Chris Mack: Apathy's Cure Is Extending McCutchen
Before fans have completely checked out on the 2017 season, the Pirates would do well to extend Andrew McCutchen. Now.
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Before fans have completely checked out on the 2017 season, the Pirates would do well to extend Andrew McCutchen. Now.
Rookie Jesse Winker homered for the second straight game, hitting a tiebreaking drive in the seventh inning off newly acquired Pittsburgh reliever Joaquin Benoit that sent the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Billy Hamilton hit a three-run homer and tripled, Eugenio Suarez and rookie Jesse Winker also went deep, and the Cincinnati Reds overwhelmed the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 on Tuesday night.
"We are working hard to get better," Huntington said. "We certainly understand that the fans expect more and want more."
Colin Dunlap believes Neal Huntington did the right thing on Monday at the deadline.
The Pirates have traded pitcher Tony Watson to the Los Angeles Dodgers and acquired right-handed pitcher Joaquin Benoit from the Philadelphia Phillies.
Andrew McCutchen hit three home runs for the third time in his career to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
Lamet pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and fellow rookie Manuel Margot homered and scored twice, leading the San Diego Padres to a 4-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.
Travis Wood combined with three relievers on a three-hitter Friday night to help the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2.
Brandon Belt doubled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh inning in support of starter Jeff Samardzija, who threw seven strong innings in the San Francisco Giants' 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
Madison Bumgarner allowed one run over five innings for his first win of the season, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-3 on Tuesday night.
Going 13-4 with the 2nd best record in the game since the 4th of July, the Pirates are firmly in the N.L. Central race.
Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 10-3 on Monday night.
The Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-3 on Sunday.
German Marquez became the latest Rockies pitcher to hit a Pirates batter with a pitch as Colorado beat Pittsburgh 7-3 on Saturday night.
The surging Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 13-5 on Friday night.
Gregory Polanco homered, Chris Stewart added three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a four-game sweep of the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers with a 4-2 victory on Thursday.
Max Moroff got his first career game-ending hit with a single in the 10th inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Wednesday night.
I didn't expect, as Starling Marte stepped to the plate for his first at-bat after an 80-game performance-enhancing drug suspension, for the crowd to largely offer a big round of applause.
Francisco Cervelli and Josh Harrison homered during a sixth-inning rally and the streaking Pittsburgh Pirates welcomed outfielder Starling Marte back with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
Andrew McCutchen has announced that he and his wife are expecting a baby boy!
Gregory Polanco doubled twice, drove in two runs and threw out a potential go-ahead run at the plate to lead the surging Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Starling Marte is back in Pittsburgh with his suspension for performance-enhancing drugs coming to an end.
Roberto Clemente was an Earthly saint. And Colin Dunlap doesn't need some league-wide jersey retirement to validate that.
Adam Frazier's game-ending single capped a two-run rally in the ninth inning that lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Sunday.
