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Francisco Liriano Pitches Seven Scoreless to Stop Pirates’ Slide

Francisco Liriano was at his wildest, but the left-hander battled through jams with strikeouts and flyouts to pitch the Pirates to a 2-0 win...

Pirates Playoff Odds: Hovering Above 50 Percent

Let's escape from the forest and look at the trees. We are still four months away from the MLB Playoffs, but want to make...

Has Russell Martin been the Best Free Agent Signing?

You get the sense with this Pirates team that something is different. Sure, Pittsburgh has been rattling off wins at a near-record pace and appears...

Pirates Win 1-0 On Martin’s Walkoff, Another Combined Shutout

The Pirates pitched their 9th shutout of the season, and second 11-inning shutout against the Tigers, and Russell Martin hit a walkoff single off...

Links: Are the Pirates For Real?

Every year it seems like there's one surprise team that everyone starts talking about early in the season. The Pirates have been a surprise...

Pirates Come Back to Win 5-4 with Alvarez’s Bomb, Martin’s Walkoff

The Pirates took full advantage of baseball's worst team in their 5-4 comeback win Friday night, capitalizing on a pair of homer-ready fastballs and...

First Pitch: Thursday Thoughts on Liriano, Martin, Wilson, Milwaukee, Sanchez

Thursday is podcast recording day. Today it was also "Go see Luis Heredia at Pirate City" day (article coming tomorrow), and "Ten Articles Will...

First Pitch: Taking the Jordy Mercer Approach With Tony Sanchez

The one thing we can take away from the Jordy Mercer situation is that the Pirates plan to have him as the primary shortstop...

Horseshoe Is On the Other Foot as Pirates Walk Off on Brewers

Milwaukee always seems to have luck on its side when the Brewers play Pittsburgh. Not on Tuesday. Andrew McCutchen hit a solo home run off...

Pirates Pregame: Martin Back in the Lineup

Russell Martin is back in the lineup for the Pirates tonight, playing catcher and hitting seventh. Martin said the soreness in his neck that...

Pirates Notebook: Four Things We Have Learned About Pirates Pitchers

We took a look on Monday at five Pirates hitters and which stats have a large enough 2013 sample size for us to see...

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...