It’s Tuesday, July 22 and the Tigers (60-41) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (40-61). Casey Mize is slated to take the mound for Detroit against Mitch Keller for Pittsburgh.

2009 — Mark Buehrle pitched the 18th perfect game in major league history, a 5-0 win over Tampa Bay. It was the first since Randy Johnson’s on May 18, 2004. Buehrle threw 76 of 116 pitches for strikes and fanned six in his second no-hitter — the first coming on April 18, 2007, against Texas.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have several players that the New York Yankees are interested in picking up, ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

Here's how former LSU baseball star fared in his latest start with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The ace turned in another stellar outing.

Their lead in the NL Central grew to 6 ½ games on June 17. They haven't even been playing poorly lately -- they are still on pace to win 97 games -- but the lead has dwindled. In fact, the Cubs and Brewers are tied for first place.

As is usually the case around the All-Star break, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred pops up quite a bit with annual “state of the league” media interactions. Often, his quotes come with some sort of player-salary cost control messaging.

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Seattle Mariners 6-0 on Monday night to win their 11th straight game in a row. Elsewhere in baseball, the Chicago Cubs lost 12-4 to the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates by a 3-0 score.

Every front office is under the microscope at this time of year. But certain executives face more pressure to deliver than ever before.

This year's MLB Draft is officially in the books, and this year, the Pittsburgh Pirates made a lot of noise. Let's recap the happenings.