Pirates' right-hander Kyle McPherson has seven major league appearances. His first start will be Wednesday night against the Brewers. He has posted a 1.54 ERA in 11 2/3 innings of relief in his first taste of the major leagues but has started only three games above the Class AA level. PiratesDugout.com's George Von Benko caught up with McPherson on Tuesday prior to his first big league start.
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September 20, 2012
Neil Walker picked up two of the three hits that the Pirates were able to counter off the Brewers’ Yovani Gallardo on Tuesday night at PNC Park. But it was towards the end of that nine inning game that Manager Clint Hurdle said that Walker, who felt strong in the middle of the game, felt that get away from him late. It’s what forced Walker out of the lineup on Wednesday as he...
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September 19, 2012
It’s not a surprise to me that the Pirates haven’t been placing much emphasis on the running game this year. They’ve been taking that approach in the minors the last few years, having pitchers focus on the batter at the plate, rather than holding the runner on first base. It makes sense from a development standpoint. You want a young pitcher to work on repeating his delivery...
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September 20, 2012
Andrew McCutchen is batting .340 this season for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is currently in second place in the National League batting race, .006 behind the leader. While Major League Baseball generally never roots for one player to hit higher than another, this is one instance where MLB needs to root for McCutchen to overtake the current leader and capture the N.L...
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September 20, 2012
Great line from CBS Sports' Danny Knobler tonight:
Yes, it's true. Chad Qualls has been absolutely horrible. Tonight the Pittsburgh Pirates had a 7-4 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers, and then enter Chad Qualls.
Qualls got one out and managed to give up three earned runs, eliminating the Pirates' lead. His ERA is, as Knobler mentions, 7.94. For the season...
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September 20, 2012
The Pirates are 74-74. They haven't been under .500 since they were 24-25 on May 29th. Given the way things have gone of late, this may be the very last moment that the 2012 Pirates were an above-average baseball team. That ... is pretty sad.
The first pitch today is at 4:05, with Wandy Rodriguez and Mike Fiers on the mound. Also, you may have noticed WHYGAVS is a bit...
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September 18, 2012
An incredible run over the last month has vaulted the Milwaukee Brewers into the thick of the NL wild-card race.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are right there with them, but they've hardly resembled a playoff team lately.
The surging Brewers look to continue their astonishing playoff push in Tuesday night's opener with the Pirates, who might be weary after arriving home this morning...
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September 20, 2012
Remember about a month ago when the Pirates’ collapse was in full swing but some yinzers were still clamoring about how the Bucs might not make the playoffs but they’d still snap the streak? Would love to hear from those guys now after the Pirates lost 3-1 to the Brewers and have hit the .500 mark for the first time since June 2.
They’re 2-8 in their last 10, 7-18 in their...
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September 18, 2012
One of my very least aspects of being a Pirate fan is the sliding scale of expectations that comes with hopelessness. When a team enters a season with no real expectation to contend, win values are more or less meaningless. It sounds strange to say, wins and losses are meaningless distinctions once you separate out playoff teams from non-playoff teams; there are a million different...
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September 18, 2012
The Pirates and Cubs didn’t get under way until 11:42 PM eastern time thanks to a rain delay, but the Bucs actually made it worth the wait with a solid win.
Kevin Correia was remarkable. He pitched probably his best game as a Pirate, completely sailing through the Cubs lineup with no problems at all. He allowed just two hits over seven innings, both singles by Darwin Barney. The...
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September 19, 2012
Even Roberto Clemente hats couldn’t keep the Pirates from getting shutout 6-0 to the Brewers last night, a game that started 12 hours after the Bucs got home from Monday’s game in Chi-Town that started at 11:30…P.M. Having Chad Qualls and Tony Watson still on the roster didn’t help much either.
AJ Burnett started off pretty sloppy but he buckled down and ended up giving...
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September 19, 2012
Sooo Major League Baseball is really going to screw Andrew McCutchen out of his first batting title by giving it to the guy that’s suspended for taking performance enhancers? If you ask the commissioner, then yes. According to an ESPN article based on a Bud Selig interview, if Melky Cabrera wins the batting title while suspended, he’s the king…even though he cheated.
Cabrera...
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September 18, 2012
I’m not sure what MLB was thinking yesterday. If the game was that important it could be made up at the end. Not only that but why was it even a night game? Most games at Wrigley are day games, including the other three games of this series. Why have a getaway game at night? [...]
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