We are going to deviate from our usual Bucs By Numbers discourse today, and for good reason.Today we are going to deliver some facts and figures behind Andrew McCutchenÎÞëÊÓƵ™s incredible resurgence. McCutchen took home National League Player of the Month honors for June, on the back of a stout ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” The San Francisco GiantsÎÞëÊÓƵ™ recent run of success hasnÎÞëÊÓƵ™t surprised Brandon Belt.Belt also wasnÎÞëÊÓƵ™t surprised when he helped continue that success Sunday.Trailing 2-0, Belt started San FranciscoÎÞëÊÓƵ™s comeback with an RBI single in a three-run seventh inning, then added a ...
PITTSBURGH ÎÞëÊÓƵ” The Pirates have four left-handed pitchers among the eight that currently work out of the teamÎÞëÊÓƵ™s bullpen.But they donÎÞëÊÓƵ™t really have a traditional match-up left-hander among them.Felipe Rivero has been the teamÎÞëÊÓƵ™s closer in everything but name since the first week of June. ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Pittsburgh Pirates super-utilityman John Jaso usually has one chance to make an impression in a game. On Friday night, he made the most of a rare second chance.Josh Bell and Jaso homered as the Pittsburgh Pirates broke their Busch Stadium hex with a 4-3 victory over the St. ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Travis Shaw and Corey Knebel were too much for the Pittsburgh Pirates.Shaw drove in three runs with a home run and two doubles and Knebel set a modern-era record with his 38th consecutive game with a strikeout and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pirates 4-2 on Thursday.ÎÞëÊÓƵœThe ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) ÎÞëÊÓƵ” Domingo Santana hit a two-run home run off Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Daniel Hudson in the seventh inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 victory Wednesday night.Pinch-hitter Eric Thames cut PittsburghÎÞëÊÓƵ™s lead to 3-2 with a run-scoring ground out in the seventh. Two ...
