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Game 84 Recap-
On a night when the team learned closer Matt Capps would be gone for up to 2 months(see today’s breaking story) , the bats picked it up. RF Xavier Nady had 2 homers and 4 rbi to lead the Pirates to a 9-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds  Thursday at Great American Ball […]

June 2
BREAKING NEWS
Pirates closer RH Matt Capps(2-3,3.12,17 saves ) will miss at least 8 weeks with a shoulder injury. After blowing his last 2 saves, he returned to Pittsburgh and an MRI showed bursitis & tightness that is preventing him getting full extension on his delivery.
General Manager Neal Huntington outlined a plan of […]

Game 83 Recap-
What started out as a low scoring, well pitched game by 2 young starters, developed into a battle of bullpens and late inning comebacks with the Pirates doing it a bit better and beating the Cincinnati Reds, 6-5 in 11 innings at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. SS Jack Wilson(rbi triple) & […]

Game 82 Recap-
Certified Hall of Famer CF Ken Griffey Jr hit a two run shot off of Pittsburgh closer Matt Capps(1-3,2.97 era, 17 saves) to close out a stunning Reds victory over the Pirates, 4-3 at All American Ballpark in Cincinati. This was a tight game all night as each clubs starter pitched great and […]

Game 81 Recap-
The Tampa Bay Rays got 4 run producing plays from back ups and got solid pitching from 3 sources, helping them beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Sunday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.   The win allows the Rays to take 2 of three in the series and puts them in 1st place for […]

Game 80 Recap-
RF Jason Bay hit a walk off home run, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Tampa Rays, 4-3 Saturday night at PNC Park.  Bay hit a pitch from RH Jason Hammel(3-2,4.96) out to center, making RH John Van Benschoten(1-2,8.31) a winner after he pitched a scoreless 13th.
The teams got strong games from young […]

Game 79 Recap-
The ever improving Tampa Bay Rays  used their tremendous pure talent to ruin the ML debut of Jimmy Barthmaier,10-5 at PNC Park Friday. Super stud 3b Evan Longoria(1st) & RF Eric Hinske(3rd) both hit 3 run shots and it was quickly 6-0 Tampa. Power starter, Rays LH Scott Kazmir(7-3,2.28) worked hard over 5 […]

Yankees- Pirates 3 game series conclusion rained out, will be made up July 10th
Pirates placed RH Ian Snell(3-7,5.99) on the DL with right elbow pain, Jimmy Barthmaier is being called up from Triple A to take his spot
Pirates start a 3 game interleague series with the Tampa Bay Rays at PNC Park starting Friday.Barthmaier opposes […]

Game 78 Recap-
The New York Yankees brought their “A” game to PNC Park Wednesday, scoring early and often to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-0. Promising RH Joba Chamberlain(2-2,2.03) was the story, going 6 2/3 innings,allowing 6 hits and no hits, while striking out 7 and walking 1.  The live arm and potential is starting to […]

Game 77 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates punished the New York Yankees 12-5 to open a 3 game interleague series marking a rematch of the 1960 World Series. That series was won by the Pirates in 7 thrilling games on  walk off home run by Hall of Fame 2b Bill Mazeroski, who threw out the 1st pitch […]

Game 75 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates only had 6 hits but three of them left the park, helping them defeat the Toronto BlueJays 6-3 Saturday at PNC Park. LF Jason Bay, C Raul Chavez & 3b Jose Bautista all hit 2 run shots to back LH Paul Maholm(5-5,4.41). Jays RH Jesse Litsch(7-4,4.06) took the loss, lasting […]

Game 74 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored the games only run on an error by a defensive specialist, winning 1-0 vs the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of an interleague series Friday night at PNC Park. Jays SS John Mcdonald misplayed a hard hit grounder with the bases loaded , allowing INF Doug Mientkiewicz […]

Game 73 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates jumped out to a 6-0 lead and faster that u could get a beer, the game was tied. Chicago responded with a 6 spot of their own and once tied, the White Sox  ran away with game, winning 13-8 Thursday afternoon at US Cellular Field in Chicago to finish a […]

Game 72 Recap-
The Chicago White Sox hit 3 home runs and veteran RH Mark Buehrle(4-6,4.28) no hit the Pittsburgh  Pirates for 6 innings, propelling the club to a 8-2 win. Backup C Toby(2 run) Hall(1st HR since June 2006), OFs Carlos(solo) Quentin & Brian(solo) Anderson also hit home runs.  Pirates DH Jose Bautista hit his […]

