John Russell hadn’t done very much to this point in his tenure as Pirate manager, but on Tuesday night he made lineup changes that were critical to the Pirates’ 12-6 victory, even though ex-Pirate Jose Castillo attempted to ruin Zach Duke’s best start in a very long time. Nate McLouth blasted two home runs and [...]
Two of the Pirates’ main problems came back to haunt them again on Saturday as Paul Maholm gave up seven runs in five innings and Adam LaRoche left six runners on base en route to a 9-8 loss to the Washington Nationals yesterday as the Pirates lost a series to one of the few teams [...]
The Pirates busted out for 11 runs in Washington only one night after being held to two runs by Odalis Perez. The Nationals started young left-hander John Lannan, who had been extremely impressive to this point, against Phil Dumatrait, who was making his first start in Matt Morris’ spot in the rotation. Dumatrait [...]
Daniel Moskos turned 22 on Monday and, as a present, received a start for Lynchburg against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Apparently, the Pelicans didn’t get the memo that it was Moskos’ birthday and decided to give him the equivalent of a present for his siblings.
Moskos surrendered six runs off of six hits in [...]
There is an article in the Post-Gazette today about how the Pirates’ four main trade pieces have improved their stock, suggesting that the selling attitude that pervades the Pirates around June or July will hit once again. There is no problem with that, as Dejan ended one mailbag last week by predicting that the outfield [...]
There is no one else to blame for tonight’s loss, no other shoulder that can possibly take the burden of defeat. The Pirates’ 6-5 loss to the Phillies was completely Zach Duke’s fault and there can be no doubt of that, as the starting pitcher wasted a solid offensive effort against a Philadelphia team with [...]
