Grilli on Bereavement List, Locke Recalled

Relief pitcher Jason Grilli has been placed on the Bereavement List due to the death of his wife’s grandfather. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the extended Grilli family at this time. To take his place on the roster, pitcher Jeff Locke has been called up from AAA. Locke was part of the 2009 [...]

Series Preview: The Astros

Current record: 14-17, 3rd place (tie) in NL Central, 6.0 games back Up Next: Houston Astros, 14-17, 3rd place (tie) in NL Central, 6.0 games back The battle for 3rd place begins tonight! What, not exciting enough? Then tune in to see 22-yr old Jose Altuve, who’s really fast and has been the surprise best [...]

Series Preview: The Nationals

Current record: 12-16, 4th place in NL Central, 5.5 games back Up Next: Washington Nationals, 18-10, 1st place in NL East, 1.0 game lead The Nats are playing great baseball right now. They have five solid starting pitchers and are allowing the fewest runs per game in the majors (2.9). Old friends Adam LaRoche, Xavier [...]

Weekend Preview: The Reds

Current record: 11-14, 3rd place in NL Central, 5 games back Up Next: Cincinnati Reds, 12-12, 2nd place in NL Central, 3.5 games back The Reds pitching has been pretty bad so far and the offense has been all Joey Votto and Jay Bruce. If the Pirates can keep those two in check and keep hitting [...]

Weekend Preview: The Braves

Sorry for not posting after Wednesday’s game 2. I needed to unplug for a bit but I’m back, refreshed and ready for a packed weekend. For one inning, the bats finally came alive. Fortunately, that was enough. A five-spot in the fifth gave the Bucs all they would need to beat the Rockies, split the [...]

No No-Hitter, No Win

James McDonald was, as they say, on. The Pirates’ offense was, as usual, off. McDonald rolled through seven strong, taking a no-hitter into the 7th. His final line of 7 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 1 ER, 8 K would be good enough to win on almost any day. But not this day; [...]