Marlins & Nationals Wrap Up

Scores: Monday: 3-2 Win at Miami. Lincoln efficient and effective. Box score. Tuesday: 6-2 Loss at Miami. Correia falls apart in 4th. Box score. Wednesday: 7-4 Loss at Washington. Old Bucs beating current Bucs. Box score. Thursday: 5-3 Win at Washington. McDonald & McCutchen lead the way. Box score. Season Record: 18-20, 3rd place in [...]

Astros Wrap Up

Scores: Friday: 1-0 Loss vs Houston. Great pitching, no clutch hitting. Box score. Saturday: 5-2 Win vs Houston. Good team win. Box score. Sunday: 3-2 Win vs Houston. Tie in the ninth, win in extras. Box score. Season Record: 16-18, 3rd place in NL Central, 4 games back Notes: With any offensive execution at all [...]

Sunday Notes

Late Friday night the Pirates acquired Jeff Larish from the Red Sox for cash considerations. Larish is a non-prospect at this point and will go to AAA, where the organization already has several 1B/DH types. Speculation around the internet seems to be that this move only makes since if one of Jake Fox or Matt Hague is [...]

Nationals Wrap Up

Scores: Tuesday: 5-4 Win vs Washington. Burnett stellar, Barajas walk off HR. Box score. Wednesday: 4-2 Win vs Washington. Cutch, bullpen great. Box score. Thursday: 4-2 Loss vs Washington. Correia good but Strasburg rolls. Box score. Season Record: 14-17, 3rd place (tie) in NL Central, 6.0 games back Notes: Three very close games. A.J. Burnett shrugged [...]

Hanrahan on Bereavement List

The Pirates announced today that closer Joel Hanrahan has been placed on the Bereavement List due to the passing of his grandmother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Joel and his family in this time. Daniel McCutchen has been recalled from AAA to take his spot. Kristy Robinson reports that Hanrahan is expected to return to [...]

Evened Up

A brief phone post. Time is short for me this morning. The Pirates held on for a great win against the Braves last night, 4-2. Erik Bedard struck out 9 in 5 innings. Pedro Alvarez had 2 doubles. Jason Grilli and Joel Hanrahan struck 5 in two innings and Nate McLouth overcame resounding boos to [...]