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| Colorado minor-leaguer suspended |
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05/28/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that Colorado Rockies minor-leaguer Humberto Cota has received a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Cota appeared in five games for the Pittsburgh Pirates last season, hitting .286 in 14 at-bats. A lifetime .233 hitter in parts of seven season for the Pirates, Cota has 12 home runs and 61 runs batted in over 196 games. |
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| Pirates' Duke gets extra day to treat finger |
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05/28/2008 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) -Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Zach Duke will get an extra day before his next start to take care of a callus on the middle finger of his pitching hand. Duke was scheduled to start Thursday in the final game of a series at Cincinnati. Instead, left-hander Phil Dumatrait will start on four days' rest. Duke is coming off a 12-3 loss to Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs on Friday in Pittsburgh. He lasted five innings in that game, allowing four runs. The Pirates plan to start him Friday |
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| Jay Bruce still agog from memorable debut |
MLB Baseball |
05/28/2008 |
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| atcher David Ross while he was doing a postgame television interview Tuesday night. The former first-round draft pick was called up and went 3-for-3 in his big league debut with a pair of walks, a stolen base and two RBIs. The 9-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates drew a 9.7 rating on Fox Ohio, making it the highest-rated Reds game on the sports network this season. Approximately 90,000 homes tuned in to see Bruce's debut. They saw something extremely rare. Bruce became the first Reds player to have three |
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| Cota suspended for 50 games for positive test |
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05/28/2008 |
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| suspended for 50 games Wednesday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. Cota was penalized under the major league drug program, even though he has not been on a major league roster since last June 15, when he was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The reason he was covered by the major league plan rather than the minor league program wasn't announced. ``I want to make it clear that I did not use any banned substances in order to improve my performance,'' Cota said in a statement released b |
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| Arroyo tries to stretch unbeaten streak against Bucs |
MLB Baseball |
05/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Right-hander Bronson Arroyo looks for a fifth straight start without a loss tonight when the Cincinnati Reds host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the middle game of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. Arroyo, who was drafted by the Pirates and reached the majors with them in 2000, opened 2008 with three losses and a no-decision in his first four starts and sat at 1-4 with a no-decision after six outings. He's picked up two wins and two no-decisions since, however, throwing 26 1/3 inning |
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| Pirates activate SS Wilson from DL |
MLB Baseball |
05/27/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Pirates activated shortstop Jack Wilson from the 15-day disabled list Tuesday. Wilson finished 3-for-5 in his return to the lineup during a 9-6 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds. Sidelined with a left calf strain, Wilson has played in just three games this season entering Tuesday's contest at Cincinnati. He suffered the injury in the team's 4-3 extra-inning win over the Atlanta Braves on April 3. Wilson was just 1-for-12 with an RBI and a run scored in those three gam |
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| Bruce expected to make debut in Bucs-Reds opener |
MLB Baseball |
05/27/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Pirates will set sail for seven games, starting with tonight's first of three straight meetings against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Pittsburgh will also take on St. Louis for four games at Busch Stadium on this current road trip. It has won two straight overall and completed a six-game homestand with a 3-3 record following Sunday's 6-5 win in 11 innings versus the Chicago Cubs, as Jason Bay drove in Chris Gomez with the game-winning run in the 11th inning at |
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| Pirates' McLouth only needed a chance |
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05/27/2008 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Glance at the National League statistics, and one name seems out of place. What is Nate McLouth, a Pittsburgh Pirates utility outfielder most of the last three seasons, doing as one of the league leaders in batting average, home runs, RBIs and most other offensive categories? The answer: He's finally getting a chance to play and taking advantage of it. That's something he couldn't do the last couple of seasons as the Pirates experimented with Tike Redman, Chris Duffy and Nyjer Morgan in c |
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| Reds promote top prospect Bruce |
MLB Baseball |
05/26/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (Best E Casino) - The Cincinnati Reds announced Monday that outfielder Jay Bruce, a top major league prospect, will be recalled from Triple-A Louisville before Tuesday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 21-year-old leads the International League with a .364 batting average and 67 hits to go along with 10 home runs, 37 RBI and eight stolen bases in 49 games. Bruce was the Reds' first-round pick in the 2005 Amateur Draft. |
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| Pittsburgh attempts rare winning streak versus Cubs |
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05/25/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Pirates try to string back-to-back wins together this afternoon when they play the rubber match of their three-game series with the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park. Pittsburgh snapped a four-game home losing streak to the Cubs on Saturday, as Jason Bay knocked in three runs, including the game-winner in the 14th inning, lifting the Pirates to a 5-4 win. Bay finished 4-for-6 at the plate with a two-run home run, the Pirates' only extra-base hit. Pittsburgh tallied 12 singles, two apiece |
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