The Pittsburgh Pirates’ rough 2025 season hasn’t come with much good luck, not to mention a lack of production on the field. Down 3-2 in the top of the eighth inning against the San Diego Padres on Friday night, a called third strike against Henry Davis in a 3-2 count with two outs and the bases loaded that was low and would’ve been ball four if the ABS (Automatic Ball-Strike System) was intact, cost the Pirates the game.
Davis showed his displeasure, and Manager Don Kelly came out to defend his player right away and was tossed from the game, which has been a theme in his short tenure thus far as the Pirates’ skipper.