The Pirates led late, but Jason Grilli gave up a two-out, two-run homer to Anthony Rizzo to give the Cubs a 5 - 4 victory in Pittsburgh on Friday night. The Cubs jumped out to an early lead against Charlie Morton when Nate Schierholtz turned a lead-off walk in the second into the games first run, a fielders choice by Darwin Barney as he beat out a double play. They would add two more in the fourth inning when Brian Bogusevic hit a two-out, two-run homer into the bushes to push the Cubs ... Read More
Pirates Gameday: Hurdle Applauds Fans, Gives Marte Update
The Pirates (85 - 61) are back in a tie for first in the NL Central and looking for sole possession as they take on the Cubs (62 - 84). Charlie Morton (7 - 4, 3.44 ERA) will oppose Jake Arrieta (2 - 2, 4.28 ERA). Leading Off The Pirates established a new PNC Park record with 46 wins at home this season, eclipsing the 45 - 36 record from 2012. The last three years in which the Pirates won more than 46 home games, they won the division title (1990-1992). Hurdle's Quotes On the multiple ... Read More
Pirates Game Day: Hurdle Talks Cutch, Cardinals Series
The Pirates (77 -56) look to get back into a tie for first place in the NL Central as they take on the Cardinals (78 - 55) to start a 3-game series tonight. Francisco Liriano (14 - 6, 2.74 ERA) will face Shelby Miller (12 - 8, 2.90 ERA). Leading Off Rob Biertempfel of the Trib is reporting that Casey Sadler, promoted to Class AAA Indy today, will start in Kris Johnson's place tonight. This means Johnson could be the spot-starter on Sunday in the series finale against the Cardinals. Hurdle's ... Read More
Pirates Game Day: Hurdle Discusses Cole, Marte Update
The Pirates (77 - 55) look to get back into a tie for first as they face the Brewers (58 - 74) in the rubber match of the three game set. Gerrit Cole (6 - 6, 3.81 ERA) will oppose Yovani Gallardo (9 - 9, 4.61 ERA). Leading off John Buck will make his Pirates debut tonight as he will catch Cole and bat seventh. Hurdle's Quotes On the amount of players that will be brought up post-Sept. 1st -- "I think we're going to have a progression in place that we're going to have some guys added on ... Read More
Morton Strong In A Pirates 7 – 1 Victory
Charlie Morton continues to improve from Tommy John surgery as he threw 6 2/3 innings of one run (unearned) ball while Marlon Byrd hit a homer in his fourth at-bat as a Pirate in a 7 - 1 Bucco victory on Wednesday night. Morton experienced some trouble out of the gate, much like Locke did last night, as he allowed three base runners in the first. The outcome would be different, though, as he would get a fielders choice, caught stealing and a groundout to get out of the jam. From there, he ... Read More
Pirate Pitching Struggles In 7 – 6 Slugfest
In a game that went back-and-forth, combined for 28 total hits,10 total pitchers and involved one player on each team that went a combined 6-for-6 (Pedro went 4-for-4 with a homer and a walk) in 10 plate appearances, the Brewers were able to survive with a 7 - 6 victory over the Pirates on Tuesday night. Neil Walker was able to sum the whole thing up . "It was a strange game, it was. Back-and-forth, back-and-forth." The struggle began against Locke, who was good over the first four innings ... Read More
Pirates Extend Playoff Lead In 6-2 Victory Over Arizona
PNC Park - Gerrit Cole pitched six innings of five hit, two run ball and the top of the Pirates order continued to remain hot as the Pirates defeated the Diamondbacks 6 - 2 on Friday night extending their lead over Arizona to 9 1/2 games and their NL Central lead over the Cardinals to three. Cole went through the Arizona lineup once easily before experiencing trouble in the fourth. He would pitch around Paul Goldschmidt to start the inning before walking Aaron Hill. A wild pitch would then ... Read More
Morton Solid, Cutch Leads offense In Pirates 4 – 2 Win
PNC Park -- Morton pitched seven innings of two-run ball and Andrew McCutchen led the offense with a homer in a Pirates 4 - 2 victory over the Marlins on Wednesday night. Charlie Morton rebounded from his previous start where he allowed 10 hits and 5 runs by throwing seven innings of sit hit, two run ball. He only allowed more than one base runner to reach in one inning, the fourth, where the Marlins scored their only to runs. Giancarlo Stanton led the inning off with a single and moved to ... Read More
Pirates Gameday: Wandy DL Update, Hurdle Talks Contribution
PNC Park -- The Pirates (68 - 44) look to take yet another series as they take on the Marlins (43 - 68) in game two of their three game set. Charlie Morton (3 - 3, 4.07 ERA) will face Tom Koehler (3 - 6, 4.34 ERA). Leading Off Last night's pinch-hit, walkoff home run by Josh Harrison was the first by a Pittsburgh player since Craig Wilson took Milwaukee's Chad Fox deep in the second game of a doubleheader on 9/3/2001 for a 3 - 2 victory. Hurdle's Quotes On the contributions of everyone in ... Read More
Harrison Walk-Off Lifts Pirates to 4 – 3 Victory
(Photo Credit: Gene J. Puskar / AP) PNC Park -- Josh Harrison sent a 1 - 1 fastball from left hander, Mike Dunn into the right-center field seats for a Pirates walk-off 4 - 3 victory on Tuesday night. It completed a comeback from an early 3-run hole created by the Marlins against starter, Jeff Locke. They got on the board once in the second when they lead off the inning by loading the bases. Locke would then get Jeff Mathis to pop out to first, but Marlins starter, Henderson Alvarez would ... Read More