Pirates reinstate OF Andrew McCutchen from injured list. 5-time All-Star hurt knee running bases

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated outfielder Andrew McCutchen from the 10-day injured list on Friday after he had been out with left knee inflammation.

The club made several moves before opening a three-game series against AL Central-leading Cleveland.

Pittsburgh also placed reliever Ben Heller on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, and right-hander Daulton Jefferies, who is on the 60-day injured list, will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Indianapolis.

The 37-year-old McCutchen got hurt while running the bases against Seattle on Aug. 16. The five-time All-Star is batting .235 with 16 homers and 40 RBIs in 101 games this season.

McCutchen signed a one-year, $5 million contract with Pittsburgh in December. He's in his second stint with the Pirates after stops with the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

Heller is 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in eight relief appearances for Pittsburgh. This is the right-hander's first season with the Pirates after pitching for the Yankees and Atlanta Braves.

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Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen watches his sacrifice fly during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pirates reinstate OF Andrew McCutchen from injured list. 5-time All-Star hurt knee running bases

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen leaves the field after an injury during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pirates reinstate OF Andrew McCutchen from injured list. 5-time All-Star hurt knee running bases

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s right-wing opposition party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, on Saturday accused the pro-European Union government of acting against the nation’s interests and violating its laws, at a rally of a few thousand supporters in the capital.

Kaczynski also called on the supporters to be active at social and political levels and to back his Law and Justice party’s candidate in next year’s presidential election. He is still to name the candidate.

Up to four thousand people with national white-and-red flags gathered for the rally held in windy weather outside the Justice Ministry in Warsaw, which has become a symbol of years of deep rifts between the backers of Kaczynski and Donald Tusk, now the prime minister.

Law and Justice that ruled in 2015-23 drew criticism from Brussels and Tusk alike for making changes to Poland’s judicial system that were deemed undemocratic. Many in the nation of 38 million were also tired of the aggressive and divisive language that Kaczynski, who dictated the government's policies from the back seat, used to energize support.

The party lost power in the 2023 election but is still exerting control over the presidential office through President Andrzej Duda, who is allied with Law and Justice.

Duda has been blocking many of the government's draft laws in what is a rather rough cohabitation. Duda's second and last term runs out in August.

FILE - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends solemn ceremonies at Westerplatte, on the Baltic Sea, Poland, on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)