Oneil Cruz's blast against the Rangers on April 22 hit the top of the right-field foul pole. How hard is it to do that? Ron Jenkins / Getty Images Editor’s note: This is a bonus Weird and Wild. To ...

The 2026 World Baseball Classic is underway, and the Pittsburgh Pirates have a handful of players participating in the tournament. For the Dominican Republic, center fielder Oneil Cruz has been one of ...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz has had a great start to the World Baseball Classic and has displayed incredible power once again. Cruz hit a solo home run for Team Dominican ...

The D.R. found itself locked in a tight battle with Nicaragua for five innings, so the team clearly took great joy and relief in cracking the game wide open with a monster eighth. Cruz illustrated ...

Josh Jung’s throw home pulled catcher Kyle Higashioka into foul territory, and Higashioka could not make the tag. Cruz followed with his 116.9 mph liner that bounced off the top of the foul pole and ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates desperately needed Oneil Cruz to have a strong 2026 season and he's doing that and then some. Cruz kept his great campaign going with a solo home run in the 6-1 ...

Oneil Cruz makes it a one-run game as he crushes a solo home run home run to the Allegheny river in the bottom of the 3rd ...