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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Pirates stay hot with 3-1 win over Reds

By MARK SCHMETZER

September 27, 2014

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Pirates stay hot with 3-1 win over Reds

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Vance Worley throws against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Travis Snider felt for Jay Bruce. He also was happy to see the ball go to the wall.

Pitching Details

Win

Jared Hughes

7-5
Loss

Pedro Villarreal

0-2
Save

Mark Melancon

SV: 33

Snider's scorching liner got past Bruce for a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, and thePittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Friday night to keep the pressure on NL Central-leading St. Louis.

''Every once in a while, you hit one on the screws, and it has that knuckleball effect,'' said Snider, who started in right for the Pirates. ''It's a tough play for an outfielder. As an outfielder, you're going to see balls like that. I've hit a few.''

The Pirates have won five of six and 17 of 21 overall. They have already clinched a wild card and remained one game back of the Cardinals, who won 7-6 at Arizona in 10 innings.

Josh Harrison was aboard after a two-out single against Pedro Villareal (0-2) when Snider followed with a drive to right that Bruce overran, giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead. Andrew McCutchen then doubled into the gap in left-center.

''Like a lot of times this year, I just whiffed,'' Bruce said. ''He hit it hard, and it's not the first ball that knuckled, but as I planted to redirect, I slipped.''

Jared Hughes (7-5) got the final two outs of the seventh for the win. Tony Watson pitched the eighth, and Mark Melancon finished for his 33rd save.

Mike Leake struck out eight in seven solid innings in his last start of the season for Cincinnati. The right-hander allowed one run - Gaby Sanchez's homer on the first pitch of the fifth - and three hits with two walks.

Leake also helped himself in the fifth. He doubled with two out and then ran through third base coach Steve Smith's stop sign on Kristopher Negron's single to center, beating McCutchen's throw with a slide that made it 1-1.

''Leake is not sneaking up on anybody in the league,'' Reds manager Bryan Price said. ''He's always ready to compete.''

Sanchez's drive to left-center field was his seventh homer of the season and first since August 14.

Pirates starter Vance Worley surrendered nine hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out four and walked none while throwing 74 pitches.

HOT HARRISON

Harrison extended his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games. The Cincinnati native set his previous career high of 13 earlier this season.

ON A ROLL

The Pirates are a season-high 16 games over .500 at 88-72.

DOUBLE DOWN

McCutchen's double was his 38th, tying the career high he set last season, and the 200th of his career.

STREAKING LEAKE

Leake's double was his career-high fifth of the season and his run was his career-high ninth.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Pirates: Manager Clint Hurdle's lineup was delayed while he awaited an update on the condition of first baseman Ike Davis. ''He has flu-like symptoms that are more than flu-like,'' Hurdle said. Davis did not play.

Reds: LHP Aroldis Chapman was day to day after he had trouble getting loose while logging his 35th save on Thursday, Price said.

ON DECK

Pirates: LHP Francisco Liriano tries Saturday for his first career win in nine regular-season starts against Cincinnati. He is 0-5.

Reds: RHP Alfredo Simon tries to improve to 3-1 in four starts against Pittsburgh this season

Friday, September 26, 2014

Pirates rip Braves 10-1, cut Cards' lead to 1 game

By Charles Odum
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/pit/
September 26, 2014

Pirates rip Braves 10-1, cut Cards' lead to 1 game

Pittsburgh Pirates' Neil Walker (18) runs past third base coach Nick Leyva (16) after hitting a home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Atlanta. Pittsburgh won 10-1. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

ATLANTA (AP) -- Perhaps the only bad news for the Pirates is they can't send Edinson Volquez back to the mound with the division title on the line in their final regular-season series.

Pitching Details

Win

Edinson Vólquez

13-7
Loss

David Hale

4-5

Volquez threw seven scoreless innings, Travis Snider and Neil Walker hit homers and Pittsburgh moved within one game of the NL Central lead with a 10-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.

Pittsburgh, only one game behind first-place St. Louis in the division, will close its regular season with a three-game series at Cincinnati. The Pirates clinched a playoff spot on Tuesday night.

''We want to keep doing what we're doing, keep fighting,'' Volquez said.

The Pirates won three of four from the reeling Braves. St. Louis, which did not play Thursday night, closes its regular season with a weekend series at Arizona.

Volquez (13-7) set a season high with 10 strikeouts and gave up only four hits. He closed his regular season with 18 consecutive scoreless innings.

After posting an ugly combined 5.71 ERA with the Padres and Dodgers in 2013, Volquez finished his 2014 regular season with a 3.04 mark. He was at his best down the stretch, posting a 1.08 ERA in September.

