Final: Pirates 3, Braves 1 WP: James McDonald (7-4) LP: Tim Hudson (9-7) SV: Joel Hanrahan (29) James McDonald gave up his fair share of hits today (8), but when you strike out 9 batters in 5 1/3 innings, you can afford to do that. McDonald’s stuff was just filthy at times tonight as he
Pirates odd team out for Beltran?
The Pirates really aren’t players for Carlos Beltran and for good reason as I’ve mentioned in previous posts, but some news came out tonight that is pretty interesting. Beltran has said that he will not accept a trade to an American League team and that he will only accept a trade to 7 National League
Xavier Paul leads Bucs to walk off win
Final: Pirates 4, Cardinals 3 WP: Joe Beimel (1-1) LP: Jason Motte (3-2) Xavier Paul entered the game in the 9th inning as part of a double switch. It would prove to be a great move by Clint Hurdle. Any time the Cardinals would score, the Pirates had an answer as the Cards gave up
Bucs suffer blow out loss
Final: Cardinals 9, Pirates 1 WP: Jaime Garcia (10-4) LP: Kevin Correia (11-8) Ok, first things first. Calm the **** down, everyone. This was an ugly game. But jeez, this will be the first series the Pirates have lost since June 17-19. Try to find another team that can say that. Ok, just a quick