Neal Huntington insisted he was not giving a concession speech.However, when the Pittsburgh Pirates鈥� general manager met with reporters before Sunday鈥檚 game against the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park, he sounded like a man trying do the impossible 鈥� running a team that is trying to contend ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� The Pittsburgh Pirates are running out of time. It may already be too late.Ryan Vogelsong pitched four shaky innings in Pittsburgh鈥檚 8-0 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday, closing a disappointing four-game set against the last-place Reds. The Pirates have dropped 11 of 13 ...
Three Thoughts on the Pirates:1. The human elementRegardless of where the Pirates wind up at the end of one the weirdest years in their history, it will be hard to top what happened Wednesday night at PNC Park.The Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3, and reliever Trevor Williams got the ...
Ivan Nova has been unbeatable since the Pirates acquired the right-hander from the New York Yankees on Aug. 1 in a trade.Nova has gone 5-0 in seven starts with a 2.53 ERA and the Pirates have a 6-1 record in those games. Most impressively, he has 32 strikeouts and just two walks in 46 1/3 ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Pirates鈥� chances of making a fourth consecutive postseason appearance are problematic, but one bright spot in the dismal stretch the team is currently in is rookie right-hander Jameson Taillon.Though his record is just 1-3 in nine starts 鈥� not including Wednesday ...
MORGANTOWN 鈥� Will Craig finished his first professional season on Monday afternoon at Monongalia County Ballpark when the West Virginia Black Bears lost, 17-1, to Mahoning Valley in New York-Penn League action.Craig was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 22nd overall pick in the first ...
