Francisco Liriano shuts down Cubs in 1-0 win
Final: Pirates 1, Cubs 0 (box)
WP: Francisco Liriano (3-0, 1.00 ERA)
LP: Jeff Samardzija (2-6, 3.25 ERA)
SV: Mark Melancon (1, 0.72 ERA)
Francisco Liriano isn’t known to be the most efficient of pitchers, but that’s exactly what he was tonight. The lefty, in his third start of the year, tossed seven shutout innings while giving up just two hits. He struck out nine and walked...
Pirates Notebook: Jeff Karstens Talks Rehab, Role With Team
Pitcher Jeff Karstens threw a bullpen session Tuesday afternoon in his continued rehabilitation back to the Major Leagues. Karstens is scheduled to make another rehab start Thursday or Friday.
Jeff Karstens has made one rehab start in Bradenton and one in Altoona.
In his last start Saturday for Altoona, Karstens gave up two hits and two walks for two unearned runs in the first innings...
Pirates 3, Mets 2
You have to feel good about the Bucs taking winning on a day their spot starter went against an ace on the road, and that’s exactly what happened on Sunday afternoon as they finished off a series victory in New York.
Phenom Matt Harvey had a solid afternoon, but was far from dominant. After the Bucs fell behind early, they answered with a home run in the third inning by Clint Barmes...
Pirates 3, Mets 2
Pedro Alvarez hit an RBI single against New York's overworked bullpen, and the Pittsburgh Pirates got a most fortunate bounce in beating the Mets 3-2 Sunday for a series win.
Clint Barmes homered, Garrett Jones had a sacrifice fly and Jeanmar Gomez left with a lead against young ace Matt Harvey in the Pirates' third straight victory in this four-game series. Pittsburgh improved...
Recap: Game 32 - Pirates (7) at Mets (3) - Marcum lit up for six runs
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W: W. Rodriguez (3-2) L: S. Marcum (0-3) S: J. Grilli (14)
HR: PIT - G. Jones (5) Â NYM - A. Recker (1),J. Valdespin (3)
Recap:
Garrett Jones hit a three-run homer to help the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the New York Mets, 7-3, in the second game of a four-game set.
Pedro Alvarez and Starling...
First Pitch: Garrett Jones/Gaby Sanchez Could be the New Moneyball
I’ve talked about platoons a lot this week, first questioning whether Travis Snider should be in a platoon, then pointing out all of the different platoon candidates the Pirates have. In the process I noticed that the platoon at first base is working. Like, really well. Take a look at the numbers and how they stack up to the production every other team is getting from their first...
Pirates 7, Mets 3
The Pirates bounced back nicely from a couple of tough losses with a fairly dominating win on Friday night to even this weekend’s series at one game apiece. The game basically came down to Wandy Rodriguez pitching well, Shaun Marcum pitching poorly, and Garrett Jones having a monster night.
The Bucs jumped out to an early lead in a long and crazy top of the second inning. It started...
Pirates 7, Mets 3
Garrett Jones hit a three-run homer - a call that was correctly overturned by baseball's beleaguered umpires - and Wandy Rodriguez pitched the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-3 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night.
Jones doubled twice and leadoff man Starling Marte also had three hits for the Pirates, who improved to 4-13 at Citi Field. Pittsburgh had lost four of five overall...
First Pitch: Who Wants to Hit a Left-Hander?
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a problem. The team has four spots on the field which could require a platoon, due to the fact that they have so many players who can’t hit left-handers.
The obvious player is Garrett Jones, who is established as a platoon player at this point. In his career, Jones has an .851 OPS against right-handers, and a .590 OPS against left-handers. The Pirates...
Pirates Notebook: Five Things We Have Learned About Pirates Hitters
Andrew McCutchen’s offensive numbers are down, but his approach is better than ever. (Photo Credit: David Hague)
It’s a three-word term you will hear often early in the season: small sample size.
Carlos Gomez leads the NL in batting average? Small sample size. Chris Davis is second in the majors in OPS? Small sample size. B.J. Upton is last in the NL in on-base percentage?
You...
How many of the Pirates regret doing this intro? At minimum, Wandy Rodriguez…
So … that happened.
If I were a Pirates blogger, I would use this GIF every time Clint Hurdle does something dumb.
Initially frightening, then Garrett Jones pops out and becomes instantly cheesy.
Just when I thought Andrew McCutchen couldn’t do any wrong.
Gaby Sanchez … did that.
Clint Barmes invokes a bit of Alonzo Mourning’s famous no-well-okay shrug GIF in the beginning...
2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix, April 30: Replacing Giancarlo Stanton
Giancarlo Stanton has hit the DL with a hamstring issue. To add insult to that injury, he injured his hamstring on the last of five hitless at-bats. Couldn’t have tried to leg out an infield hit in the first, Giancarlo? Jerk…
I won’t pretend to know how serious the injury is or how long he might be out. People may be disseminating such information on Twitter at I’m writing...
