Josh Harrison has been a utility piece for the Pirates over the past couple of years, but he's now making the case to be an everyday player. Harrison has shined this year in right field and the lead-off spot after Travis Snider and Jose Tabata failed to consistently produce in their times at the position. Through 39 games, Harrison has put up a career-high .278/.320/.774 line with four doubles, two triples, three home runs and 10 RBI. His calm demeanor can be attributed to a one day at a ... Read More
Jordy Mercer experiment needs to end
There have been many problems surrounding the start of the 2014 season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, which span everything from pitching to hitting to defense. Manager Clint Hurdle is in a position where he must make changes before it is too late. One of those changes should involve shortstop Jordy Mercer. Mercer became a fan favorite last season and for good reasons. He was producing with the bat and it got Clint Barmes out of the lineup on an everyday basis, which pleased most Pirates ... Read More
Pirates Get Clutch Hitting, Beat Dodgers 6-3
Gerrit Cole provided another quality start and the offense produced timely hitting as the Pirates (24-29) took the first game of a four-game set from the Dodgers (29-26) 6-3. The Pirates used most of their lineup to get the job done as five different players scored and recorded RBI's in the contest via the long-ball and small-ball. Pedro Alvarez started the scoring with a solo home run to right in the second to tie things at one and Russell Martin hit one out in the sixth with the game ... Read More
Pirates Can’t Get to Colon, Lose 5-0
Bartolo Colon continued his effectiveness against the Pirates throwing 7 1/3 strong shutout innings in a Mets 5-0 victory over the Bucs on Wednesday afternoon. Colon struck out nine Pirates while allowing only five hits over 121 pitches as the Mets bullpen has been overused in the past couple days. The only real threat came in the eighth as Colon began to fatigue with the Mets up 3-0. Josh Harrison led the inning off with a deep fly to center that was tracked down by Mets centerfielder ... Read More
Pirates face major 9-game test
Very rarely can you look at a series or two towards the end of May and label it critical to a team's success for the season. But that is exactly the case for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Bucs began a critical 10-game road trip in New York on Memorial Day that very well could determine whether or not Clint Hurdle's team will be contenders in 2014. Even though the Pirates have been a bit disappointing so far this season, they really can't complain about their situation as they entered ... Read More
Sanchez Sparks Comeback in Big Apple
On Memorial Day in Flushing, NY, the Pittsburgh Pirates (23-27) scored five in the final two innings to earn a comeback victory against the New York Mets (22-28). After squandering a number of opportunities in the early innings against rookie Jacob deGrom, Gaby Sanchez hit a pinch-hit solo home run off of Scott Rice to lead off the eighth inning, cutting a 2-0 Mets lead in half. Later in the inning, against flame-throwing reliever Jose Valverde, Jose Tabata drove in Starling Marte to tie the ... Read More
Liriano Continues Struggles, Bucs Fall 5-2
Francisco Liriano dug the Pirates an early hole that they couldn't get out of as the Nationals (25-25) avoided the four-game sweep with a 5-2 victory over the Pirates (22-27) on Sunday afternoon. Liriano's struggles began right away as he allowed a lead off double to Denard Span and a walk to Anthony Rendon. Liriano retired the next two batters, but allowed Span to score on a wild pitch and Rendon on a RBI single by Ian Desmond. Liriano settled down through innings 2-4 before getting into ... Read More
Pirate of the Week: Josh Harrison
The Pittsburgh Pirates have won four straight games in front of their home crowd. A big reason for that is outfielder Josh Harrison. This past week, Harrison helped the Pirates to a 4-1 record, including a 3-2 win over the Washington Nationals Saturday when he drove in the go-ahead run. With his team tied 2-2 with the Nats in the seventh inning, Harrison singled in Starling Marte to put Pittsburgh ahead. It was Harrison's lone hit of the game, but he made it count when the team needed him the ... Read More
May 24 edition of PSN video cast
We are LIVE! Join the guys as they talk Polanco, the Pirates' streak, Wandy getting DFA'd, Josh Harrison, the Pens and more! ... Read More
Cole, Pirates Outduel Strasburg 3-2
The Cole/Strasburg matchup lived up to it's hype on Saturday night in front of a sold out crowd at PNC Park and a semi-national Baseball Night in America FOX audience as the Pirates came back to beat the Nationals 3-2. Strasburg seemed to have the game in hand with the Nationals (24-25) leading 2-1 heading into the seventh, but the Pirates (22-26) took a chapter from the 2013 squad and bounced back. Russell Martin started the inning off with a single. He was moved to third with one out on a ... Read More