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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 68
It was basically the Jeff Locke and Andrew McCutchen show last night. Locke with one of the better pitching performances we’ve seen from a Pirate, Cutch playing a role in all three runs. Clint Hurdle tried his best to take a clothes hanger to it but Mark Melancon and Jason Grilli were able to work…
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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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Number 22 gives Pirates win number 22
Last night, everything went the Brewers’ way. Tonight, the Pirates caught their share of breaks and did what they needed to get to the 12th inning and win, 4-3, on Andrew McCutchen’s walkoff homerun. The win was the Pirates’ 22nd of the year; it’s fitting that number 22 won the game. Early on, tonight’s game…
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Pirates take advantage of Marcum to get win
The Pirates faced another struggling pitcher tonight, and this time they made him pay. Shaun Marcum lasted only four and a third innings, and Wandy Rodriguez gave up just one run as the Pirates won game two of the four-game series, 7-3. When Marcum struck out the first two batters he faced and then got…
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Pedro’s hot bat not enough as Bucs fall to Mets
Pedro Alvarez drove in 2 runs for the Pirates tonight, but it wasn’t enough as they dropped game one of the four-game series with the Mets, 3-2. After a combined hitless inning and a half by both starting pitchers, Jeff Locke got himself into some trouble in the 2nd inning. John Buck singled to start…
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Clint Hurdle is drunk
A 5-4 loss to the Washington Nationals. I can normally deal with that. Stephen Strasburg pitched for the Nats. They are supposed to be one of the best teams in the NL. The bullpen was horribly mismanaged in the loss but that is to be expected. Clint Hurdle has done this before. Even then, I…
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals – Game 30
Boy. That Andrew McCutchen really kills the Nationals doesn’t he? Cutch has eleven homers against the Natinals (not a mistake). The only team he has more against is the Brewers. That’s stunning considering the Nationals are 13th in starts against for Cutch. In 24 games Cutch has a slash line of .456/.514/.933 for an OPS…
