The Pittsburgh Pirates’ plan for Taylor Rogers after the Ke’Bryan Hayes trade points to another move before the MLB trade deadline.

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds kicked off some pre-trade deadline fireworks on Wednesday afternoon, with Pittsburgh sending Ke'Bryan Hayes to Cincin

The Seattle Mariners acquired left-handed reliever Caleb Ferguson from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, giving their bullpen another arm as they make a playoff push. Seattle sent right-handed pitching prospect Jeter Martinez to Pittsburgh.

Henry Davis’ fielder’s-choice grounder brought home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.

Pirates: Bailey Falter (7-5, 3.82 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 69 strikeouts); Giants: Justin Verlander (1-8, 4.80 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 70 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -159, Pirates +132; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the Pittsburgh Pirates looking to end their six-game home skid.

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Its Wednesday, July 30 and the Pirates (46-62) are in San Francisco looking to sweep their three-game series against the Giants (54-54). Mike Burrows is slated to take the mound for Pittsburgh against Logan Webb for San Francisco.