PITTSBURGH — Robert Andino hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the ninth inning, then the Miami Marlins got Andrew McCutchen to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to hold off the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 Friday night in a matchup of NL wild-card contenders. JT ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ivan Nova has developed a pre-game ritual since coming to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees in a trade on Aug. 1. The right-hander walks up to right fielder Gregory Polanco in the dugout just before the first pitch and asks him to hit a home run. “He ...
Stephen Strasburg leads a deep rotation in Washington. Matt Holliday and St. Louis are back again. And the loaded Los Angeles Dodgers think it's their time to shine.Yes, it is a very familiar group of favorites. Throw in Freddie Freeman and Atlanta, and the NL list is practically complete. But there's always one team that crashes the party at the top; see MVP Andrew McCutchen and the 2013 Pirates.With Arizona and Los Angeles starting the season Down Under in Australia, the race is on to see which teams will finish on top in the National League."Our team's really good," Dodgers pitcher ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Wandy Rodriguez pitched four strong innings in his third spring training start and the Pittsburgh Pirates held slumping David Ortiz hitless Wednesday night in beating the Boston Red Sox 4-2.Ortiz went 0 for 3 with a strikeout. He is hitting .067, going 2 for 30 with 10 strikeouts this spring.Rodriguez gave up one run on four hits and a walk with two strikeoutsRed Sox right-hander Jake Peavy, in his second start after recovering from a cut on his finger, went 4 2-3 innings, giving up one run and four hits. He walked one and struck out five.Travis Ishikawa had two ...
TAMPA, Fla. - CC Sabathia pitched seven sharp innings but Derek Jeter remained in a funk at the plate, going hitless in three at-bats during the New York Yankees' 4-0 victory Friday night over the Pittsburgh Pirates.The Yankees captain fouled two balls off the area around his left ankle in the first inning, drawing groans from the Steinbrenner Field crowd, before striking out against Edinson Volquez. Jeter was limited to 17 games last season after breaking his left ankle during the 2012 playoffs."It's really not a big deal," said Jeter, who iced the ankle after playing seven innings at ...
BRADENTON, Fla. - Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard and Cody Asche each homered Saturday but the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.Rollins and Howard went deep in the first inning against right-hander Stolmy Pimentel. Asche broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning with a long homer to right field.Pimentel, who will begin the season as the Pirates' long reliever and spot starter, worked five innings and gave up three runs on six hits. He had three strikeouts.Phillies right-hander A.J. Burnett pitched 5 innings against his former team and allowed two runs on ...
