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Pirates rally to beat Nats 3-2

PITTSBURGH - Josh Harrison had a tiebreaking, two-out single in the seventh inning after Jose Tabata hit a sacrifice fly and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 Saturday night for their fourth straight win.Gerrit Cole left after six innings trailing by a run while facing Stephen Strasburg in the first matchup in the NL of No. 1 overall draft picks in nine years.But Strasburg (3-4) allowed three runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings.Cole - the top pick of the 2011 draft, two years after Strasburg went first - allowed two runs on five hits with ...

Pirates rally to beat Nats 3-2

PITTSBURGH - Josh Harrison had a tiebreaking, two-out single in the seventh inning after Jose Tabata hit a sacrifice fly and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 Saturday night for their fourth straight win.Gerrit Cole left after six innings trailing by a run while facing Stephen Strasburg in the first matchup in the NL of No. 1 overall draft picks in nine years.But Strasburg (3-4) allowed three runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings.Cole - the top pick of the 2011 draft, two years after Strasburg went first - allowed two runs on five hits with ...

Liriano, Pirates lose to Nationals

PITTSBURGH - Francisco Liriano is getting frustrated.The left-hander lost again Sunday as Ian Desmond hit a pair of run-scoring singles to lead Washington to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, snapping the Nationals' four-game losing streak.Liriano (0-5) is winless in 14 consecutive regular-season starts, dating to last Sept. 10 when he won at Texas. He gave up four runs, six hits and four walks in five innings while striking out five."I'm not doing my job at all," Liriano said. "I'm not going deep into games and I'm not keeping the team in the ballgame."The Nationals jumped on ...

Sanchez’s hits lead Pirates

NEW YORK - Pirates manager Clint Hurdle had good reason to call upon Gaby Sanchez to bat for Ike Davis.Sanchez tagged the Mets again, delivering a pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning and a tiebreaking single in the ninth that rallied Pittsburgh over New York 5-3 on Monday.Sanchez has a .324 average with nine homers and 34 RBIs vs. New York, matching or topping his bests against any NL team. He lost playing time after Davis was acquired in a trade with the Mets in mid-April."Ike's a good player and he's been swinging the bat really well. He's been one of the hottest bats on the team. ...

Pirates’ pitchers wild in loss to Mets

NEW YORK (AP) - Moments before the game, rapper 50 Cent went into his best windup and was comically off target with a ceremonial first pitch that sailed way wide of home plate.Pittsburgh Pirates starter Edinson Volquez and reliever Jeanmar Gomez were only marginally better, combining for six walks and four wild pitches Tuesday night in a 4-2 loss to the New York Mets."That's what you're supposed to do, keep the game close. But I know walks killed me tonight," Volquez said.Juan Lagares drove in two runs, Vic Black gave the Mets' bullpen a boost and New York finally managed a few timely ...

Aaargh! Sloppy Bucs blanked by Colon, Mets

NEW YORK - Sloppy in the field and punchless at the plate. The past two days in New York were ugly ones for the Pittsburgh Pirates.Bartolo Colon carried a three-hitter into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from David Wright and Lucas Duda in a 5-0 victory Wednesday.Charlie Morton (1-7) was chased in the sixth and Pirates pitchers walked eight in all. Pittsburgh fell to 7-16 away from home with another poor performance."The defense hasn't been good," manager Clint Hurdle said. "We've got work to do."That goes for the offense, too. Pittsburgh began the day batting .223 on the ...