Volquez allowed only five baserunners, including one walk.

''Anytime you get off the mound with that kind of efficiency and that kind of command, you know you're going to be in the ballgame,'' Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.

Added Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez: ''His command today was about as good as I've seen him.''

Josh Harrison moved past Colorado's Justin Morneau (.317) for the lead in the NL batting race. Harrison had three hits, pushing his average to .319, and scored two runs.

Volquez added to his memorable night with an eighth-inning single that snapped his 0-for-45 drought since April 27. The Pirates had 16 hits, including three by Snider.

Starling Marte hit a two-run double in the seventh and Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs with a single in the eighth. Gaby Sanchez had a pinch-hit, run-scoring single in the sixth.

Snider has hit nine of his 13 homers on the road, including two in this series. His first-inning shot off David Hale (4-5) landed in the front row of the centerfield seats. Walker hit a two-run shot off Gus Schlosser in the eighth.

The Braves fell to 5-17 in September. There was a sarcastic cheer from fans when Ramiro Pena's fly ball to left field off Casey Sadler in the ninth drove in Jason Heyward as the Braves avoided their seventh shutout loss of the month.

The Braves' only hit through the first four innings was an infield single by Phil Gosselin in the fourth.

Atlanta didn't hit a ball out of the infield until the fifth. Following an infield single by Andrelton Simmons, Pena singled to left field, but Volquez pitched out of the jam.

Hale gave up two runs in 4 2/3 innings in his first start since June 28. He replaced Mike Minor, who was shut down for the remainder of the season on Tuesday with inflammation in his left shoulder.

Luis Avilan, Atlanta's second reliever, allowed four runs on four hits in 1 1/3 innings. Schlosser gave up four runs in the eighth.

The 10 runs were the most by the Pirates at Turner Field since the 2008 season opener.

GATTIS RETURNS

Catcher Evan Gattis was 0-for-2 in his first start for the Braves since Sept. 7. He had been held out with strep throat and a kidney stone and was replaced by Christian Bethancourt in the seventh.

STREAKING

Harrison has a 13-game hitting streak, matching his career best. It is his third streak of 10 or more games this season.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Pirates: C Russell Martin started after leaving Wednesday night's game with tightness in his left hamstring.

Braves: 3B Chris Johnson was held out after leaving Wednesday night's game with a lower back strain. He said he was sore from adjustments to his back.

UP NEXT

Pirates: RHP Vance Worley will face Reds RHP Mike Leake on Friday night.

Braves: The Braves close their season with a three-game series at Philadelphia. RHP Ervin Santana will try for his 15th win against Phillies RHP Jerome Williams on Friday night.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Pirates Know Best

By Joe Starkey

http://triblive.com/sports

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, 9:00 p.m.

Christopher Horner | Trib Total Media

The Pirates have a chance to be really good for a long time, thanks at least in part to general manager Neal Huntington (left) and owner Bob Nutting, according to columnist Joe Starkey.

The Pirates are back in the playoffs, even if they did not take the path some would have preferred.

They did not throw tens of millions of dollars at James Loney or Matt Garza. They went Dumpster diving. They turned up maybe the worst pitcher in baseball in Edinson Volquez, who took a $5 million contract and not only outperformed the $50 million Garza but also most others in the National League, including one A.J. Burnett.

How dare he.

The Pirates did not trade Starling Marte for a rental pitcher at the July 31 deadline, which outraged either the masses or the vocal minority. I can never figure out which. As if on cue, Marte started raking like never before upon his return to the lineup Aug. 5. He has been the NL's best hitter since.

How dare he.

So last year wasn't a fluke, after all. The Pirates are playoff-bound again. They Buc'd all the popular and convenient narratives.

Bob Nutting looks smart because he's the one who hired Frank Coonelly, who hired Neal Huntington, who hired Clint Hurdle and brought in the likes of Russell Martin, Francisco Liriano, Mark Melancon, Josh Harrison (lucky, I know, just like losing Jose Bautista and seeing him morph into Jose Canseco was unlucky, right?), Jordy Mercer, Volquez, Vance Worley, Charlie Morton, Gerrit Cole and the legendary John Holdzkom, who I believe will be president of the United States one day.

Nobody's laughing at the old “best management team in baseball” quote anymore. And I'm not saying the Pirates have the best management team in baseball. I'm merely suggesting that raising the dead should probably get them an invite to the conversation.

Here's the part that must really gall the conspiracy theorists, the ones who label loyal fans suckers: The Pirates have an excellent chance to be really good for a long time (how dare they), just like they promised.

Cole said it in the champagne-soaked clubhouse Tuesday: “We're not going to go away.”

