Pirates, 10th Man Set To Battle Cardinals In Game 4
The Pittsburgh Pirates will take the field this afternoon looking to punch their ticket to the National League Championship Series.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates will take the field this afternoon looking to punch their ticket to the National League Championship Series.
A ticket for the Sunday game between St. Louis and Pittsburgh was about the hottest ticket in town.
This postseason has turned into Pedro Alvarez's time.
Pedro Alvarez hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in best-of-five NL division series.
The deal that landed the Pirates Justin Morneau is now complete.
As the Bucs prepare for Game 3 against St. Louis, Pirate fever is taking the region by storm.
The Pirates arrived home Friday night after taking Game 2 of their playoff series in St. Louis.
After a big Game 2 win in St. Louis, the National League Division Series is shifting to Pittsburgh, and Pirates' fans are breathing a sigh of relief after the bad loss in Game 1.
The other shoe dropped for A.J. Burnett on Friday afternoon. It was Gerrit Cole's gigantic shoe, vehemently stomping out the possibility that Burnett should touch the baseball again in this best of five, National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates played like veterans. Cole gave up two hits in six dominant innings and had an RBI in his postseason debut, Pedro Alvarez homered for the second straight day and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 Friday to even their NL division series at a game apiece.
Although today's Pirates game won't be on TBS, Bucco fans can still catch the Game 2 action without traveling to St. Louis.
MLB Network Analyst Harold Reynolds joined The Fan Morning Show Friday to preview NLDS Game 2.
It's been a rough day for Pirates fans, both here and in St. Louis, but many remain optimistic despite the Game 1 rout at the hands of the Cardinals.
Carlos Beltran's three-run homer sparked a seven-run third inning and the St. Louis Cardinals got seven stingy innings from Adam Wainwright, delivering a reality jolt to the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 9-1 rout Thursday in their NL division series opener.
The anticipation of the Bucs moving on to face the St. Louis Cardinals has been as thick as Heinz ketchup.
