Last year the Pittsburgh Pirates made their way in to first place in mid-July, being led by the pitching staff. A lot of the strong pitching they received was due to luck. Whether it was high...
The Indianapolis Indians have begun their season with a series win, taking two out of three games from the Toledo Mud Hens. Brad Lincoln made a superb start for the Tribe today and earned his first...
In the first three games of their season-opening series against Hagerstown, West Virginia pitchers walked 20 in 25 innings. The same problem struck again, as Power pitchers walked six more over eight innings, with the walks...
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- After walking off to the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10 inning on Saturday night at PNC Park, the club showed their resiliency yet again against the tough Philly team. The Bucs hit up their second straight walkoff win in...
Last week we went through the position-by-position match-up of the National League champions, Pittsburgh Pirates(110-42) and the American League champions, Detroit Tigers(98-54). A crowd of 29,264 fans packed Forbes Field to watch the hometown Pirates attempt...
The last three starts for right-hander James McDonald were drastically different during Grapefruit League action. McDonald took a no-hitter into the sixth inning on March 24, and overall allowed one run on two hits over seven innings...
The jump from Low-A to Double-A isn't very common. But the organization thought the 22-year-old could handle it, being drafted in the 16-round by Pittsburgh as a college senior out of TCU in 2010. In fact, Curry...
Just two teams playing today as both Altoona and Bradenton take Easter Sunday off. Altoona resumes their schedule on Monday night at home against Akron, the start of a three game series. Bradenton will begin a...
Six former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date. Starting with the most recent one first.
Brian Burres(1981) Pitcher for the 2010-11 Pirates. He started his career as a 31st round selection in the 2000 amateur draft...
The Indianapolis Indians took advantage of a fistful of extra-base hits as well as 4 hits by 2B Jordy Mercer, to earn their first win of the 2012 season. The Tribe needed to hold off a...
