PITTSBURGH (AP) – With reliever Ryan Vogelsong making a spot start Monday in a game rescheduled from the day before, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle knew that he was going need a few innings from his bullpen.
Newly hired Pittsburgh University basketball coach Kevin Stallings is a big fan of his baseball-playing son, Jacob Stallings, a catcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
Saturday evening's incident during the Pittsburgh Pirates¿ spring training game in Bradenton against the Tampa Bay Rays in which a 67-year-old man hurled several containers of beer and soda into the visitor's dugout has given some folks pause for thought.
Niese allowed two home runs in six innings against the Orioles. He discusses how he needs to not rush to pitch, and how that can relate to mistakes like the two home runs he allowed.
Left-hander allows four earned runs on seven hits in just 3 2/3 innings. Set to pitch opening day, Liriano is scheduled to have one more spring start before the season.
Pablo Sandoval hit his first home run of the spring and Dustin Pedroia had two hits for the Red Sox on Monday in Boston¿s 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Starting pitchers Matt Moore and Drew Smyly are carving a genuine silver lining around the hopes of the Tampa Bay Rays, who were scuttled by the injury bug last season.
