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Pirates reinstate Cole Tucker from the injured list

By Patrick Damp

April 30, 2022 / 4:27 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Earlier this week, the Pirates placed Cole Tucker on the COVID-19 injured list.

On Saturday, the team reinstated him.

In order to make room for Tucker, the team option Tucupita Marcano to Double-A Altoona.

So far this year, in 11 games, Tucker has struck out 16 times in 41 at-bats and has a .170 batting average.

While he was reinstated, Tucker is not in the lineup for Saturday night's game against the Padres.

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Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.