The Pittsburgh Pirates (17-22) evened up their series against the Milwaukee Brewers tonight, winning 4-1 behind a solid performance from SP Francisco Liriano. Bryan Morris, Tony Watson, and Mark Melancon finished off the final three innings, with Melancon racking up save number five since taking over for injured closer Jason Grilli. The Brewers (25-15) were unable to get anything going against Liriano until scoring the tying run on a Jeff Bianchi sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth ... Read More
Pirates Drop Road Trip Opener to Brewers 5-2
The Pirates (16-22) seemed to be on a bit of a roll after taking three consecutive series during the home stand, but once again a trip to Milwaukee veered the Bucs back into the losing column on Tuesday night. The Pirates wasted a solid Gerrit Cole start, a lost to the Brewers 5-2 in front of 24,176 at Miller Park. Cole went 5.2 innings, giving up seven hits and three runs while striking out six. After a Rickie Weeks infield single in the 6th drove in Jean Segura with the Brewers third run, ... Read More
Errors Cost Pirates Series Sweep
The Pirates loaded the bases with no out and the tying run on third in the ninth, but weren't able to convert as they fell to the Cardinals 6-5 on Sunday Night Baseball in front of 32,605 at PNC Park and a national TV audience looking on. A costly error in the first proved to be the deal breaker as the Pirates (16-21) were unable to dig themselves out of an early hole. They did try however, as they got to within one in the ninth off of Cardinals (19-19) closer Trevor Rosenthal after Neil ... Read More
Pirates Gameday 5/11: Lineups & Gaby Sanchez Discusses Playing Right Field
Good afternoon from PNC Park where tonight a national ESPN audience will have their eyes focused on Pittsburgh and the Pirates (16-20) as they look to complete a three-game sweep over the Cardinals (18-19). Charlie Morton (0-4, 3.45 ERA) will take the hill for the Bucs as he will oppose Shelby Miller (4-2, 3.20 ERA). Roster Move The Pirates have recalled OF Jaff Decker from AAA Indianapolis and have optioned INF Brent Morel to AAA. Morel struck out in one plate appearance with the ... Read More
Pirates Big Inning Pushes Bucs Past Cardinals
The Pirates (16-20) put four runs up in the fourth inning and the bullpen shut the door over the final 4 1/3 innings as the Bucs defeated the Cardinals (18-19) on Saturday night. Pirates starter Edinson Volquez cruised through the first before getting into trouble in the second. He allowed two hits and a walk to begin the inning then hit Peter Bourjos to load the bases before allowing a run to score on a 5-4-3 double play. Volquez then threw a wild pitch to Cardinals starter Lance Lynn to make ... Read More
Pirates Gameday 5/10: Lineups, Hurdle Discusses Turnarounds
Good afternoon from a rainy PNC Park where tonight the Pirates (15-20) look to continue their win streak against the Cardinals (18-18). Edinson Volquez (1-3, 4.19 ERA) looks to turn things around against Lance Lynn (4-1, 3.51 ERA). Andrew McCutchen is not in tonight's lineup. The clubhouse was closed before the lineup was posted. More updates on this after the game. Wandy to Come Off DL Clint Hurdle has officially announced that Wandy Rodriguez will start on Thursday in Milwaukee. It will be ... Read More
Walker Homer Propels Pirates Past Cardinals
Neil Walker sent a 2-2 pitch by Carlos Martinez into the Clemente seats to help the Pirates (15-20) get past the Cardinals (18-18) 6-4 in the first game of a weekend three-game set. Walker finished off the three-run rally started by a Jordy Mercer single -- who finished 3-for-4 on the night with a double and run scored -- and a Gaby Sanchez pinch-hit single. After Jose Tabata bunted the two into scoring position, Walker provided the big blow a pitch after he nearly connected, but hit foul. "It ... Read More
Pirates Gameday 5/9: Lineups, Suspensions Given, DL Update
Good afternoon from PNC Park where the Pirates (14-20) begin a three-game weekend series with the St. Louis Cardinals (18-17). Francisco Liriano (0-3, 4.54 ERA) will again look for win #1 tonight against Michael Wacha (2-3, 2.55 ERA), who is making his first start at PNC since his dominating performance in game 4 of last seasons NLDS. Suspensions Handed Out MLB has made a ruling on the appeals from Travis Snider and Russel Martin. Both rulings were upheld and Snider will serve his two games ... Read More
Pirates Join Forces with GovX.com on Military Ticket Program at PNC Park
This season the Pittsburgh Pirates and GovX.com have joined together to offer exclusive ticketing discounts to benefit and honor military service members at PNC Park. Upgraded for 2014, the Pirates and GovX.com launched their online verification ticketing service exclusive to members of the U.S. Military (active, reserve, veteran and retired). The service provides specially priced Pirates tickets to all Sunday through Friday home games to this deserving group throughout the 2014 baseball ... Read More
A Busy Week for the Morris Family
Pirates relief pitcher Bryan Morris isn't the only person in his family that's busy this time of year. Hours before Morris secured his third victory of the season in the Pirates 8-6 comeback win over the Blue Jays on Saturday, his wife Chelsey was running the streets of Pittsburgh. Chelsey is an avid runner and participated in the Pittsburgh Half Marathon on Saturday where she finished 16th in her division, 52nd in the women's division and 297th overall. "She did pretty good," said ... Read More