PITTSBURGH – Gregory Polanco homered and tripled, John Jaso collected three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled by the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Thursday night.Polanco hit a two-run shot to left-center in the second off Mike Foltynewicz (1-2) and finished 2 for 4. The left fielder is hitting ...
PITTSBURGH – Clint Hurdle doesn’t get too worked up over Jung Ho Kang’s home runs. At the rate the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman is sending baseballs flying to the outer reaches of ballparks since his return from a broken leg on May 6, Hurdle kind of expects them.Watching Kang in the ...
PITTSBURGH – Francisco Cervelli arrived in Pittsburgh as a backup plan in fall 2014, the “just in case” should Russell Martin bolt in free agency.Barely 18 months later, Martin is long gone and the livewire catcher who replaced him is an integral part of the Pirates’ future after ...
PITTSBURGH – Gregory Polanco doubled three times and the Pittsburgh Pirates ruined Brian Snitker’s debut as interim manager of the Atlanta Braves with a 12-9 victory Tuesday night.John Jaso, Andrew McCutchen and Francisco Cervelli had three hits each for the Pirates, who led by nine runs ...
PITTSBURGH – Matt Joyce homered among his three hits and drove in three runs, Gregory Polanco had three hits and three runs scored, and Jon Niese pitched six effective innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.Joyce stepped into the ...
CHICAGO – While the attention was on Jon Lester’s quest for a second no-hitter, Gerrit Cole kept quietly matching zeros with him.After the Pirates’ bats finally solved Lester after six innings and the Pittsburgh ace delivered a much-needed win, Cole had a message for the major ...
