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Locked in and Cutched out
Jeff Locke delivered another dominant start, and Andrew McCutchen had a role in all three Pirates runs in tonight’s 3-0 win over the Dodgers. What else is there to say about Jeff Locke? He simply shut down the opposing team’s lineup, as he’s done so often this season. He needed just 75 pitches to get…
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Pirates swept in Los Angeles
The Pirates scored runs today! A Pirates player homered today! And the Pirates’ pitching allowed 6 runs, too many for Andrew McCutchen’s 2-run homerun to overcome. Jeff Locke made his 1st start of 2013 for the Pirates today, and he allowed the Dodgers to tie the score at 2 in the bottom of the 1st…
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Pirates’ offense falls short again
AJ Burnett pitched well, but the Pirates offense hasn’t woken up yet. Facing the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw didn’t help, of course. He pitched 7 innings and allowed just 2 hits. AJ needed 108 pitches to get through 5.1 innings, but he only allowed 1 run off 4 hits and 4 walks. That run came in…
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Jonathan Sanchez strong in Pirates debut
Jonathan Sanchez surprised a lot of people in his first start tonight for the Pirates, pitching 5 innings and giving up 3 runs. A pitchers’ duel between Zack Greinke and Jonathan Sanchez isn’t exactly what most were expecting. Unfortunately, the Pirates’ offense hasn’t woken up yet. They gave Jonathan no run support, and there was…
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Adam LaRoche: where does he fit?
On Friday, Adam LaRoche rejected a $13.3 million one-year offer from the Washington Nationals, the team he’s been with for the past two years. the $13.3 million offer was the average of the previous year’s top 125 salaries in baseball. However, although Adam rejected the offer, the Nationals can still try to re-sign him. If…
