationals—(—)(—)——
90July 4@ Nationals—(—)(—)——
91July 5@ Nationals—(—)(—)——
92July 7Braves—(—)(—)——
93July 8Braves—(—)(—)——
94July 9Braves—(—)(—)——
95July 10Brewers—(—)(—)——
96July 11Brewers—(—)(—)——
97July 12Brewers—(—)(—)——
96th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, PA
98July 17@ Guardians—(—)(—)——
99July 18@ Guardians—(—)(—)——
100July 19@ Guardians—(—)(—)——
101July 20@ Yankees—(—)(—)——
102July 21@ Yankees—(—)(—)——
103July 22@ Yankees—(—)(—)——
104July 24Cubs—(—)(—)——
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106July 26Cubs—(—)(—)——
107July 27Diamondbacks—(—)(—)——
108July 28Diamondbacks—(—)(—)——
109July 29Diamondbacks—(—)(—)——
110July 30@ Reds—(—)(—)——
111July 31@ Reds—(—)(—)——
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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112August 1@ Reds—(—)(—)——
113August 2@ Reds—(—)(—)——
114August 3@ Brewers—(—)(—)——
115August 4@ Brewers—(—)(—)——
116August 5@ Brewers—(—)(—)——
117August 6@ Brewers—(—)(—)——
118August 7Mets—(—)(—)——
119August 8Mets—(—)(—)——
120August 9Mets—(—)(—)——
121August 11@ Marlins—(—)(—)——
122August 12@ Marlins—(—)(—)——
123August 13@ Marlins—(—)(—)——
124August 14Red Sox—(—)(—)——
125August 15Red Sox—(—)(—)——
126August 16Red Sox—(—)(—)——
127August 17Tigers—(—)(—)——
128August 18Tigers—(—)(—)——
129August 19Tigers—(—)(—)——
130August 21@ Dodgers—(—)(—)——
131August 22@ Dodgers—(—)(—)——
132August 23@ Dodgers—(—)(—)——
133August 24@ Padres—(—)(—)——
134August 25@ Padres—(—)(—)——
135August 26@ Padres—(—)(—)——
136August 28@ Cardinals—(—)(—)——
137August 29@ Cardinals—(—)(—)——
138August 30@ Cardinals—(—)(—)——
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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139September 1Giants—(—)(—)——
140September 2Giants—(—)(—)——
141September 3Giants—(—)(—)——
142September 4Angels—(—)(—)——
143September 5Angels—(—)(—)——
144September 6Angels—(—)(—)——
145September 8@ White Sox—(—)(—)——
146September 9@ White Sox—(—)(—)——
147September 10@ White Sox—(—)(—)——
148September 11@ Cubs—(—)(—)——
149September 12@ Cubs—(—)(—)——
150September 13@ Cubs—(—)(—)——
151September 15Brewers—(—)(—)——
152September 16Brewers—(—)(—)——
153September 17Brewers—(—)(—)——
154September 18Royals—(—)(—)——
155September 19Royals—(—)(—)——
156September 20Royals—(—)(—)——
157September 22Cardinals—(—)(—)——
158September 23Cardinals—(—)(—)——
159September 24Cardinals—(—)(—)——
160September 25@ Tigers—(—)(—)——
161September 26@ Tigers—(—)(—)——
162September 27@ Tigers—(—)(—)——

Roster

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Notes

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  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

References

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  1. ↑ "Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule". MLB.com. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
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