Pirates 4, Brewers 3
A walk off homer by Andrew McCutchen gave the Bucs a thrilling 12-inning win over the Brewers on Tuesday night.
Cutch had hit two balls very well earlier in the game only to see them die at the warning track, and he had suffered a similar fate in Monday’s game. When he flew out to the right-center field wall in the seventh, though, it showed that he was ready to go off – heâ...
Game 39: Pirates 3 Brewers 2
There were plenty of things to like in this game (a partial list: Jeff Locke was strong again, Bryan Morris and Vin Mazzaro both turned in solid relief performances and have both been generally pretty good besides one bad outing apiece, Clint Hurdle used both Jason Grilli and Mark Melancon appropriately in a tie game (and I know that many managers do this in extra inning games at...
Game 39 Preview: Pirates vs. Brewers
Brewers (16-20) at Pirates (21-17)
7:05 PM–PNC Park, Pittsburgh
MLB.com Gameday
TV: ROOT
 The Bucs look to even this week’s series with the Brewers tonight at PNC. It’s a four game set, and the Bucs have played three of those so far. In all three of them, they lost the first game and went on to win the next three. Let’s hope that trend continues.
Some good pregame news:...
Brewers look to keep offense going for Lohse
Runs have been difficult to come by at times for the Milwaukee Brewers, and scoring essentially has been a problem each time Kyle Lohse pitches.
Reversing that trend, though, may not be easy against Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jeff Locke, who takes the mound at home Tuesday night.
The Brewers (16-20) have been outscored by 25 runs while losing nine of 11 this month, beginning with...
Pirates Notebook: Four Things We Have Learned About Pirates Pitchers
A.J. Burnett is behind only Yu Darvish in strikeouts this year. (Photo Credit: David Hague)
We took a look on Monday at five Pirates hitters and which stats have a large enough 2013 sample size for us to see year-to-year changes.
Now it’s time for the pitchers. Remember a couple important caveats. First, batting statistics tend to be more reliable than hitting statistics, especially...
Jeff Locke is a bit of a puzzle
It's no secret that the just-concluded homestand against the Nats and Mariners was pretty disappointing. The Pirates went 2-3 over the five games, though they could've pretty easily gone 4-1. Of course, none of that matters now; the Pirates now have 11 games in the next 11 days and so the focus turns to winning as many of them as possible. This stretch kicks off with four...
Game Chatter: Dillon Gee vs. Jeff Locke (5/9/13)
Mets begin a series with the Pirates where they will see a bunch of LHP, including tonight. No Ike Davis in the lineup for the 7:10 PM start.
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Game 34 Preview: Pirates at Mets
Pirates (18-15) at Mets (13-17)
7:10 PM–Citi Field, New York
MLB.com Gameday
TV: MLB.TV (Free today, but blacked out in Pittsburgh)
The Bucs are in the Big Apple for the weekend as they get set to take on the Mets in a four game series. The Mets aren’t all that interesting of a team and it looks like they’re going to be stuck battling Philly for 3rd in the NL East behind the...
MLB Game Picks - Thursday: May 9, 2013
Yesterday's pick started off 8-0 and I was like, whoa. I was thinking that the day could be historic. But then the Red Sox could not get any Twins out. And somehow, the Yankees beat the Rockies. Then I stupidly picked the Mets and the Brewers to win. And then in the last game of the night, the Dodgers--the Game of the Day featuring Clayton Kershaw--lost. And there was no history...
Game Preview: Pirates vs Mets
The Mets fresh off of a split with the White Sox start a four game series with the Pirates tonight. Last night the Mets offense was flat, and too little too late. It wasn’t until the end of the game where the Mets started to get hits but they still couldn’t get runs. Anyway, Pittsburgh comes to town today and they are second in the NL Central with a 18-15 record. Tonight Dillon...
Pirates-Mets Preview
While they're getting some solid performances on the mound, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been let down by a slumping offense.
The Pirates hope to shake off a disappointing homestand and get back on track at the plate Thursday night when they open a four-game set at Citi Field against a New York Mets team having its own problems offensively.
Following a promising 14-5 stretch...
Nats’ Ninth Inning Rally Beats Pirates
Saturday was an odd day at PNC Park. For starters, the game was on national television (something that doesn’t happen often to the Pirates). This also happened.Â
Then the great bullpen debate of 2013 got off an running, and well, it did not end well for the Pirates.
Starling Marte did a very Starling Marte thing and hit a two-run home run in the third inning to put the Pirates...
Game 30 Preview: Pirates vs. Nationals
Nationals (15-15) at Pirates (17-12)
4:05 PM–PNC Park, Pittsburgh
MLB.com Gameday
TV: FOX
The Bucs and Nats start at 4:05 today for a semi-national FOX game. Here’s the coverage map (via the506.com). Blue parts of the map get the Pirates game, while the red sections get Orioles-Angels and green sections get Cardinals-Brewers:
A good chunk of the east coast (more than most Pirates...
