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Pirates Notebook: Struggling Bats Come Alive

The Pittsburgh Pirates bats broke out for eight runs on 12 hits on Tuesday against first place Cincinnati. Most of the damage came from...

Pirates Notebook: McDonald Snubbed For Pitcher of the Month Award?

Those in Pittsburgh or fans of the Pirates are well aware of James McDonald's solid 2012 season. He posted a 2.97 ERA over five...

Know your PITCHf/x strike zone

One of the more useful additions to Pirates broadcasts over the past few years has been the Range Resources strike zone, which is the...

Expectations Should Be Fluid

Many times in life, what we expect to happen does not come close to what actually happens.  We have to adjust our plans accordingly...

Pirates Notebook: Bats Break Out for Season-High 10 Runs

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The Pittsburgh Pirates offense has struggled to score runs this season. But on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park, the bats came...

Hurdle Impressed By Alvarez’s Hard Work at Third

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- When Pedro Alvarez was coming up through the system, after being drafted in the first round of the 2008 draft (second...

Pirates Notebook: Lincoln Learning New Role in Bullpen

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Right-hander Brad Lincoln made two starts with Triple-A Indianapolis, where he posted a 2.25 ERA with no walks and nine strikeouts...

Pirates Confident in Alvarez, Batting him Cleanup

PITTSBURGH, Pa.  -- Third baseman Pedro Alvarez has continued to climb his way up in the lineup. After starting the season batting seventh, Alvarez...

Bedard Strikes Out 11 and Alvarez Homers in 6-3 Win Over Cardinals

The Pittsburgh Pirates avoided the sweep and won game three at Busch Stadium on Thursday afternoon, 6-2, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lefty Erik...

First Pitch: Won’t Say I Told You So On Alvarez

Throughout Spring Training, Pedro Alvarez was putting up some horrible numbers. He seemed lost at the plate, often working with three different batting stances...

Walker and McCutchen’s Power Outage

With April 2012 now come and gone, Andrew McCutchen enters May with zero home runs.  This marks the first month in his career that...

Poor Day From Pirates Defense Leads to 4-3 Loss

The Pittsburgh Pirates (9-12) lost 4-3 to the Atlanta Braves (14-8) at Turner Field on Sunday in the third game of four-game set. Right-hander Kevin...