Pittsburgh Pirates next game, TV channel, schedule and season stats

When the Pirates play next

The next Pittsburgh Pirates game is against the Athletics on Thu, Mar 25, with the start time still to be set, at PNC Park. For that game neither club has named a starting pitcher yet.

The Pittsburgh Pirates went 82-80 in the 2026 regular season, 3rd in the National League Central, 21 games behind the leader.

How to watch Pirates games

The TV channel for the next Pirates game has not been confirmed. National networks usually announce their picks a few days out, and in the postseason MLB often sets the Pirates channel only when the previous round ends. This Pirates page refreshes every morning, so the channel shows up here once it is listed.

MLB has not attached a Pirates radio station to this game yet.

Upcoming Pirates schedule

The next 11 Pirates games split into 8 at PNC Park and 3 on the road. The next game is also the next home game. TV channels in the table are the ones MLB lists today, and empty slots fill in as networks announce their Pirates picks.

The Pirates season in numbers

Record

82-80

Division

3 of 5

Run diff.

+28

Expected wins

84

Home

44-37

Road

38-43

The Pirates scored 767 runs and allowed 739, a run differential of +28. That works out to 4.73 runs scored and 4.56 allowed per game, against a league average of 4.48 for each side. Based on those runs, a typical team would have won about 84 games, so the Pirates finished 2 wins below that mark. That is close enough to say the Pirates record reflects how well they actually played.

The Pirates were 44-37 at PNC Park and 38-43 away from it. The Pirates home and road records sit close together, which is normal for an MLB club. Against left-handed starters they were 18-33, against right-handers 64-47, and they closed the regular season 7-3 over the last ten games, winning the final game.

Recent form: the last 10 games

In their last 10 regular-season games the Pirates went 7-3, scoring 4.4 and allowing 3.7 runs per game. 4 of those 10 games finished above 9 total runs, 5 were decided by a single run, and the widest margin was 5-1 at home against STL. The chart plots each of those Pirates games, runs scored above the line and runs allowed below it.

The Pirates in the first inning

No run crossed in the first inning of 53.1% of Pirates games, compared with 49.4% across the league. The Pirates scored in the first inning 30.9% of the time and allowed a first-inning run in 22.8% of games. That is close to the league norm. The NRFI Lab puts the Pirates next to every other team and starter on the same split.

How to read the Pirates numbers

Putting the Pirates numbers to use: the run differential and expected wins say more about team quality than the raw record, the home and road split shows how much PNC Park helps, and the last-ten totals show whether recent Pirates games have run high or low. With 5 one-run games in the last ten, the Pirates are a good example of why the run line at -1.5 or +1.5 can price very differently from the moneyline. None of these Pirates figures predicts a single game, and no bet is ever a sure thing.

PNC Park, home of the Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates play their home games at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA, at an elevation of 780 feet. Games there averaged 9.91 total runs, an index of 1.11 against the league average, so PNC Park plays as a hitters' park. At PNC Park, wind direction and temperature change how far the ball carries, so the game-day forecast matters. The ballpark scoring page ranks all 30 parks.

Pirates injured list

2 players are on the Pirates injured list: Endy Rodríguez (C, IL 60-Day), Mitch Keller (P, IL 60-Day). The list comes from the Pirates 40-man roster and refreshes every morning.