Game 71 Recap-
1b-DH Jim Thome hit a 3 run homer(his #521) to move to 16th on the all time list but more importantly help blow out the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-5 Tuesday Night at US Cellular Field in Chicago in the opener of a interleague series. The powerful White Sox hit 4 homers total […]

Game 70 Recap-
In the finale of an exciting and entertaining interleague series, the Pittsburgh Pirates came back after a back breaking game tying homer in the 9th to win in 10, 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Maryland Sunday. The series had added luster with ceremonies and the like with the […]

Game 69 Recap-
The comeback kids,aka the Baltimore Orioles, rallied on 3 seperate occasions and won Saturday 8-7 vs the Pittsburgh Pirates at Camden Yards. The Pirates hit 3 home runs & could not hold 3 different leads at 2-1,5-4 and 7-6. Baltimore is now 15-9 in 1 run games after 13-31 over the same situation […]

Game 66 Recap-
The Baltimore Orioles rallied from a 5 run deficit, scoring 7 runs over the last 4 innings, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-9 Friday Night at Camden Yards in a 3 game series opener. The home team was honoring the 1979 World Series runner ups(the teams played in the 79 series, Pirates winning […]

Game 67 Recap-
Pittsburgh Pirates C Ryan Doumit(.365, 9 homer runs,22 RBI  over 126 ABs) continued his assault on the Washington Nationals  pitching staff & the club rode that to a 7-5 win Thursday at PNC Park in Pennsylvania.  He started 1 of 12 in the first 3 games since he returned from a broken thumb […]

Game 66 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates rode their starting pitcher and catcher to a victory over the Washington Nationals 3-1 Thursday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Veteran RH Ian Snell won his first game in 11 starts and C Ryan Doumit homered for the 3rd time in 2 games since returning from a thumb injury. Snell […]

Game 65 Recap-
In a game that featured 7 home runs, the last one won it. Nationals super prospect Lastings Milledge homered off of Pirates closer Matt Capps with 1 on n the 9th to win the game for  Washington over Pittsburgh, 7-6 Tuesday at PNC Park.
“We all know that Capps is an aggressive guy, and […]

Game 64 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates showed patience and composure in 90+ temps, rattling a future Hall of Famer with that approach, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 Monday at PNC Park. The game featured a bench clearing incident and call reversal on a home run, as well as some gutty pitching by the boys […]

Game 63 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored all 6 runs in 2 innings and it was enough as they defeated the Arizona Dbacks, 6-4 Sunday in the heat at PNC Park. 3b Jose Bautista(rbi double), C Raul Chavez(rbi single) and SS Jack Wilson(sac fly) all contributed in the 5 run 4th. However, LF Jason Bay’s two […]

Game 62 Recap-
Dbacks C Chris Snyder hit a game winning home run in the 9th to break a 3-3 deadlock and help Arizona beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 at PNC Park Saturday. Leading off the ninth, Snyder hit a 1-1 change-up into the left-field seats against reliever John Grabow (4-2) for his sixth home run […]

Game 61 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates ran into a buzzsaw named Brandon Webb Friday night, losing 3-1 to the Arizona DiamondBacks and the reigning NL CY Young award winner at PNC Park Friday. Webb,now 11-2 with a 2.58 era, was devastating and in control from pitch 1. He went 7 innings with 3 hits and allowed […]

Game 60 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to get great production from their OF unit and it extended to the bench as they won 4-3 Thursday vs the Houston Astros at PNC Park. Regular LF Jason Bay tripled in the decisive run in the 5th after reserve OF Jason Michaels’ 3 run homer in the […]

Game 59 Recap-
In a game that featured two starters that have had mixed success versus their opponents both changed roles as Pirates LH Zach Duke(0-3,4.08 era vs Houston in 7 games) won and Astros Roy Oswalt(5-0,1.48 era in last 8 starts vs Pittsburgh) lost, as Pittsburgh won 5-2 at PNC Park Thursday. Duke’s catcher helped […]

Game 58 Recap-
The Houston Astros got a great start from LH Wandy Rodriquez(2-1,2.38) and rbis from 2 big bats to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 at PNC Park Tuesday night. LH Phil Dumatrait continued his strong season(2-3, 3.47) but got no support. The waiver wire claim pitched 6 innings, allowing 7 hits and 2 runs […]

Game 57 Recap-
A pinch hit grand slam by Of Jason Michaels in the 8th inning tied the game and LF Jason Bay’s single won it as the Pittsburgh Pirates won 5-4 Monday Night vs the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The 5 run inning ruined a great performance by RH Adam Wainwright(5-2,3.12) thru 7. […]