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Bucs’ 21-hit attack best in 11 years

When the Pirates rapped out 21 hits on Wednesday night in a 9-3 win over the Tigers at Detroit, it marked their biggest total in nearly 11 years.The Pirates also had 21 hits on May 13, 2003, in an 11-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in the second game of a doubleheader at Denver. Current ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Jeff Locke allowed just two runs in six innings, Jung Ho Kang hit a two-run home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the struggling Chicago White Sox 3-2 Wednesday night for their seventh straight win.The Pirates, who had thrown three straight shutouts — and five in the ...

Right-hander A.J. BurnettÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ six-start winning streak, which came to an end Monday night in a 2-0 loss to Milwaukee, was impressive, especially in light of the fact he won just eight games all last season in a National League-high 34 starts with the Philadelphia Phillies.However, Burnett did ...

PITTSBURGH -- How Kevin NewmanÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ career turns out won’t necessarily make or break this yearÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Pirates’ draft.The University of Arizona shortstop was chosen in the first round Monday night with the 19th overall pick in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The draft, which ...

The torn elbow ligaments suffered by top prospects Jameson Taillon and Nick Kingham over the last two years have only served to remind the Pirates about one of baseballÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ basic truths.You can never have enough pitching.With that in mind, the Pirates are leaning toward taking a high school ...

Cole streak impressive, but …

Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole took a streak of 16 starts in a row in which he had walked two batters or fewer into last night's game against the Braves at Atlanta.While it is an impressive streak for a young pitcher, it is just the 31st-longest by a Pirates’ hurler since 1914, when records ...