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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers – Game 38
The Pirates have played three four game series thus far. They have lost the first game in every single one of them. They have also won every single series. That’s a pretty tough thing to do. Hopefully they do it again against the hated Brewers. This ten game homestand is about as big as can…
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets – Game 36
A slew of roster moves coming? First things first Francisco Liriano is going to make his debut. To clear his spot the Pirates sent Duke Welker back to AAA. Welker didn’t pitch at all for the Pirates. Despite being up by five runs last night the Pirates used three bullpen arms, potentially making one unavailable…
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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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Pirates drop rubber match to Nationals
Today’s rubber game of a 3-game series against the Nationals started with a Pirates lead, stayed close for most of the game, but ultimately ended in a 6-2 loss. Gio Gonzalez took the win while Wandy Rodriguez received the loss. Wandy put the Nats down in order in the 1st inning before starting the 2nd…
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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…
