Mueller: What's Better Than .500? A Winning Streak
Much has been made of the fact that the Pittsburgh Pirates have climbed back to "average" in the standings, with a 17-17 record.
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Much has been made of the fact that the Pittsburgh Pirates have climbed back to "average" in the standings, with a 17-17 record.
Frank Coonelly, President of the Pittsburgh Pirates, made a surprise visit Monday to The FAN Morning Show.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette writer, Dejan Kovacevic, joined The FAN Morning Show Monday to discuss the Pittsburgh Pirates' recent success.
There is no way anyone associated with the Pittsburgh Pirates, players, coaches, managers and front office personnel can mention .500 baseball as a goal. I get that.
Ryan Doumit hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates improved to .500 this late in a season for the first time in years, beating the Houston Astros 5-4 Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will close out a three-game series with the Houston Astros Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.
Charlie Morton took a shutout into the eighth inning Saturday, and unlike last night with Paul Maholm, the Pirates bats gave their pitcher enough support for a win at PNC Park. Lyle Overbay added his first home run at home this season and Andrew McCutchen had a two-run double in the 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros.
Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster Bob Walk joined Vinnie & Cook on Sportsradio 93-7 The Fan, and he is encouraged after a month of watching the Pirates.
The Padres erased a 5-3 deficit in the seventh inning and scored the game-winning run in the eighth to knock off the Pirates 6-5 Tuesday night.
The Pittsburgh Pirates (14-15) scored four runs in the first inning and held on for a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres (11-18) Monday night.
What a difference one year makes for the Pirates who last season had just 17 wins on the road for the entire season. With their 8-4 win over the Colorado Rockies Sunday afternoon, they Pirates already have nine wins on the road and it was their fourth road series win of this young season.
The Pirates continued their three-game series against the Rockies Saturday night in Colorado. Andrew McCutchen hit another home run, but it wasn't enough to help the Bucs as they fell 4-1.
Mike Morse had a three-run homer among his three-hits, Adam LaRoche also homered and the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Pirates jumped out to an early lead over the Washington Nationals and never looked back Saturday night at PNC Park.
The FAN's Vinnie Richichi and Ron Cook are joined by Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage to talk some Buccos baseball.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette writer, Dejan Kovacevic, joined Seibel, Starkey and Miller Tuesday afternoon.
Andrew McCutchen opened the game with a homer against slow-starting Edinson Volquez, then singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning Sunday, rallying the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Perhaps the Pirates just needed a change of scenery. Coming off a 1-5 homestand, Charlie Morton pitched the second complete game of his career to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-1 on Friday night.
Here are the starting lineup's for tonight's game between the Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers.
Fans had high hopes as the Pirates, coming off a 4-2 record on the road, returned home to PNC Park to usher in baseball season in Pittsburgh. But despite the optimism, the Buccos stumbled in their home opener, falling 7-1 to the Colorado Rockies.
It's Opening Day at PNC Park! Steve Blass joined the The FAN Morning show to talk baseball.
It's been mentioned by Gene Collier in the Post-Gazette already, but I feel the need to reiterate the idea that the Pirates' series to open this season against the Cubs was significant beyond the fact that they took two out of three games. It showed us that Clint Hurdle cares.
One day after the Pirates blew a three-run lead in the eighth inning to the Chicago Cubs, they reversed the trend by overcoming a late inning deficit of their own.
The baseball writer joined Vinnie on 93.7 The Fan's "Bucco Talk" to discuss the start of the 2011 MLB season.
