Pirates Top Cardinals 4-3 In 10 Innings
The Pittsburgh Pirates picked the perfect time to take their first lead of the game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday afternoon.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates picked the perfect time to take their first lead of the game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday afternoon.
The Pittsburgh Pirates were looking to get back in the win column Saturday night, but the St. Louis Cardinals had other ideas.
Chris Gates | 93-7 The Fan — The St. Louis Cardinals scored four runs in the first inning off of Pirates starter Paul Maholm and added another in the third to provide all the support they'd need in a 6-4 win.
This season, the Pirates have proven to be contenders for the first time in recent memory; but will it last? Future Hall of Fame Pitcher John Smoltz told The Fan Morning Show that he thinks the Bucs have what it takes to compete for their division.
Chris Gates | 93-7 The Fan -- Here are five players in the organization I believe absolutely can not be part of any trade.
Indianapolis Indians announcer Howard Kellman joined The Vinnie and Cook show on Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan to give some insight on the Pirates currently playing for the Triple A club including Pedro Alvarez, Steve Pearce, and Ronny Cedeno.
CBSSports.com MLB senior writer Scott Miller chats with The Vinnie and Cook show on Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan about what he calls the best story in baseball right now, the Pirates.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will be on national television two times in three weeks. ESPN will broadcast the Pirates' July 25 game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field, and the Pirates are scheduled for the Fox Saturday Game of the Week on Aug. 13 against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.
Chris Gates | 93-7 The Fan — The Pittsburgh Pirates are quickly establishing themselves as the kings of small ball in Major League Baseball.
Pirate broadcaster Steve Blass checked in with Vinnie & Cook on Sportsradio 93-7 The Fan, and he is pumped to see the Pirates atop the division.
Chris Gates | 93-7 The Fan -- In more ways than one, the resurgence of the Pittsburgh Pirates has energized Western Pennsylvania.
The line to buy tickets at midday Monday was a long one for a team now a half-game out of first place and preparing to play two more games against National League Central rival Cincinnati and a three-game series versus St. Louis.
Former Pirate, and Cincinnati Red, Sean Casey, sat in with the Fan Morning Show for 90 minutes on Monday morning.
For the second straight game, the bullpen let a slim lead disappear in the eighth inning, but the outcome of the game was different.
The Pittsburgh Pirates watched a slim lead vanish in the eighth inning Saturday night against the Houston Astros.
The Pittsburgh Pirates picked right up where they left off in their first game after the All-Star break. Pittsburgh opened up a three-game series with the Houston Astros with a 4-0 win Friday night.
Sportsradio 93.7 The FAN, Pittsburgh-- The Tribune Review's Rob Biertempfel joins Seibel, Starkey, and Miller to talk about the Pirates as they start the second half of the season.
Pirates MLB.com beat writer Jen Langosch joined Vinnie Richichi of the Vinnie & Cook show on SportsRadio 93-7 The Fan.
Sean Casey, a former Pirate and current MLB Network Analyst, called in to The FAN Morning Show Friday.
Chances are a year ago, when the Pirates had basically already eliminated themselves from contention by the All-star break, you weren't hearing Pirates owner Bob Nutting say anything close to this: "Oh it's been fantastic, obviously tremendously exciting season so far," Nutting said. "This team has come out every day ready to play, playing hard and just putting an exciting show on."
