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Leake’s HR leads Reds over Pirates 7-5 for split

CINCINNATI (AP) - Mike Leake still thinks of himself as a hitter. He's even holding a bat on one of his 2014 baseball cards.So far, he's playing like his picture.Leake doubled and hit a two-run homer Tuesday night, ending Gerrit Cole's winning streak and leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates that completed two days full of homers and delays.First, the NL Central rivals completed a game that was suspended in the sixth inning because of rain the previous night. Andrew McCutchen doubled and came around on Russell Martin's single in the seventh inning, ...

Pirates’ Tabata slams into wall, helped off field

CINCINNATI (AP) - Pirates left fielder Jose Tabata was helped off the field on Wednesday after he slammed into the outfield wall while making a catch in the fifth inning.Tabata caught up with Brayan Pena's fly ball just in front of the wall and turned at the last moment, hitting the wall hard with his left side. He fell to the ground, held up his glove to show he still had the ball and remained down for several minutes. A trainer examined his neck, jaw and head. The Pirates said he appeared to have a mild concussion.Tabata walked off the field slowly and had to be helped down the steps ...

Pirates shut out by Reds’ Cueto 4-0

CINCINNATI (AP) - Johnny Cueto was on his game, and the only thing that the Pirates could do was watch.Cueto pitched his third career shutout against the team that beat him in the NL wild card game, and Joey Votto hit a two-run homer that led the Cincinnati Reds over the Pirates 4-0 Wednesday for their first winning series this season.Cueto (1-2) had his way with the lineup that beat him 6-2 at PNC Park in the playoffs. He limited the Pirates to three hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out a career-high 12 during his first shutout since 2011.Several Pirates questioned called third ...

Opinion: Time for Pirates to deliver

There I stood, sweating, as the seconds seemed like hours.My anticipation was building, my heart was pounding and my breath was deeper and deeper and deeper...I can't imagine how Andrew McCutchen was feeling. After all, he was the one at the plate in Great American Ballpark.I was in my living room in northeast Ohio.The pressure he had to endure, National League MVP and all, to deliver in the ninth inning, with two outs and two runners on base and his team down by two runs, was like trying to smash through a brick wall with only a wooden Louisville Slugger bat.That brick wall on Tuesday ...

Lohse beats Bucs again

PITTSBURGH - Kyle Lohse pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Carlos Gomez homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 Friday night.Lohse (3-1) improved to 11-2 in his career against the Pirates, allowing one earned run in a win against them for the second time in six days.He fell one out shy of a complete game Sunday at Miller Park. This time, he was charged with three runs - two unearned - and four hits with three walks with five strikeouts.Gomez homered deep to center to lead off the fifth and added an RBI single an inning later as the Brewers rallied from ...

Mets trade 1B Ike Davis to Pirates

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Mets traded slumping first baseman Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, parting ways with a power hitter who proved to be too inconsistent at the plate.Pittsburgh sent minor league right-hander Zack Thornton and a player to be named to New York for the 27-year-old Davis.The Mets announced the deal just minutes before a 6-0 loss to Atlanta. Davis was on the field during batting practice earlier in the day.The Pirates had searched all winter for a first baseman, without success in the trade and free-agent markets."Ultimately, we found the right ...