Even if Martin doesn't return, this team will come back next season dotted with talent all over the diamond.

It's conceivable the Pirates could open 2015 with an outfield of Marte, McCutchen and Gregory Polanco and an infield of Pedro Alvarez at first, Neil Walker at second, Mercer at shortstop and Harrison at third.

Cole should be the staff ace. Young talent waits behind him, along with Morton, Jeff Locke and who knows who else? Maybe another successful reclamation project. Melancon, Watson, Justin Wilson, Jared Hughes and President Holdzkom all could be among the affordable bullpen returnees.

That doesn't mean the Pirates will make the playoffs every year. Baseball can be cruel that way. Consider the Washington Nationals, a loaded young team that emerged in 2012 only to be crushed by personnel losses last year before rebounding big time this year.

These Pirates, by all rights, should have been the 2013 Nationals, given all their injuries and unforeseen issues. But they refused to succumb, and that, in part, goes back to players such as Worley. Which goes back to Huntington.

The Worley saga isn't about luck. It's about outsmarting other teams. Somebody had to scout him. Somebody had to fix him. Special assistant to the GM/pitching guru Jim Benedict took care of the latter. He's a guy the Pirates retained last fall when the Philadelphia Phillies tried to hire him.

How's that for a free agent signing?

Of course, no matter how the Pirates do in the postseason, the next big flashpoint will be Martin. If he doesn't sign here — regardless of the circumstances — outrage is sure to follow. And if the club makes no real attempt, outrage will be warranted.

But none of that is happening right now. The criticism is all weirdly preemptive. People see Martin do something great and instead of saying, “There's an example of the Pirates being smart. They got this guy and made him the fifth highest-paid catcher in baseball (which he is this season),” they say, “There's another example of Nutting's cheapness.”

Martin could hit the winning home run in Game 7 of the World Series, and instead of celebrating, the most deeply scarred conspiracy theorists would jump in their cars with pitchforks and storm PNC Park.

It never ends.

First, it was the Pirates' new regime would never sign a homegrown superstar. They did (McCutchen).

Then it was they'd never be buyers at the deadline (they were, starting in 2011), never sign a game-changing free agent (they did, Martin), never win again, never reach the playoffs again and certainly not make it back the next season.

People sometimes ask why I don't criticize the Pirates the way I used to. Is it because I work for the flagship station?

No, I say. It's much simpler and much less conspiratorial than that. It's because they used to lose most of the time, and now they win most of the time.

How dare they.

Joe Starkey co-hosts a show 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays on 93.7 FM. Reach him at jraystarkey@gmail.com.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A toast to the Pirates' improbable 2014 postseason push

By Ron Cook / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports

September 24, 2014

Left to right, Francisco Liriano, John Axford and Stolmy Pimentel celebrate clinching a playoff spot Tuesday after the Pirates' 3-2 win against the Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Maybe the champagne didn't taste quite as sweet as last season. There's nothing quite like the first time in anything. The Pirates ended 20 years of losing baseball when they made the playoffs in 2013. It will be hard to top that memory for the team or its fan base. It won't be topped until the club wins a World Series.

But the postseason slot the Pirates secured Tuesday night might be more impressive. It became official at 9:58 when, in a surreal scene in front of several hundred fans chanting, "Let's Go Bucs!" at Turner Field, Tony Watson got the Atlanta Braves' Freddie Freeman to bounce into a 3-6-3 double play, securing a 3-2 win. The players rushed onto the lawn and started a celebration that carried into their clubhouse and long into the night even though they still have plenty to accomplish in the final five days of the regular season.

And why not?

This postseason trip is hard-earned and well-deserved, perhaps even more than the one a year ago. It comes after the Pirates started the season 10-18. It comes after they lost seven games in a row in August. It comes after they were swept in a three-game series in early September in St. Louis and were, in many places, left for dead with a 71-68 record.

The Pirates have gone 15-3 since.

"I love our club," manager Clint Hurdle gushed after emerging from dead center of the clubhouse party. "Getting it done one time last season, that's cool, it was magic. But to do it back-to-back, that's another big step for our organization. Our city deserves it. Our city's got it."

Somehow, it seemed fitting, at least for Pirates bench coach Jeff Banister, that this latest celebration took place in an Atlanta ballpark. He has been with the organization for 29 years and remembers the pain the Pirates and all of Pittsburgh felt in another Atlanta venue -- Fulton County Stadium -- in the 1992 playoffs, the Pirates' most recent winning season before last season.

"To do this on this field in this city against that organization is what I'll always remember," Banister said.

