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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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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets – Game 35
When the Pirates had a chance Hurdle had other thoughts. He pinch hit for a pitcher that was cruising in the seventh and then effectively took the bat out of the top four batters in his lineup. Starling Marte sacrifice. Idiotic pinch hit for Travis Snider. First base open? Cutch isn’t getting a pitch. Who…
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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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Pirate Logic, Liriano vs. Marcum
Now that it appears the Liriano deal may be on hold the Pirates are rumored to be interested in Shaun Marcum. What annoys me most is the logic behind these moves. Liriano was signed basically at the expense of Jeff Karstens. The reason Karstens wasn’t signed was because he was an injury risk. Well so…
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers – Game 127
Recap. I guess Jeff Karstens didn’t go skeet shooting, because he was really good. For all you out of market fans, the Pirates came is the free game on MLB.TV today. First Pitch: 1:35 PM EST Where To Watch: Root Sports, MLB.TV, FSWI Mark Rogers, RHP (26) Well hello Mr. Rogers? Have you done…
