Final: Pirates 9, Indians 5 WP: Tony Watson (4-0, 3.74 ERA) LP: Jeanmar Gomez (4-6, 4.95 ERA) Starter Brad Lincoln didn’t have his best stuff, yet again, as he gave up four runs over just 3 1/3 innings. Thankfully, Asdrubal Cabrera made not one, not two, but three errors that led to the Pirates scoring
A.J. Burnett serves as stopper and Pedro Alvarez homers twice in 9-2 rout
Final: Pirates 9, Indians 2 WP: A.J. Burnett (7-2, 3.52 ERA) LP: Ubaldo Jimenez (6-5, 5.00 ERA) A.J. Burnett had yet another solid start as he, and the Pirates’ offense, were able to end the club’s four game losing streak. Cleveland scored first with an Asdrubal Cabrera homer in the first, but the Pirates quickly
Erik Bedard rocked as Orioles complete sweep of Bucs
Final: Orioles 12, Pirates 6 WP: Tommy Hunter (3-3, 5.58 ERA) LP: Erik Bedard (4-7, 4.36 ERA) The Orioles scored 10 runs in this one before the Pirates even got a single player on base. That is not a recipe for success. The Pirates’ offense eventually woke up and scored six runs on ten hits,
Neil Walker’s big day not enough in 8-6 loss to O’s
Final: Orioles 8, Pirates 6 WP: Wei-Yin Chen (6-3, 3.68 ERA) LP: Brad Lincoln (3-2, 3.15 ERA) SV: Jim Johnson (19, 1.26 ERA) The Pirates had quite an offensive outburst, but it wasn’t enough to match Adam Jones and the Orioles Tuesday night. Brad Lincoln had some trouble getting behind hitters. When he did that
Andrew McCutchen and A.J. Burnett help finish up series sweep
Final: Pirates 3, Royals 2 WP: A.J. Burnett (6-2, 3.61 ERA) LP: Bruce Chen (5-6, 4.44 ERA) SV: Jason Grilli (1, 1.50 ERA) The final score of this one could have read: “Andrew McCutchen 3, Royals 2″ but I decided against it. But that’s pretty much what this game was. A.J. Burnett didn’t allow a
Five run fourth inning puts Bucs one game back
Final: Pirates 5, Royals 3 WP: Jared Hughes (2-0, 1.78 ERA) LP: Vin Mazzaro (2-1, 3.60 ERA) SV: Joel Hanrahan (17, 2.63 ERA) James McDonald had arguably his worst outing of the year, but five scoreless innings from the Bucco bullpen and a very weird bottom of the fourth inning were enough for the team’s