The Pittsburgh Pirates will look to earn a split in their two-game series against the Minnesota Twins tonight. An 8-5 victory was a result in favor of the Twins in last night's game. Francisco Liriano pitched two innings and allowed seven runs. The Pirates attempted to rally, however they stranded 10 base runners which limited the damage they could cause. Pedro Alvarez connected for his seventh home run of the season, a homer that ended up being the third ball to land in the Allegheny ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/19: Marte buys into cleanup role
The Pittsburgh Pirates begin their second Interleague series and third homestand of the 2015 season tonight against the Minnesota Twins. The Pirates ended a four game losing streak on Sunday with its 3-0 victory against the Chicago Cubs. Now after a day off, they start an eight-game homestand. This is the third time the Pirates have played the Twins at home since the opening of PNC Park. The Pirates won two of three games when the teams met June 19-21 in 2012. The Pirates lost two of ... Read More
Pirates record triple play in victory
Neil Walker leaped and was able to track down a Yadier Molina line drive that looked to be a sure two run double. What followed next was the first 4-5-4 triple play in Major League Baseball history. “That was fun to watch," manager Clint Hurdle said. "I’m not sure [Jung-ho] Kang [was ready for it] at the end, I was just hoping he didn’t flip the ball up into the stands. We got his attention in time to finish it off, there’s a lot of confusion that can go on. Everybody was in there yelling to ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/8: Cardinals come to town
The Pittsburgh Pirates conclude their second home stand of the season with a three game series against the St. Louis Cardinals, which begins tonight. In last night's game, the Pirates ended a five game losing streak with a 7-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Pirates recorded 11 hits and all eight position players successfully reached base. A.J. Burnett earned his first victory of the season and also struck out his 2400th career batter. “It’s nice to get a win for sure," Mercer said. ... Read More
Pirates fall to Cardinals in 10 innings
The Pittsburgh Pirates met with the National League Central division leader St. Louis Cardinals and lost 2-1 in extra innings. Matt Adams hit an opposite field walk-off single off Rob Scahill [0-2] with the bases loaded to bring Jon Jay across home plate. A.J. Burnett provided the Pirates with its lone run of the game in the sixth inning with a single to center field. The Pirates had the bases loaded with no outs in the inning against Lance Lynn and were unable to score any further ... Read More
McCutchen records 1,000th career hit in victory
Andrew McCutchen had been waiting for a while to get a significant hit and it came in the sixth inning on Wednesday night when he recorded his first triple of the season. Two innings later he had a single, good for the 1,000th hit of his career. The Pittsburgh Pirates secured a winning record in April with their 8-1 victory against the Chicago Cubs. The win puts the Pirates at 12-10 for April, an improvement over 2014's 9-16 mark. Despite the Pirates victory, it was the Cubs who scored ... Read More
Pirates pregame 4/23: Marte, McCutchen out of lineup
The Pittsburgh Pirates are attempting to earn a series split after a 4-3 victory against the Chicago Cubs last night. The Cubs won the first two games 5-2 and 9-8. In the victory, Tony Watson earned his first save of the season getting the last six outs of the game. Gregory Polanco hit his first home run of the season. Today’s starters: In this afternoon's game, Jeff Locke [2-0 1.93 ERA] will face Kyle Hendricks [0-0 6.10 ERA]. Locke was a 6-2 winner over the Milwaukee Brewers in his ... Read More
Pirates pregame 4/22: Kang, Hughes, Melancon discussed
The Chicago Cubs have won the first two games in this series, however the Pittsburgh Pirates still have an opportunity to earn a split if it were to match the aforementioned accomplishment. In last night's contest, the lead went back and forth, however the Pirates bullpen allowed an 8-5 lead to slip away in a 9-8 loss. Mark Melancon blew his first save in a 3-run top of the ninth inning. Tonight’s starters: In tonight's game Vance Worley [1-1 5.84 ERA] will take to the mound against ... Read More
Pirates pregame 4/20: Burnett, McCutchen’s goals discussed
The Pittsburgh Pirates will start its first four game series of the season when it takes on the Chicago Cubs. This is a match-up of the second and third place teams in the National League Central. Tonight’s starters: A.J. Burnett [0-1 2.35 ERA] will pitch for the Pirates against Jake Arrieta [1-1 1.98 ERA] in tonight's game. Burnett is 7-4 against the Cubs with a 3.25 ERA in 13 career starts which span 83 innings. As a member of the Phillies last season Burnett posted an 0-2 record with ... Read More
McCutchen’s bat brings Pirates series win
Pittsburgh Pirates fans have seen this script before. A pitcher with a high ERA holding the Pirates at bay and stealing a series win. That would not be the case Sunday, as one swing of the bat changed the course of the game and re-energized the Pirates bats en route to a 10-2 victory Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Andrew McCutchen's three-run home run was his second of the season and came on the first pitch of his at-bat against Kyle Lohse [0-2] which scored both Gregory Polanco and ... Read More