Dan Potash Isn't Concerned With McCutchen's Play, Nor Is Andrew
The Pirates are on the West Coast, so for the listeners who can't stay up late to watch the games, The Fan Morning Show came up with a solution.
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The Pirates are on the West Coast, so for the listeners who can't stay up late to watch the games, The Fan Morning Show came up with a solution.
The Pirates are looking to hold on to the final Wild Card spot for the National League. To talk about it, The Fan Morning Show talked to baseball columnist, Jeff Passan from Yahoo Sports.
SAN DIEGO (AP) Edinson Volquez struck out 10 and Will Venable drove in two runs to lift the San Diego Padres to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
(AP) -- A.J. Burnett is enjoying a late-career resurgence with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2012, while the San Diego Padres are Jason Marquis' second team this season and sixth in the last five years.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Don't adjust your screen: the Pittsburgh Pirates are selling playoff tickets.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Yesterday the Tribune-Review's Dejan Kovacevic reported, according to an internal source, that Pirates right-handed pitcher Kevin Correia privately volunteered to pick up the team's tired pitching staff after a 19-inning win in St. Louis. The team has confirmed Correia will indeed make a spot start, opposing Edinson Volquez, in tonight's game at San Diego, the start of a three-game set against the Padres.
It took more than six hours and it was the longest game in baseball this year, but in the end, the Pittsburgh Pirates ended up with another one in the win column after Sunday's game against St. Louis.
ittsburgh Pirates play-by-play man Greg Brown somehow still has a voice after calling a 19-inning, 6-hour marathon in St. Louis.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Edinson Volquez, who was bailed out by his teammates in a 9-8 comeback win by the San Diego Padres at PNC Park Aug. 10, will face the Pirates again to kick off a three-game series at Petco Park Monday at 10:05, but who will oppose him?
(AP) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates arrive in San Diego a bit exhausted and uncertain who'll be their starting pitcher in the series opener to face a Padres team that has historically given them trouble.
Pedro Alvarez played a big role in ending the marathon with his 23rd homer of the season. The drive broke a 3-3 tie as the Pirates won the longest game in the majors this season.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Yadier Molina had three hits and two RBIs in his return to the lineup, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a big 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
(AP) -- Playing one of their most important late-summer series in years, the Pirates gained a crucial game on the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener and hope to extend their lead in the NL wild-card standings when the teams continue their three-game set in St. Louis on Saturday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) Before James McDonald headed to the mound for the bottom of the first inning, A.J. Burnett offered his beleaguered teammate two words of advice.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Recently acquired right fielder Travis Snider will return to the Pirates' starting lineup when the Bucs open a three-game series in St. Louis Friday night.
