Pirates prospects with the Greensboro Grasshoppers made history for the second time in nine days, pitching their second ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — For the second time in nine days, the Greensboro Grasshoppers have thrown a perfect game. After earning ...

Before this month, an affiliated minor-league baseball team hadn’t thrown a nine-inning perfect game since 2017. The ...

Baseball, the game that keeps giving.College of Charleston all-time great Blake Butler has certainly etched his name in the record books. In his final minor le ...

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Shirk, who was selected by the Pirates in the 18th round of last year's draft out of Wright State, ...

One of baseball's rarest feats, the perfect game, has occurred just 24 times in the long history of the major leagues. No team in the major leagues has ever thrown more than one in a single season. ...

Shirk, a 23-year-old right-hander, was the only Greensboro pitcher to contribute to both perfectos. He logged a 1-2-3 eighth inning on Sunday with a strikeout, after punching out four across two ...

Three pitchers combined on a perfect game as the Greensboro Grasshoppers, the High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, ...

Fourth of July and baseball? Some might say it’s the perfect combination. For the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Friday, it ...

Shirk combined with three other pitchers Sunday to pitch a perfect game in Greensboro's 4-0 win over Bowling Green.

Pittsburgh Pirates prospects Khristian Curtis, Jake Shirk and Michael Walsh spin the first nine-inning perfecto at the ...