The Pittsburgh Pirates have shown the ability to fight back under manager Clint Hurdle. That ability was on display more than once Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field, but as much as the Pirates would fight, a bizarre play ultimately sent them to their third defeat in row, falling victim to the Chicago Cubs 11-10 in 12 innings. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 12th inning, Pirates reliever Radhames Liz got Matt Szczur to pop up to shallow right field. However the Cubs ... Read More
Pirates fall to Phillies; earn series split
The Pittsburgh Pirates had high hopes in their series against the Philadelphia Phillies after winning the first two of a four-game series. Instead, they will fly into Chicago on a two-game losing streak after a 4-2 loss Thursday afternoon. “We had a chance to win a series and we were unable do that. We’ve got work to do," manager Clint Hurdle said. "We’ve got to work on consistency.” Vance Worley [2-3] made his second career start against the Phillies, his former team and did not make it ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/14: Harrison wears many gloves
The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking to win its second consecutive series this afternoon when the team concludes a four-game road series against the Philadelphia Phillies. A 3-2 loss Wednesday night ended a four-game winning streak and pushed the Pirates down to .500 on the season. Steve Lombardozzi was thrown out at home plate by Jeff Francoeur ending the game. Both teams scored their runs in the fifth inning. Today's starters The Pirates will send former Phillie Vance Worley to the ... Read More
Harrison, McCutchen break droughts in Pirates win
Josh Harrison entered the fourth inning of Tuesday's game without a home run in 62 at-bats and without an RBI in 10 days. Both of these streaks changed. With two runners on base, Harrison swung on the first pitch he saw from Sean O'Sullivan [0-2] and placed it in the left field seats. His and Andrew McCutchen's third homers of the season allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies by a 7-2 score. The third inning started when Starling Marte was hit by a pitch and ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/12: Marte’s play draws comparisons, praise
The Pittsburgh Pirates hope to extend their winning streak to four games tonight when they face the Philadelphia Phillies. Last night, the Pirates won 4-3 at Citizens Bank Park with the big hit being Starling Marte's three-run home run, his eighth of the season. Marte has registered a hit in all eight of his games at Citizens Bank Park. Mark Melancon has recorded his 57 career save as Pirates good for eighth in team history. Tonight’s starters The Pirates will send right-handed pitcher ... Read More
Neal Huntington presser 5/10: GM provides updates on Glasnow, Kingham
Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington met with reporters prior to Sunday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals and as always discussed a variety of topics. The question on everyone's mind was an update on Nick Kingham's elbow injury. Outside of the identity of the injury's location and that he was placed on the disabled list, not much was known. “As we know over the years we’re going to wait until we get the second opinion to talk about what might be going on," Huntington ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/9: Morton talks about his rehab start; Hurdle discusses Harrison.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 1-6 in May after an 8-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals last night. The series resumes tonight at 7:05. In the loss, Francisco Liriano had an outing Pirates manager Clint Hurdle referred to as a "mixed bag". Though Liriano struck out 10 batters and limited his walk total to one, he allowed six runs five of which were earned. Liriano was disappointed with his pitch location as he left pitches over the plate that the Cardinals were able to attack, the biggest being a ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/5: Harrison out of lineup, Cole’s honor discussed
The Pittsburgh Pirates have returned to PNC Park after a nine game road trip and will begin a three game series tonight against the Cincinnati Reds. This is the second time these teams have met as the Reds swept the first series with happened to be the opening series to the season. Both teams enter this game with a 12-13 record. Tonight’s starters: Tonight's pitching match-up will feature Pirates left-handed starter Jeff Locke [2-1 4.76 ERA] and Reds right-handed starter Michael Lorenzen ... Read More
Pirates strand 18 runners in extra-inning loss
Jared Hughes got three ground balls, but all three were singles. With Matt Carpenter at the plate, Hughes was unable to get a fourth grounder, instead an opposite field sacrifice fly ended the game. This came in the second consecutive extra-inning 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The loss came in 11 innings. In Friday night's game, the Pirates were unable to provide A.J. Burnett with run support with a Burnett single bringing home one. Liriano pitched eight innings, allowing three ... Read More
Cole eclipses seven innings in Pirates win
The Pittsburgh Pirates struck first in a road series against the Arizona Diamondbacks winning 4-1. This is the first road contest following a 10-game home stand, which ties a season high. Pirates starter Gerrit Cole [3-0] earned the win pitching 7.2 innings while allowing seven hits, a run, two walks and seven strikeouts. Cole threw 108 pitches, 78 for strikes - a 72.2 percent strike rate. It was Cole's longest outing since May 7 last season. "He was crisp and his pitch count was in better ... Read More