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| Pirates, Giants resume series at AT&T Park |
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09/06/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates will try for their fifth straight win over the San Francisco Giants tonight, when the two clubs play the second test of a three-game series at AT&T Park. Pittsburgh swept a three-game series from the Giants at PNC Park back in May and extended that win streak with a 7-0 win on Friday. The Pirates are now 14-3 against San Francisco since the start and the 2006 season and 7-1 at AT&T Park in that span. Zach Duke hurled his second career shutout in Friday's win, all |
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| Duke's shutout gives Pirates win over Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/06/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Zach Duke hurled a complete game to halt a painful winless streak and the Pittsburgh Pirates dispatched of the San Francisco Giants with a 7-0 triumph in the opener of a three-game set from AT&T Park. Duke (5-13) allowed six hits and two walks with four punch-outs for his first win in 14 starts and brought an end to his streak of nine consecutive losing decisions. "Obviously its been an interesting year for me but I'm never going to be someone to roll over and give up," D |
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09/06/2008 |
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| Suspended Baltimore Orioles hitting coach Terry Crowley for one game; suspended Pittsburgh Pirates minor league first baseman Kelly Aponte and pitcher Julio Joves, Philadelphia Phillies minor league pitchers Luis Castillo and Ricciard Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers minor league pitchers Eduardo Gonzalez and Wilsen Palacios, Washington Nationals minor league outfielder Weesley Hernandez, Oakland Athletics minor league pitcher Eyffer Peralta, Chicago White Sox minor league outfielder Luis Ramos, Seattle Mariners minor |
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| Cubs head to Cincinnati hoping to end rough stretch |
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09/05/2008 |
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| in nine starts since the All-Star break. In 15 starts and two relief outings lifetime against the Cubs, the right- hander is 6-6 with a 3.29 ERA. He has won both starts against them this year. The Reds avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 8-6 victory on Thursday. Joey Votto and Jay Bruce both homered in the win -- the Reds' fourth in six games -- with Votto also hitting the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning. Votto is hitting .458 (11-for-24) with two homers and eight R |
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| Pirates, Giants start series at AT&T Park |
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09/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates head west for the second leg of a 10-game road trip this evening, where the National League Central cellar- dwellers will play the first of three straight meetings with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Pittsburgh got its trek off to a fine start, as the club took the first two tilts of a three-game set at Cincinnati before falling in Thursday's finale. In yesterday's 8-6 loss to the Reds, the Pirates took a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning before t |
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| Reds P Fogg leaves with groin strain |
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09/04/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - Right-handed pitcher Josh Fogg left Thursday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates with a strained right groin suffered while running the base paths. Fogg sustained the injury while running home and scoring on a Jeff Keppinger sacrifice fly in the third. The Reds starter had doubled to lead off the inning. Fogg surrendered five runs on four hits in three innings, however, with one strikeout and one walk. Ramon Ramirez came on in relief of Fogg for the Reds. The veteran right-han |
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| Reds try to avoid home sweep by Pirates |
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09/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates will shoot for their second sweep of the Cincinnati Reds this season when the two ballclubs close out a three-game series this afternoon at Great American Ball Park. The Pirates swept the Reds at home from April 11-13 earlier in the campaign and have won nine of the 14 matchups between the teams this year. They entered this series riding a 10-game losing streak, but opened the set with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday. In Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Reds, Adam and Andy LaRo |
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| Pirates to throw new arm into mix in matchup with Reds |
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09/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates' pitching staff has the worst earned run average in the National League. Perhaps adding another arm will help. Ross Ohlendorf will join the Pirates' now six-man rotation tonight, when he makes his first major league start in the second test of a three-game series versus the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Ohlendorf was acquired from the Yankees in late July in the deal that sent outfielder Xavier Nady and reliever Damaso Marte to the Bronx. Ohlendorf, a Sept |
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| Snell, Pirates snap losing streak with victory over Reds |
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09/02/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - Ian Snell threw six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a 10-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Pirates, who posted their first win since Aug. 19 at St. Louis, got consecutive homers from Brandon Moss and Andy LaRoche. Moss went 3-for-4, accounting for most of the offense for the Pirates, who ended with seven hits. Snell (6-10) allowed seven hits and two runs -- one earned -- while logging five strikeouts against two walks. Matt Capps pitched the n |
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| Rookie to get call for Mets in key battle with Brewers |
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09/02/2008 |
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| om Shea Stadium this season. Milwaukee still leads the NL Wild Card race by 5 1/2 games over the Phillies and sit 4 1/2 games back of the Chicago Cubs in the Central standings. It entered this series with New York fresh off a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates, but lost starter Ben Sheets after the fifth inning with tightness in his left groin on Monday. The right-hander had a 1-0 lead before his departure, having given up only two hits and one walk. Eric Gagne was saddled with the loss for allowing three |
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