Walker Scratched From Lineup With Back Tightness
Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker was a late scratch from Saturday night's lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks because of back tightness.
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Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker was a late scratch from Saturday night's lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks because of back tightness.
The Pittsburgh Pirates didn't just rally, they routed the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Andy Marte hit a two-run home run and Aaron Hill added a solo shot in the sixth inning to power the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday night.
After coming up empty at the Major League Baseball trade deadline, Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington held firm to the idea that no move was the right move for his club.
On Deadline Day, the Pirates stood pat.
Just minutes before the trade deadline, word came out that the Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners worked out a 3-team deal to send Price to the Tigers.
Despite various reports and rumors over the past few days, the Pittsburgh Pirates will not have the services of Jon Lester at their disposal.
Reliever Jean Machi and the San Francisco Giants took advantage of a huge baserunning blunder by Pittsburgh, tagging out two runners who wandered away on the same play and beating the Pirates 7-5 Wednesday to end a six-game losing streak.
"The Pirates aren't a team that's thought to be enamored by the rental route," CBS Sports' Jon Heyman says.
His left oblique no longer a painful obstacle, Francisco Liriano is starting to look like the dominant pitcher he was for Pittsburgh in 2013.
Fresh off his 100-pitch, complete game shutout of the San Francisco Giants on Monday night, Pirates Starting Pitcher Vance Worley joined Starkey and Mueller to talk about that game and his season as a whole.
Except for about 30 friends and family in the stands, Sacramento native Vance Worley silenced the announced crowd of 41,794 at AT&T Park with the best performance of his career.
Josh Harrison had four hits, including a tiebreaking homer, to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Sunday.
Chris Mack previewed the MLB trade deadline with Gabe Kapler of Fox Sports.
Nolan Arenado bounced back from a benching with three hits, including a home run, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1 on Saturday night.