Pirates 6, Phillies 4
Gaby Sanchez homered and drove in three runs, and Garrett Jones hit a go-ahead, two-run double to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-4 comeback victory over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies.
Justin Wilson (2-0) pitched two hitless innings in relief of James McDonald and the Pirates, won their third straight and 10th in of 13 games. Taking the four-game series gave Pittsburgh...
Bucs and Cards rained out
Before the game and during the top of the first inning, rain would have been great news for the Pirates. Instead, it ended up hurting them when storms descended upon PNC Park at the end of the second inning.
Jonathan Sanchez was terrible to start the game and allowed two quick runs. The Bucs, however, bounced back beautifully and jumped all over Jake Westbrook in the bottom of the...
First Pitch: What Really Led to the Comeback by the Pirates
So if you were on Twitter during the game, you saw this. If not, here’s the story of what really led to the Pirates comeback today. James Santelli has been working on a Garrett Jones article this week, which took a lot of research and time to put together. You can check it out here: Analysis: Teams Should Shift Their Infield More Against Garrett Jones.
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Analysis: Teams Should Shift Their Infield More Against Garrett Jones
Garrett Jones is one of the biggest pull hitters in baseball. (Photo credit: David Hague)
The Pirates did not need much help to hit into outs over the first week of the season, they were doing a good job all by themselves. Cubs manager Dale Sveum decided to make life a little more difficult for one of the Bucs’ best hitters, Garrett Jones.
On Opening Day, Sveum shifted his infield...
D-backs dealt second straight loss by Pirates
PHOENIX (AP) -- Garrett Jones had three hits and two RBIs, Starling Marte drove in two runs and scored twice, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 Tuesday night for their first winning streak of the season.
Pittsburgh has snapped out of its offensive funk in the desert, winning the first two games of the series by scoring 11 runs -- three more than in the...
Pirates 6, Diamondbacks 5
Garrett Jones had three hits and two RBIs, Starling Marte drove in two runs and scored twice, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 Tuesday night for their first winning streak of the season.
Pittsburgh has snapped out of its offensive funk in the desert, winning the first two games of the series by scoring 11 runs - three more than the first six games combined...
Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Players for April 9th, 2013
by Adam JenkinsFantasy EditorGarrett Jones, Photo: Keith Allison, Flickr.comDaily Fantasy Baseball Value Hitter of the Day-Â Garrett Jones, Pittsburgh PiratesAlthough he's off to a slow start this year, Jones is traditionally a killer of right-handed pitching (.278/.346/.502 for his career) and he's facing right-hander Brandon McCarthy in Arizona tonight. McCarthy got lit...
Pirates Win 5-3, Wandy Rodriguez Suffers Hamstring Tightness
Garrett Jones hit his first homer of the season. (Photo credit: David Hague)
The Pirates finally got a few runs to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-3. Andrew McCutchen and Travis Snider both drove in two runs to break Pittsburgh’s four-game losing skid Monday night.
The good news of a victory was mitigated, though, by the third-inning exit of Pirates starter Wandy Rodriguez. The...
Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 3
Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs, Garrett Jones homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Monday night.
McCutchen doubled in a run in the Pirates' three-run first inning and broke a 3-all tie with his sacrifice fly after Starling Marte's leadoff triple in the fifth.
Jeanmar Gomez (1-0) got the victory...
Pirates end D-backs' win streak at four games
PHOENIX (AP) -- Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs, Garrett Jones homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Monday night.
McCutchen doubled in a run in the Pirates' three-run first inning and broke a 3-all tie with his sacrifice fly after Starling Marte's leadoff triple in the fifth.
Jeanmar Gomez (1...
Pittsburgh Pirates Home Run Watch
The Pirates are the only MLB team without a home run this season. I could easily delve into all kinds of other stats to tell you how miserable the offense has been, but I’m going to stick with that simple one and keep track of these things daily until they finally hit a Bucco Blast.
Games without a home run:Â 5
At-bats without a home run:Â 145
2012 National League AB/HR rate:Â...
First Pitch: Who Should Bat Second?
Russell Martin is one of three hitters who have hit second in the first four games. Photo credit: David Hague
At the end of Spring Training, the Pittsburgh Pirates started using Garrett Jones as a number two hitter. I wrote about the topic during the final week, and noted that Clint Hurdle said the team was also looking at Neil Walker, Russell Martin, and Travis Snider as other options...
First Pitch: Bringing the Designated Hitter to the National League
Maury Brown of Biz of Baseball had an article today talking about why the DH is likely coming to the National League. Brown notes that the DH seems inevitable now that there are 15 teams in each league, and interleague play all year long. He also notes some of the roadblocks, such as the fact that adding a DH to the National League will drive up total salaries. Brown finished by...
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