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Pirates rally in 9th for victory

PITTSBURGH - Pedro Alvarez hit a tying two-run homer off Sergio Santos in the ninth inning and Starling Marte following one out later with a winning drive into the bullpen in left-center, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.Santos (0-2) entered with a 5-3 lead and allowed a leadoff single to Neil Walker. He struck out Andrew McCutchen, and Alvarez followed with his seventh homer this season. Pinch-hitter Ike Davis flied out, and Marte hit the first game-ending homer of his big league career.Mark Melancon (1-1) pitched a hitless ninth for the ...

Walker leads rally as Pirates beat Blue Jays 8-6

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Neil Walker hit a tiebreaking, two-run double on the eighth inning, capping a comeback from a five-run deficit to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6 Saturday night.A night after wasting a 5-3, ninth-inning lead in a 6-5 loss, Toronto surged ahead 5-0 in the fourth and 6-2 in the seventhAaron Loup relieved R.A. Dickey after Clint Barmes' leadoff double in the seventh, and the Pirates tied the score on Josh Harrison's RBI double, Pedro Alvarez's run-scoring groundout and pinch-hitter Jordy Mercer's two-run double.One inning later, Ike Davis reached ...

Giants top Bucs 11-10

PITTSBURGH - Jean Machi has been playing professional baseball in the United States since 2002 when he pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies' team in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League.Yet the beefy right-handed reliever, now with the San Francisco Giants, had never been asked to bunt until the 13th inning Monday night. Not only did he successfully execute a sacrifice bunt, but he caused Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jared Hughes to rush a wide throw to first base.The error enabled Hunter Pence to score from second base and give the Giants an 11-10 victory. San Francisco overcame a six-run ...

Call overturned, Marte safe, Pirates nip SF in 9th

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Expanded instant replay has a new fan in Starling Marte.At least, that is, when the Pittsburgh Pirates are on the right side of it.The speedy outfielder was called out, then ruled safe on a replay review with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Pirates over San Francisco 2-1 Tuesday night and ending the Giants' six-game winning streak.It was 1-all when Marte tripled off the right-field wall against Tim Hudson. Marte slid into third, got up and bolted home when the relay from second baseman Ehire Adrianza skipped by third baseman Pablo Sandoval for an ...

Pirates take series from Giants

PITTSBURGH (AP) - As the game went on, Gerrit Cole's fastball got faster, and the San Francisco Giants couldn't catch up.Cole won for the first time in nearly a month, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat San Francisco 4-3 Wednesday for their second straight win over the Giants.Cole (3-2) beat Tim Lincecum for the second time in his 11-month major league career, allowing three runs and seven hits in eight innings with seven strikeouts and a walk. The No. 1 pick in the 2011 amateur draft, Cole had a fastball clocked at 95-96 mph to begin the game and was 97-98 over his final two ...

Pirates win third in a row

PITTSBURGH - Neil Walker had three hits, including a go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning, and drove in four runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Friday night.Walker's seventh homer came off Carlos Martinez (0-2) and rallied the Pirates from a 4-3 deficit for their third straight victory. Jordy Mercer and pinch-hitter Gaby Sanchez led off the inning with singles and were bunted up a base by Jose Tabata before Walker hit a drive into the right-field stands.Mercer had three of the Pirates' 12 hits, while Ike Davis, who hit a two-run double in ...