Pirates articles
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Athletics defeat Pirates-Sweep Complete
The Oakland Athletics wrapped up a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. The teams started the day with identical records; 14-17. Manager Mark Kotsay sent winless 34-year-old righty Ross Stripling to the mound for this matchup against Quinn Priester for the Bucs. Switch-hitting Abraham Toro got the scoring started with a line-drive homer to straight away center field in the bottom of the second inning. Tyler Nevin extended his hit streak to nine...
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Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Receives Sunday off
McCutchen is Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for Sunday's game against the Giants. McCutchen started the previous three games...
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Kaplan Lady Pirates eliminated from playoffs
KAPLAN - The Kaplan Lady Pirates quest to repeat as Division III Non-Select State Champions came to a halt Saturday as they fell to the Jena Lady Giants 4-3. Kaplan (27-6) had the tying run on second base with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Jena’s pitching and defense held, ending the Lady Pirates’ season. “Things just didn’t go our way,” said head coach Brittany LeBeouf. “We had runners in scoring position the first three innings and we couldn’t scratch a run across. That’s...