Here's the amazing part:

The Pirates are going to the playoffs despite releasing Wandy Rodriguez in May, getting just seven wins from Francisco Liriano, watching Gerrit Cole go on the disabled list twice and trading Jason Grilli in June.

Imagine that.

Jared Hughes, Watson and Mark Melancon picked up for Grilli. But nothing was more significant to the Pirates' sustained success, Hurdle said, than Brandon Cumpton, Jeff Locke and Vance Worley coming up from the minor leagues and stepping into the rotation, which was missing Rodriguez, Liriano and Cole. "It wasn't just keeping your head above water," Hurdle said. "We got better."

The Pirates' lineup also had its issues. Russell Martin, Neil Walker and Andrew McCutchen spent time on the disabled list. Pedro Alvarez had a miserable year, offensively and defensively. For much of the season, the team got little power production from first base and right field.

Martin, who missed a month early in the season because of a hamstring injury, has handled the pitching staff superbly, played great defense and delivered big hit after hit, perhaps none bigger than his three-run, eighth-inning home run Friday night to beat the Milwaukee Brewers. Walker, who sat out two weeks in June after an appendectomy, hit 21 home runs to set the Pirates franchise record for a second baseman. McCutchen hardly missed a beat after his serious rib injury in early August and is having another MVP-caliber season. He singled and scored the Pirates' first run Tuesday night and doubled and scored to give to give them their 3-2 lead in the sixth inning.

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This Pirates run different, better

By Chris Mueller

Special to the Times

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/

September 24, 2014

Pirates clinch playoff spot, beat Braves 3-2

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle waves to the crowd as he leaves the dugout after the Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in a baseball game to clinch a playoff berth, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemo)

There will never be another 2013 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and their fans. There will never be another 20 straight losing seasons, at least one would hope.

There will never be that same magical, surreal quality that last year’s run to the playoffs had.

That’s okay, too. This season, and the feeling that has accompanied it, has been better, more fun.

For one thing, the Pirates are doing what they’re doing with the weight of expectations squarely on them. A 94 win season, while it creates joy and buries forever the ugliest losing streak in American professional sports history, also creates the idea that better things are on the horizon, no matter how bad recent history might be.

This year has also seen the Bucs overcome more adversity. Francisco Liriano was injured and a shell of himself until the All-Star break. The Pirates found a way to overcome it. Gerrit Cole has been hurt as well, and his performance when healthy has been uneven. The Pirates’ rotation survived, barely, in large part due to the contributions of Jeff Locke, Vance Worley, and even at times Brandon Cumpton.

Pedro Alvarez has suffered through injuries of late, and was a massive disappointment in the field, and not up to last year’s standards at the plate. The Pirates plugged in Josh Harrison, after moving him all over the place on the field, and he may well go from super utility player to batting champion.

Jason Grilli blew up, badly, and was traded. His replacement was somehow worse. Even after Mark Melancon stabilized the closer’s position, and Tony Watson provided high level work in the eighth inning, the team’s “bridge” guy, Justin Wilson, was disappointing. Enter John Holdzkom, plucked from somewhere well outside of the middle of nowhere, a real-life Sidd Finch. Since his arrival, the bullpen has been excellent.

Last year’s Pirates were under .500 for the final time on April 18, at 7-8. They did not lose more than four games in a row all season long. They cruised to a playoff spot, and were 21 games over .500 at the halfway mark of the season. The collective regional catharsis came with barely a hint of worry, and hardly ever a sense of dread.

This year? Well, the Pirates were 18-26 and a flat out bad baseball team in mid-May. Some idiot columnist/radio host whose name rhymes with “This Cruller” pronounced the season over at that point. The Pirates clawed back, and they did so the hard way, only recently notching their first five game winning streak of the season. They weathered a seven and four game losing streaks, respectively, during a crucial time of year.

If the 2013 regular season was mostly a pleasure cruise on the way to putting history in the rearview mirror for good, the 2014 season has been a battle in the trenches, a constant struggle to gain a foothold that only recently abated, and even then, only a little.

It has also been a thrill-a-minute roller coaster ride. Regular season games have taken on the intensity of the post-season, especially of late.

Breaking a 20 year drought with an emphatic 94 win season was a great story and an unforgettable journey for long-suffering fans of this team. One would think it impossible to top that narrative.

The 2014 Pirates have. Against all odds, and on the backs of largely unheralded or flat out unknown players, they are not only headed for the playoffs again, but they might just bring another wild card game—and more—back to PNC Park.

Hollywood should take notes. When it comes to the Bucs, the sequel has been better than the original.

And the show isn’t over yet.

