The Milwaukee Brewers snapped the Pittsburgh Pirates eight-game winning streak in extra innings when Logan Schafer hit a go-ahead single which scored Nevin Ashley in the 13th inning of the Brewers 6-4 victory over the Pirates at PNC Park on Thursday night. The Pirates have now lost their past seven contests against the Brewers. A.J. Burnett made the start and allowed three first-inning runs in his return from injury. Scooter Gennett led off the game with a double, his 14th of the ... Read More
Pirates pregame 9/10: Burnett returns to the mound
The Pittsburgh Pirates return to PNC Park for their first home game in the month of September. The opponent is a familiar one in the Milwaukee Brewers. This is the last series between these two teams in 2015. The Pirates have lost their past six contests against the Brewers and are 6-9 against them this season. Tonight, A.J. Burnett makes his return to the Pirates rotation and will face Wily Peralta. Burnett is returning from right elbow inflammation and missed 37 games overall. He is ... Read More
Opinion: the Pirates can still win the NL Central
Are you really surprised? The Pirates are headed for another season on the back burner of the NL Central; another season headed for a wildcard berth, and another season in which the St. Louis Cardinals give Pirates fans extra gray hairs that they (and I) could seriously live without. Despite playing in the toughest division in baseball, the Pirates would have a multi-game lead over the current leader in four of the five other divisions. Let that just sink in for a moment. A team cursed by ... Read More
AM Joe: Deebo or Batman?
Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here's your day in sports for Thursday, September 10, 2015. What's on tap for today: The Pirates (83-55) are back at PNC Park after a 4-5 road trip to Milwaukee, St. Louis and Cincinnati. A.J. Burnett (above) will make his return to the starting rotation after missing six weeks with a forearm injury. The Bucs are hosting the Brewers for four games this weekend. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. ROOT Sports Pittsburgh The Steelers will kick off the 2015 National ... Read More
Burnett makes return to Pirates rotation Thursday
Following Monday afternoon's loss to the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle announced that A.J. Burnett will return to pitch for the team Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Hurdle laid out the rotation for assembled media and this was later confirmed by the Pirates. Francisco Liriano and J.A. Happ will throw as scheduled in the remaining two games against the Reds and Burnett will follow along with Charlie Morton and Jeff Locke. This news means a few ... Read More
Cole’s pitching helps Pirates cause in series win
It was 13 years ago when Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole sat in the stands of Angel Stadium rooting for John Lackey to win game seven of the 2002 World Series for the then Anaheim Angels. Fast forward to Sunday night and Cole was pitching against Lackey. The Pirates defeated the Cardinals 7-1 to earn a series sweep. In fact, Cole [16-8] hit a single off Lackey [11-9] in the top of the seventh inning which placed the Pirates in front by two runs. It was Cole's first RBI in 2015 and ... Read More
AM Joe: Pa. Little League team comes up just short
Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here's your day in sports for Monday, August 31, 2015. What's on tap for today: The Pirates (79-50) have a well-deserved day off today after playing 20 games in the last 20 days. Not all of the Pirates will have the day off, however, as general manager Neal Huntington will be working the phones up until the 11:59 p.m. waiver trade deadline. While the big deals usually take place in July, the waiver trade period is still a time when teams can acquire talented ... Read More
Pirates GM Huntington: Glasnow not on radar for September call up.
It is the time of the season in which the Pittsburgh Pirates start to make its September call-ups. With that in mind, general manager Neal Huntington spoke on that topic among others in his traditional Sunday home game press conference. On A.J. Burnett's outing: “The report from [pitching coach Ray Searage] was that he threw the ball really well and it was a positive step in his direction. He’ll throw a real sim game in St. Louis and they’ll get a feel for how A.J. is going and if we add ... Read More
Burnett pain-free after bullpen session
A.J. Burnett spoke with assembled media members and provided an update on his recovery from right elbow inflammation. Burnett was first placed on the disabled list on July 31, and threw at PNC Park before the Pirates Though it was originally reported that Burnett would throw a three-inning simulated game, he ended up throwing close to 70 pitches and about five innings. "The first inning was 16 pitches, sat, threw 12, sat, threw 20 sat, threw eight or nine sat, and then did it again," Burnett ... Read More
Bucs are back home for three-game series with the Rockies
The Pittsburgh Pirates return home for a three-game homestand against the Colorado Rockies. In tonight's game Francisco Liriano will face Jon Gray. Liriano is 1-2 with a 5.48 ERA in four career starts. In his last start he won against the San Francisco Giants allowing two runs [neither earned] on seven hits in 5.1 innings of work. The Pirates have won each of Liriano's last 10 starts this matches their second-longest in the last 44 years in games started by a particular pitcher. The ... Read More