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The Pittsburgh Pirates gave the ball to right-hander Jared Jones in the series finale against the Houston Astros.
Jones made his season debut on May 29 after missing all of the 2025 season due to a right elbow UCL sprain that required surgery. In his first outing, Jones struggled as he allowed five runs on seven hits in 4.1 innings.
Yet, on Thursday, Jones was stellar as he pitched five scoreless innings to help Pittsburgh get a 5-1 win, which was Jones’ first MLB win since Sept. 9, 2024, which he called ‘special.’
“First start back was obviously pretty tough, but you kind of take that stuff with a grain of salt.” Jones said postgame on Thursday. “It was the first time in 600-plus days. Nobody was expecting it. I expected it of myself. That start was always going to happen. Getting this bounceback win is a pretty cool feeling.”
It was a solid performance from Jones, who finished the game throwing just 74 pitches, as the Pirates are still easing him back, but manager Don Kelly was pleased with how the right-hander pitched.
That was awesome,” Kelly said of Jones’ pitching performance. “Jonesy threw the ball really well. I was concerned about him after … that was an athletic attempt he had trying to make that play. That’s an extremely difficult throw to make. He landed on his elbow. He’s able to settle down there in the first inning and pitched extremely well.”
With the 5-1 victory and the series win over the Astros, the Pirates improved to 34-29 and is holding onto the top Wild Card spot in the NL.
Pittsburgh will begin a three-game road series against the Atlanta Braves beginning on Friday at 7:15 p.m. ET.
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