Charlie Morton pitched seven or more innings for the third time in four major league starts this season as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 to avoid a sweep. “That’s who we are, we bounce back very well," Jordy Mercer said. "We’re a very resilient ball club and when things don’t go for us we can easily come back the next day and be ready. We showed a full team effort tonight.” Morton [4-0] would pitch a total of 7.1 shutout innings allowing three hits. In his 102 ... Read More
Scahill’s miscues end Pirates streak
Rob Scahill's luck following a walk and an error ran out when Derek Norris, previously 0-for-4 with four strikeouts hit a grand slam to center field. This secured a 6-2 win for the San Diego Padres and ended the Pittsburgh Pirates seven game losing streak. "You've got to finish innings and we didn't help ourselves late," manager Clint Hurdle said to assembled media following the game. The Pirates wasted an outing from Francisco Liriano in which he allowed no runs on three hits in six ... Read More
Pirates use two out offense in series win
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored all of its runs with two outs in the inning and earned a second consecutive series victory with its 5-1 victory over the Miami Marlins. “We always love it, we’ve definitely had our share," manager Clint Hurdle said of the two out hitting. "They hurt when you’re in the dugout and you feel it. It comes down to putting away innings and Locke didn’t give up one tonight. At the end of the night they left 10 runners on base so they had their opportunities to do the ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/26: team faces new starter; Worley adjusts to new role
The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking to earn its second consecutive series win and its fourth straight victory over a National League East opponent when it faces the Miami Marlins tonight. A win would place the Pirates at 23-22 on the season. The Pirates won a 4-2 game last night with Charlie Morton earning a victory in his first start of the season. Francisco Cervelli hit his first home run of the season, also the first from any Pirates catcher. Pedro Alvarez contributed with an opposite field ... Read More
Morton grounds Marlins in Pirates victory
When Francisco Cervelli came to the plate in Monday night's Pirate game, he as well as the rest of the team's catchers had not hit a home run all season. That changed with one swing of the bat. An opposite field three-run home run powered the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 series opening win against the Miami Marlins. Charlie Morton [1-0] made his season debut and allowed three hits to hits first four batters and seven through four. He was able to limit the Marlins to one hit in his last ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/24: Tabata in lineup; Liriano hopes to rebound
The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking for its third series sweep of the season this afternoon when it takes on the New York Mets. The Pirates were 4-1 and 8-2 winners in games one and two. Today’s starters: The Pirates will send Francisco Liriano [1-4 4.15 ERA] to the mound against Jonathon Niese [3-4 3.72 ERA]. Liriano is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in one career start against the Mets. He struck out nine batters in the start over the course of 5.1 innings. He lost his last start against the ... Read More
Burnett goes seven in Pirates win
New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey came into Saturday afternoon's game with 16 consecutive scoreless innings. He left allowing a career high seven runs in the shortest outing of his career. The Pittsburgh Pirates offense capitalized off Harvey's [5-2] fastball en route to an 8-2 victory. “We had a plan," Francisco Cervelli said. "It was just a bad day for him and everybody’s going to have a bad day and today was his day. He’s still a great pitcher and still one of the best but the credit is ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/23: Burnett meets Harvey in afternoon contest
The Pittsburgh Pirates hope to earn a series win this afternoon against the New York Mets. The Pirates won a 4-1 contest last night to take game one of the series. Today’s starters: Pirates manager Clint Hurdle offered this assessment of today's pitching battle: “You’ve got the young pitcher that’s really special and you have the old experienced veteran." The Pirates will send A.J. Burnett to the mound against Matt Harvey. Burnett last won his third consecutive outing allowing no ... Read More
Cole, Stewart keys in Pirates win
The battery of Gerrit Cole and Chris Stewart have joined forces five times this season however in Friday night's contest, they showed efforts on both sides of the ball. The Pittsburgh Pirates were able to win 4-1 in front of 33,337. "He knows the intent I have on different pitches and he’s on the same page with me in terms of that aspect," Cole said of his catcher. "He doesn’t let me shake sometimes when he wants a pitch and he thinks it is the right pitch. It actually gives me more ... Read More
Pirates waste scoring opportunities in loss
The Pittsburgh Pirates were hoping for its first comeback from being seven runs down against the same Minnesota Twins ball club they accomplished the feat against on June 10, 2001. The Pirates ultimately came up short, however, losing 8-5. The Pirates outhit the Twins 13-8 but stranded 10 base runners to the Twins three. “We’ve got more guts than good right now," manager Clint Hurdle said. "We battle and we’re going to fight you unfortunately it’s our own hands that we’re digging some of ... Read More