Potential Return Dates For Liriano and Morton
Charlie Morton could return on May 14th.
Rob Biertempfel and Michael Sanserino have the potential return dates for Francisco Liriano and Charlie Morton.
Potential return dates: Liriano May 11. Morton May 14.
— Michael Sanserino (@msanserino) May 1, 2013
#pirates hurdle: Liriano back on May 11, Morton around May 14
— Rob Biertempfel (@BiertempfelTrib) May 1, 2013
As I wrote...
First Pitch: A Look at the Short-Term and Long-Term Pitching Moves
I was asked this morning on Twitter how the pitching staff would look on July 1st. The recent starts by Jeff Locke, the eventual returns of Francisco Liriano and Charlie Morton, and the possibility of Gerrit Cole arriving mid-season make that an impossible question to answer. That’s especially true when you consider that anything could happen between now and then. Pitchers could...
Is Jeff Locke Starting to Figure Things Out?
Jeff Locke has thrown 13 shutout innings in his last two starts.
Don’t look now, but Jeff Locke has a 2.83 ERA in 28.2 innings so far this year in the majors. That number is probably too low for his actual skills. He has a 4.60 xFIP, which suggests his overall performances have been nowhere near the actual result. But Locke is starting to show some improvements.
We saw some of...
Game 25: Pirates 9 Cardinals 0
Before the game started, I laid my gameplan out thusly: Jeff Locke needed to keep the game close for as long as Shelby Miller was on the mound, the Pirates needed to work Miller to get him out of the game reasonably early, and the Pirates needed to pile runs on the Cardinals' struggling bullpen. That worked pretty much to perfection with one notable exception: Jeff Locke did...
Pirates 9, Cardinals 0
Rookie Jeff Locke pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Russell Martin had two of Pittsburgh's four home runs in a 9-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday that gave the Pirates a series win and the NL Central lead.
Jones had three hits and John McDonald added an RBI double for Pittsburgh, which ended rookie Shelby Miller's streak of 14 scoreless innings...
Pirates 9, Cardinals 0
Wow. The Pirates demolished the Cardinals on Sunday to win yet another series in very impressive fashion. Today’s game may have been the most impressive of all, and it vaulted them ahead of the Cards and in to first place in the division.
Jeff Locke built off his great outing in Philly with an even better one today. He tossed seven shutout innings – the first time in his career...
Locke muffles Cardinals in Pirates' 9-0 win
ST. LOUIS (AP) Rookie Jeff Locke pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Russell Martin had two of Pittsburgh's four home runs in a 9-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday that gave the Pirates a series win and the NL Central lead.
Jones had three hits and John McDonald added an RBI double for Pittsburgh, which ended rookie Shelby Miller's streak of 14 scoreless...
One more in St. Louis
After yesterday's late comeback victory, the Pirates find themselves in the same place that they were in when this series started on Friday -- a half-game behind the Cardinals. If the Pirates win today, they'll move into first place in the division and they'll ensure themselves at least five wins on this 10-game road trip no matter what happens in Milwaukee next week...
Phillies Offense on Locke-Down
On Monday night, Phillies rookie Jonathan Pettibone made his major league debut against the Pirates. He went 5.1 innings and allowed only 2 runs after a fairly shaky start and some good defense. The Phillies offense put up 3 runs for the rookie, but two of those runs came from a wild pitch and a hit batter.
The lack of offense took another turn for the worse on Tuesday night. Cole...
Pirates Shut Out Phillies 2-0 as Pitching Continues to Thrive
If Jeff Locke was pitching to save his spot in the rotation… he is well on his way.
Jeff Locke kept the Phillies scoreless for six innings.
Locke put together the best start of his brief Major League career Tuesday night to tack on another outing to a strong run of Pirates’ pitching. After some early hiccups, Locke recorded outs on the last eight hitters he faced, then turned...
Pirates 2, Phillies 0
Jeff Locke pitched six innings of two-hit ball and Gaby Sanchez homered off Cole Hamels to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Tuesday night.
Locke (2-1) struck out six and walked two. After wriggling out of a jam in the fourth, he retired his last eight batters - striking out three of the final four.
Sanchez also doubled and Brandon Inge had an RBI...
Pirates 2, Phillies 0
The Bucco pitching staff turned in an extremely impressive performance on Tuesday night as they shut out the Phillies and evened this week’s series with a 2-0 win.
Jeff Locke delivered a much-needed strong start. For the first two innings, he was shaky – much like he was in most of his previous outings this year. But the lefty settled in and pitched his best ballgame of the year...
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