MIAMI – Mike Stanton homered and drove in five runs and the Florida Marlins held on for an 11-9 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.
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One of the Pittsburgh Pirates' worst seasons in 50 years has guaranteed them the No. 1 pick in the June amateur draft. The Pirates, already assured of their first 100-loss season since 2001, cannot finish ahead of any other team in the overall standings. They last had the No. 1 pick in 2002, when they used it on right-hander Bryan Bullington.
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The Braves moved closer to their first playoff berth since 2005, beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep behind Derek Lowe’s fifth win of September and Brooks Conrad’s three-run homer.
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Jay Bruce homered on the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth to give Cincinnati a 3-2 victory over Houston on Tuesday night, sending the Reds to the postseason for the first time in 15 years.
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WASHINGTON – For a couple of months, Stephen Strasburg "stirred up the baseball world," in his words.
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St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday is not ready to give up just yet. Holliday hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs and the Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 Monday night, staying in the NL Central race for at least one more day. A Cardinals loss would have clinched the division for Cincinnati.
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If only the Pittsburgh Pirates could take a nine-game sliver like this and extend it over 162 games. Paul Maholm limited Houston to one run over seven innings to win consecutive starts for the first time all season, and the Pirates turned catcher Jason Castro's throwing error into their first two runs during a 9-3 victory over the Astros on Sunday.
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A perfect game was “kicked” by an umpire in a year marked by great pitching, top rookies and a bopper named Bautista.
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Matt Cain carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning, pitching the San Francisco Giants past the fading Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Sunday and back into first place in the NL West.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Bing Crosby often found himself dreaming of the Pittsburgh Pirates, even while on vacation in Paris during the 1960 World Series.
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