http://www.pirateshomeplate.com A blog about Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers played 13 innings on Thursday afternoon and the Pirates came out on the losing end by the score of 4-3. They Pirates just couldn't get that big hit late in the game to score the winning run and dropped to 64-89 on the ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/pirates-cant-beat-the-dodgers-as-they-lose-4-3/ It was another terrible game for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. They lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-2 as they two teams opened up a four game series. At this point in the season the Pirates and their fans just want to have this season over with. Russ Ohlendorf ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/pirates-are-hammered-8-2/ For the third straight night, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the Houston Astros. The Astros got the best of the Pirates by the score of 7-4 as the continue to play very good baseball. It's too bad the Pirates couldn't learn something from the hot playing Astros. Tom Gorzelanny got the ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/pirates-lose-to-the-astros-once-again/ The Pittsburgh Pirates lost a close game on Monday night to the Houston Astros as the two teams opened up a series. The Pirates scored two runs in the sixth inning but were unable to push across one more run to tie the game late. The Pirates are now 60-83 ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/pirates-lose-a-close-one-to-the-astros/ The Pittsburgh Pirates were up on the Cincinnati Reds heading into the eighth inning but the Reds scored three times in the bottom of the inning and went on to win 8-6. The Pirates were going for the three game sweep against the Reds, but I'll take two out of ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/pirates-cant-hold-off-the-reds-as-they-lose-8-6/ Zach Duke's continues to struggle on the pitching mound as he gave up two runs on seven hits and the Pirates lost to the Cubs 2-0. Duke struckout six batters while walking two but in the end he still took the loss because there was not any run support for ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/zach-duke-falls-to-4-11-as-pirates-lose-2-0/ Wow, this sure isn't fun blogging about the Pirates the way they have been playing lately. The Pirates were beaten badly by the Chicago Cubs on Monday night by the score of 12-3 as the Cubs took the first game of a three game series. The Cubs jumped all over Pirates ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/pirates-are-beaten-badly-by-the-cubs-12-3/ Starting pitcher Jason Davis was rocked on Wednesday night as the St. Louis Cardinals put a butt kicking on the Pirates. Davis didn't last long in the game as he gave up nine hits and eight runs in only 3 2/3 innings. The Pirates were going for the short two ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/jason-davis-is-rocked-as-pirates-lose-11-2/ The Pittsburgh Pirates ended the New York Mets six game winning streak on Monday afternoon with a 5-2 victory. With the win, the Pirates also ended their four game losing streak. Steve Pearce broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning when he singled in the go-ahead run to put the ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/pirates-end-mets-winning-streak-with-5-2-victory/ Pirates starting pitcher Ian Snell fell to a dissappointing 4-10 on the year as the Pirates lost to the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night by the score of 3-1. The Reds used six dfferent pitchers as they shut down the Pirates offense. The Pirates could only score one run in ... http://www.pirateshomeplate.com/ian-snell-and-the-pirates-lose-to-the-reds-3-1/