Pirates clinch playoff spot, beat Braves 3-2

By Charles Odum

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/pit/

September 24, 2014

Pittsburgh Pirates' Starling Marte, second from left, gets doused with champagne by Jose Tabata, left, and hitting coach Jason Branson while an unidentified person joins in the celebration in the locker room after the Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in a baseball game to clinch a playoff berth, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

ATLANTA (AP) -- Gerrit Cole was so focused on recording 17 consecutive outs, he didn't glance at the out-of-town scoreboard.

Pitching Details

Win

Gerrit Cole

11-5
Loss

Alex Wood

11-11
Save

Tony Watson

SV: 2

Cole insisted he didn't know his win over Atlanta had clinched a playoff spot for Pittsburgh until he walked into the clubhouse and saw the lockers covered in plastic.

The surging Pirates earned their second straight trip to the postseason with a 3-2 victory over the free-falling Braves on Tuesday night.

Cole gave up two runs in the first two innings and then didn't allow another baserunner.

The Pirates' win combined with Milwaukee's loss to Cincinnati assured Pittsburgh of no worse than an NL wild card.

''I didn't have any idea until I came in here,'' Cole said.

Pittsburgh also moved within 1 1/2 games of NL Central leader St. Louis, which lost to the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings.

The Pirates wrapped up their postseason berth exactly one year after clinching a place in the 2013 playoffs to end a 21-year drought.

''I think it establishes our presence in this league that we're not going to go away,'' Cole said.

The Pirates reacted to the final out on Tuesday with little emotion. Players exchanged high-fives in a line on the field before sharing hugs in front of their dugout. The emotions flowed with champagne and beer in the clubhouse.

Andrew McCutchen, last year's NL MVP and a contender again this season, wore big ski goggles as he held a bottle of champagne in one hand and lit a big victory cigar.

McCutchen, who had two hits and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth, already had his focus on bigger goals.

''To celebrate is fun, but we've still got to take care of business,'' he said.

Starling Marte gave Pittsburgh the lead with a sixth-inning double that drove in McCutchen.

The Pirates have won 11 of 13.

''We didn't panic,'' McCutchen said. ''That's what's good about this team.''

Cole (11-5) trailed 2-0 after two innings but didn't allow another runner through seven innings. That allowed the Pirates to rally against Alex Wood (11-11).

Travis Snider's 12th homer tied the game in the fifth.

Cole allowed two runs and four hits with eight strikeouts.

Jared Hughes pitched a scoreless eighth. Left-hander Tony Watson gave up a one-out single to Phil Gosselin in the ninth, but he got Freddie Freeman to hit into a game-ending double play to earn his second save.

The Braves, who fired general manager Frank Wren on Monday, are 4-16 in September. Atlanta (76-81) has lost five straight to fall five games under .500 for the first time since May 9, 2010.

Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said he admired the Pirates' determined approach at the plate.

''These guys, they stick their nose in there offensively and they don't give at-bats away. They put the ball in play and they get some results,'' Gonzalez said.

Atlanta loaded the bases with no outs in the second but managed only one run when Andrelton Simmons grounded into a double play. Jason Heyward, who led off the inning with a walk, scored from third.

The double play was the key to Cole's turnaround.

''There was something missing in the first couple of innings,'' Cole said. ''Luckily, they made some good plays behind me. The double play was huge. We knew we were going to come back and score a few.

''It was about outs, and we turned a great double play. Then we just got in a rhythm and just kept going.''

DROUGHT-BREAKER:

The Braves scored a first-inning run for the first time since Aug. 27. Freeman's double to the right-field wall drove in Gosselin. Freeman was thrown out trying to advance to third base.

The run ended a streak of 23 scoreless innings by Pirates starting pitchers.

THE CATCH:

Simmons added to his already lengthy list of defensive highlights at shortstop in the third inning. He made a leaping grab of Josh Harrison's line drive before landing hard on his chest. He also banged his nose and face to the ground, but held onto the ball as Wood expressed astonishment on the mound.

TRAINER'S ROOM:

Pirates: RHP Charlie Morton has been shut down. He hasn't pitched since he felt discomfort in his groin and midsection late in his five innings of work in a victory over Boston on Sept. 16.

Braves: LHP Mike Minor has left shoulder inflammation and has been shut down for the remainder of the season. RHP David Hale will take Minor's spot in the rotation on Thursday against the Pirates.

UP NEXT:

Pirates: LHP Jeff Locke (7-5) is scheduled to face the Braves for the first time this season on Wednesday night. Locke received two no-decisions against Atlanta last season.

Braves: RHP Julio Teheran (13-13) will try to match his career high with his 14th win. Teheran was 14-8 for Atlanta in 2013.

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