PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin was not in the starting lineup for Thursday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs because of right forearm soreness.
Griffin was considered available for Thursday's game, and the team said he is day to day.
The Pirates signed Griffin to a nine-year, $140-million contract in April. The 20-year-old is hitting .261 with four home runs and 12 stolen bases in 49 games.
Jared Triolo took Griffin’s place at shortstop in the finale of a four-game series.
Pirates third baseman Nick Gonzales left the game after the third inning with left knee discomfort. He fouled a ball off the knee on Wednesday in a loss to the Cubs
The Pirates also made roster moves before Thursday's game, recalling infielder Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis and optioning outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez to the same club.
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Konnor Griffin rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Chicago Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
ANHOLT, Denmark (AP) — The carcass of a humpback whale, whose life and death captivated Germans for months as the mammal became repeatedly stranded in the Baltic Sea, was dragged Saturday onto a Danish beach after two weeks of the body languishing in shallow waters.
The whale had gained the nicknames “Timmy” and “Hope” as German media outlets sent push alerts and updated live blogs with the status of its health since it was first spotted off the German coast on March 3.
The whale was found dead on May 14, stranded just off the small island of Anholt in the Kattegat, the broad strait between Denmark and Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea to the North Sea.
The whale's death ended months of a spectacular and contentious rescue effort that culminated May 2, when the mammal was transported toward the North Sea in a barge in a final effort to guide it back to its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean.
The carcass will be examined next week to determine the cause of death, according to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.
Danish news outlet “News5” on Saturday published a livestream of the carcass being dragged onto the shoreline by a cable attached to a truck on the beach.
It’s not clear why it swam into the Baltic Sea, which is far from its habitat and it wasn’t suited to, although some experts said it may have lost its way while swimming after a shoal of herring or during migration.
FILE - The humpback whale recovered from a shallow bay off Wismar is being transported towards the North Sea in a flooded cargo ship just before the Danish border in Fehmarn, Germany, April 29, 2026. (Philip Dulian/dpa via AP, File)
FILE - The humpback whale lays in a washed-out tub off the island of Poel, Germany, April 22, 2026. (Philip Dulian/dpa via AP, File)
