Pittsburgh Pirates

Major League Baseball has suspended SP Chris Archer five games for intentionally throwing at Derek Dietrich of the Cincinnati Reds. The suspension is subject to appeal. Reds OF Yasiel Puig who has a phenomenal photo he can always be remembered for in trying to take on the entire Pirates team, received a two game suspension.

Kevin Newman delivered a walk-off RBI double in the 10th inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3) to a 6-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds (1-7) on Saturday afternoon at PNC Park. Newman with his 1st career walk-off winner, drove home Francisco Cervelli with a drive to deep center as the Pirates improve to 4-3 on the season. The Reds with a slew of splashy acquisitions during the winter, are off to a 1-7 start. *Francisco Liriano (1-0) received the win in relief, allowing no runs and striking out two in the top of the 10th inning. *Josh Bell went 3-5 with a home run, 2 RBIs and 2 doubles, setting a career high for extra-base hits in a game. *Jason Martin acquired in Andrew McCutchen trade, made his MLB debut. Martin batted leadoff, going 1-2 with a walk, run scored, stolen base. *SP Trevor Williams (1-0, 2.25 ERA) allowedRead More »

Great pitching continues to put the Pirates (3-3) in every game and that continued in Friday night’s 2-0 shutout win over the Cincinnati Reds (1-6) on Friday night. Joe Musgrove (1-0, 0.00 ERA) gave the Pirates an excellent outing, allowing three hits and striking out eight in seven shutout innings. Musgrove and relievers Keone Kela (5.40 ERA) and Felipe Vasquez (2 SV, 0.00 ERA) combined for the three hit shutout. Pirate starters have allowed 5 earned runs in 36 innings this season. Joe Musgrove | 7IP-3H-0R-8K-1BB-88PC/63ST Keone Kela | 1IP-0H-0R-0BB-0K-12PC/9ST Felipe Vasquez | 1IP-0H-0R-2K-0BB-11PC/8ST

The Pirates being a mystery team for Manny Machado? Starling Marte to the Dodgers? Some wild Pirates rumors were surfacing Monday from reputable circles but as expected neither rumor has any legs. The Machado talk in particular got some chuckles from those inside the Pirates organization.

Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington in comments to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette touted the Pirates having the ninth-best record in baseball over the last six years. “We have the ninth-best record in baseball over the last six years,” Huntington told the Post-Gazette. “We are one a few teams that have made the postseason three times in the last seven years.” The Pirates are always an organization on defense from a PR standpoint and it doesn’t get better than this from Huntington: “We have an ownership group fully committed to bringing a title to Pittsburgh.”