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
Mother’s Day edition of the PSN video cast
Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there! On today's show, we will discuss the Steelers draft with Jeff Snedden and Steeler Depot's Alex Kozora, as well as Game 6 of the Penguins-Rangers and the Pirates stellar play leading up to their Sunday night game with the Cardinals. Watch the show LIVE right here: ... 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
Pirates Get to Lincecum Early, Take Series from Giants
Gerrit Cole followed Charlie Morton's lead by going eight strong innings on Wednesday afternoon following Morton's eight strong last night. Cole also recorded the teams first starting pitching win in 20 days as the Pirates (14-20) defeated the Giants (21-13) 4-3 to take the three-game set. Cole didn't get off to the start he wanted when Brandon Belt took a belt-high fastball into the right-centerfield seats with two outs in the first. He wouldn't be trailing long as the Pirates struck back in ... Read More
Marte Walks-Off on a Replay Reversal
The Pirates and Giants made history in the oddest way as an overturned replay gave the Bucs their fifth walk-off of the season in a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night. With two outs in the ninth, Starling Marte hit a Tim Hudson fastball off of the Clemente wall for an apparent triple. The relay throw went to third, but went past third basemen Pablo Sandoval. Marte then took off towards the plate and slid head-first at catcher Buster Posey. Posey applied the tag and home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott ... Read More