Jung Ho Kang returned with a bang.Kang hit two home runs Friday night to power the Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Cardinals at St. Louis after being activated from the disabled list prior to the game.It was an impressive return from a knee injury sustained last September that was so bad it ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Batting average, once the gold standard for judging a hitter蘑菇视频 ability, has been marginalized in this era of data-driven baseball.It is indeed easy to make a case that on-base percentage and slugging percentage are two measures that significantly paint a better picture of a ...
Andrew McCutchen made Pirates history this past Tuesday night when he hit three home runs in a 9-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver.McCutchen became just the fourth player in franchise to have multi three-home run games, joining a trio of Hall of Famers in Ralph Kiner ...
With the small-sample caveat of the season being barely more than three weeks old, the Pirates鈥� decision to use unconventional batting orders has been a success so far.The Pirates entered Monday night蘑菇视频 game against the Colorado Rockies at Denver leading the major leagues in on-base ...
Scoring nine runs in a game is a good offensive output under almost any circumstance.However, when the Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 last Sunday at PNC Park, it seemed as if the offense sputtered to some degree.Perhaps it was because the Pirates scored nine runs despite putting ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Back in the 1970s, Al Oliver was often said to be the most underrated player in baseballHe played in the shadow of Roberto Clemente and then Willie Stargell on some fearsome power-hitting Pirates teams. Both are now Hall of Famers.Starling Marte, in many ways, is becoming the Al ...