SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 鈥� Dereck Rodriguez pitched seven innings of two-hit ball to continue his sparkling rookie season and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday.Rodriguez (6-1) faced three batters over the minimum, allowing one run with four strikeouts and a walk. ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Matt Carpenter homered in two straight games entering Sunday. By contrast, Jack Flaherty had allowed at least one home run in each of his previous three starts.Carpenter kept his streak going while Flaherty brought his to an end to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 ...
CINCINNATI (AP) 鈥� Corey Dickerson and the Pittsburgh Pirates are so hot even Ivan Nova is contributing at the plate.Dickerson homered for the fourth time in three days, and the Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Sunday for their ninth straight victory.Dickerson and Starling Marte hit ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� One late-inning rally wasn鈥檛 enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates.Trailing and down to their final out on two occasions, the Pirates managed a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that gave them the first five-game sweep in the majors in nearly a dozen years.With two men on ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Nick Kingham pitched six solid innings and had two RBIs, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates avoid a three-game sweep with a 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.In his eighth major league start, Kingham (3-4) allowed one run and four hits with five strikeouts and ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) 鈥� Joe Musgrove pitched seven shutout innings against his hometown team and Jody Mercer homered to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 victory over the sloppy San Diego Padres on Friday night.Musgrove (3-3), a 2011 graduate of Grossmont High in suburban El Cajon, was facing the ...