ĢƵ

close

Pirates

PITTSBURGH — ItĢƵ only four games, but Pittsburgh is in first place in the National League Central following a 5-4 victory over Minnesota on Monday afternoon in the home opener at PNC Park.The Pirates have won their last five home openers. PittsburghĢƵ last setback on opening day at PNC ...

<em>(The following is an excerpt from “Pirates Guide 2018 — the ultimate Pirates season preview book,” which goes on sale today. Brought to you by the same folks behind Piratesbreakdown.com, featuring frequent ĢƵ baseball contributor Jason Rollison, “Pirates ...

Pirates down Nats, 11-8, in season finale

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gio Gonzalez gave up five runs in the first inning of yet another concerning outing for a Washington Nationals starting pitcher, and the NL East champions wrapped up the regular season Sunday with an 11-8 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.Gonzalez (15-9) needed 39 pitches ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals are running out of time to make their September surge extend their season beyond the first day of October.Seung Hwan OhĢƵ difficult season hit another low point when he surrendered a go-ahead two-run homer to PittsburghĢƵ Starling Marte in the ...

Reds top Bucs, 5-2

CINCINNATI (AP) — PittsburghĢƵ Gerrit Cole was on his way to a second straight impressive start on Sunday in Cincinnati.A Reds offensive burst derailed him.Cole allowed one hit through five innings before Eugenio Suarez and Scooter Gennett hit two-run home runs in the sixth to back Robert ...

Polanco could benefit most with strong finish

Perhaps no Pittsburgh Pirates regular can benefit more from a strong finish to 2017 than Gregory Polanco.Polanco missed nearly a month of the 2017 season, though an argument could be made that he was practically invisible prior to his latest hamstring injury.It has been a season full of ...