When they play the Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates hardly resemble a last-place team. The numbers are almost staggering. When Brad Lincoln pitched seven strong innings Wednesday for his first major league win, lifting the Pirates over the Cubs 2-0 it was Pittsburgh's ninth win in 12 tries against Chicago.
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Hanley Ramirez hit a grand slam and Dan Uggla singled home the winning run in the ninth inning for his third RBI as Florida beat New York just hours after the Marlins announced Edwin Rodriguez will remain their manager. New York scored twice in the ninth off closer Leo Nunez (3-1), tying it at 6 on a single by pinch-hitter Josh Thole — his second hit this season.
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Alfonso Soriano hit two solo home runs and Ted Lilly pitched seven strong innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. The Cubs won for the fourth time in 11 games and improved to 3-8 this season against the last-place Pirates. After ending its 17-game road losing streak on Monday night, the Pirates' offense came on a solo homer by Ryan Doumit…
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Looking to end a long road losing streak, the Pittsburgh Pirates were in the perfect place Monday night: Wrigley Field. Paul Maholm pitched a season-high eight innings, Jose Tabata hit a go-ahead double in the ninth and Pittsburgh ended a 17-game skid away from home with a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.
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Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bobby Crosby left Monday night's game with the Chicago Cubs with concussion-like symptoms after colliding with right fielder Lastings Milledge. In second inning, Geovany Soto hit a blooper down the right-field line. Milledge came in charging, while Crosby was sprinting from his position to get under the ball.
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Give the Pittsburgh Pirates just one more chance. They'll come through. And make another error.
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Given a second chance, Kurt Suzuki gave the Oakland Athletics the lead. Suzuki homered with two outs in the eighth inning after a dropped foul popup and the Athletics beat Pittsburgh 3-2 Sunday, the Pirates' 17th straight road loss. With the score 2-all, Pirates reliever Evan Meek (3-2) struck out the first two batters in the eighth.
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Trevor Cahill hasn't allowed himself to think about his All-Star status. After opening the season on the disabled list, he wasn't sure he'd even be back in Oakland. These days he's the staff ace. Cahill allowed two hits and struck out a career-high 10 in 7 2-3 innings and Daric Barton had three doubles and matched his career high with four RBIs and the Athletics earned a 5-0 victory…
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The pierogi is back in Pittsburgh's pan . Days after Andrew Kurtz was devoured for making critical remarks…
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Coco Crisp knew he needed a home run to complete the cycle. The Oakland Athletics' center fielder also knew it wasn't likely to happen. He was right, though it didn't slow down the A's any. Crisp had three hits and Ben Sheets won for the first time in more than a month to help Oakland beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-4 on Friday night.
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