May 15th, 2012 
Justin Welton 
Posted in Pittsburgh Pirates’ starter Brad Lincoln continues to impress when given the opportunity to step on the mound. Monday night against the Florida Marlins, in a start, Lincoln shined again allowing two runs on four hits in six innings pitched. It was his third victory of the season. Pittsburgh only managed six hits, but it was [...]
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Pittsburgh Pirates Ride Walk-Off Wins to Series Victories Over Nationals and Astros
Fans began to slowly trickle out of the stadium on the rainy and gloomy Mother’s Day game between the Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park yesterday, with little to cheer about. The Pirates offense looked like they were going to waste another spectacular start by starter A.J. Burnett, trailing 2-1 in the bottom [...]
Tags: Pirates’ Josh Harrison Delivers Game-Winning RBI in 12th Inning
For eight innings of Sunday’s game with the Houston Astros, it appeared that the Pirates were going to lose in a similar fashion to most of their losses this season—lack of offensive production. Finally, after another dismal performance at the dish, especially with A.J. Burnett on the hill, the Pirates broke through with a sacrifice [...]
Pittsburgh Pirates Struggle Against Divisional Opponents
Up until this week, the Pittsburgh Pirates were the only team in the majors to not score more than five runs in a game. That streak ended on Monday, April 30, in Pittsburgh’s series finale against the Atlanta Braves. The offense exploded for nine runs on their way to splitting the four game series, with [...]
Pittsburgh Pirates Remain In Fourth Place in NL Central
Not much has changed from last week to this week in the Pirates season. After going 3-3 over their last 6 games, Pittsburgh remains in fourth place in the National League Central, only a half a game behind the Milwaukee Brewers for third. The week got off to a rainy start, when their opening game [...]
Pirates Edge Rockies 5-4 in Series Opener
Clint Barmes tied the score at four after his home run in the eighth inning Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies. Casey McGehee followed that up later in the inning with an RBI single to give the Pirates a 5-4 advantage. Joel Hanrahan shut the door in the ninth inning without allowing a hit. Kevin Correia [...]
Series Opener Could Set Tone For Possible Turn Around In Pittsburgh
Jamie Moyer, the ageless one, will take the mound against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight as the Bucs welcome in the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies come into tonight’s match up in 3rd place in the National League West with an 8-7 record. Like the Pirates, the Roux have had their share of early season struggles, more [...]
Pittsburgh Pirates Split Series Against Diamondbacks and Cardinals
Not much has changed for Opening Week until this point for the Pittsburgh Pirates, as they find themselves three games under .500 at 6-9 and at the bottom half of the NL Central in fourth place. The two constants for the Pirates throughout the first two weekends of the year has been their stellar pitching [...]
