“I accepted it really well,” Cruz said of his benching, “just because we have two guys here, [Andrew] McCutchen and Tommy Pham, who are really good examples. They always run hard, they always go out ...

Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz said he lost track of the outs when he didn’t run out a double-play grounder, a move that led to his removal from the Pirates’ 9-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday ...