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| Bay's RBI in 14th inning leads Bucs over Cubs |
MLB Baseball |
05/25/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Jason Bay knocked in three runs, including the game-winner in the 14th inning, as the Pittsburgh Pirates took a much-need 5-4 decision over the Chicago Cubs in the middle installment of three-game set at PNC Park. Bay finished 4-for-6 at the plate with a two-run home run, which proved the only Pirates extra-base hit. Pittsburgh tallied 12 singles, two apiece from Adam LaRoche and Jason Michaels. Pirates starter Phil Dumatrait came through with 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball, allo |
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| Cubs try to continue dominance in Pittsburgh |
MLB Baseball |
05/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Chicago Cubs take aim at their fifth straight win at PNC Park this evening when they continue their three-game set with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Chicago has dominated the Bucos this season, winning nine of its 10 matchups with them, including a three-game sweep in the Steel City from April 7-9. The Cubs are also 12-1 in their last 13 meetings with the Pirates dating back to last season. That trend continued in the opener of this set on Friday, as Carlos Zambrano tossed seven innings of two- |
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| Zambrano's seven innings, four hits propel Cubs past Pirates |
MLB Baseball |
05/23/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Carlos Zambrano tossed seven innings of two- run ball and had an even better game at the plate, recording four hits and two runs batted in, as the Chicago Cubs exploded for 19 hits in a 12-3 romp over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Zambrano (7-1) allowed just six hits and one walk while fanning six to extend his personal unbeaten streak to eight games. "I felt good," Zambrano said. "There's nothing wrong with my shoulder, obviously. I was able to hit 94-95 (mph), and locate my fastball |
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| Angry Roberts to sit out Game 1 for Penguins |
NHL Hockey |
05/23/2008 |
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| t of us do, haven't played against them,'' fellow defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom said. Factoring in all pro sports, teams from Detroit and Pittsburgh haven't met in the postseason since the 1909 World Series. Back then, shortstop Honus Wagner and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers 4-3. --- SLIM PICKINGS: While the Penguins have five players on their roster who were chosen within the first five picks of the NHL draft, the Red Wings have only three that were selected in the entire first round |
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| McLouth helps Pirates avoid sweep against Brewers |
MLB Baseball |
05/22/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Nate McLouth went 4-for-4 and scored three runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates avoided a sweep with an 8-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the finale of a three-game set at PNC Park. Jason Bay added a two-run homer for the Pirates, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Xavier Nady went 2-for-3 with a solo homer, while Chris Gomez contributed with a two-run single. Tom Gorzelanny (4-4) earned the win after allowing two runs on eight hits over five-plus innings, walking four and fa |
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| Gorzelanny, Bush square off in Pittsburgh |
MLB Baseball |
05/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Lefty Tom Gorzelanny can return to the winning side of the ledger tonight when the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Milwaukee Brewers in the finale of a three-game set at PNC Park. A former second-round draft pick in 2003, Gorzelanny began the season with just one win in five starts through April 24, before winning consecutive decisions against the New York Mets and Atlanta. In this wins, he allowed just eight hits and two runs over 12 1/3 innings. He was touched for seven hits and seven runs in hi |
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| Sheets goes distance as Brewers top Pirates |
MLB Baseball |
05/22/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Ben Sheets scattered 11 hits for his second complete game of the season, and Rickie Weeks hit a solo home run to push the Milwaukee Brewers past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-1, in the second of a three- game set at PNC Park. Sheets (5-1) struck out six in his 123-pitch effort for the Brewers, who have won the first two of this series after a five-game losing streak. Sheets finished off his 15th career complete game despite only retiring the Pirates in order once -- in the fifth inn |
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| Brewers send Sheets to hill in Pittsburgh |
MLB Baseball |
05/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Ace right-hander Ben Sheets hopes to end a May skid tonight when the Milwaukee Brewers visit PNC Park for the second of three games with the host Pittsburgh Pirates. Sheets was 4-0 with a no-decision and a 0.96 earned run average through his initial five starts between Mar 31 and April 29, but has since gone winless in three starts in the season's second full month. In a loss and two no-decisions, Sheets has allowed 25 hits and 13 runs in 19 1/3 innings and has seen his ERA swell to 3.25 overa |
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| Brewers down Bucs |
MLB Baseball |
05/21/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Manny Parra's terrific outing on the hill was backed by a 14-hit barrage as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Parra (2-2) entered the contest in the midst of a personal seven-start winless stretch, but the left-hander held the Pirates off the scoreboard for 5 2/3 innings, allowing just four hits and a walk, while striking out six in halting the Brewers' nine-game road losing skid. Relievers Seth Mc |
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| Brewers invade Steel City |
MLB Baseball |
05/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Southpaw Manny Parra tries to end a seven-start drought tonight when the Milwaukee Brewers open a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Parra, who reached the majors and made nine appearances with the Brewers last season, began 2008 with a 5-4 defeat of San Francisco on April 5. He's 0-2 with five no-decisions since, however, including a 6 2/3-inning stint against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 14, in which he surrendered seven hits and an earned run. Los Angeles won the g |
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