The Pittsburgh Pirates and Pirates Charities are encouraging all fans in attendance at PNC Park on Saturday, April 19 to show their support of Franklin Regional through the Pirates Charities 50/50 Raffle. Tomorrow night, all proceeds from the Pirates Charities 50/50 Raffle will benefit the “We Are FR Fund,” a fund set up to assist the victims of the Franklin Regional school tragedy. One hundred percent of the donations to the “We R FR Fund” will be used to meet immediate needs of the injured ... Read More
Archives for April 2014
Pittsburgh Power Ready For Action In the Snake Pit
It’s always fun to debate who the best team in a league is. For the longest time in the Arena Football League, the point has hardly been debateable as the Arizona Rattlers have rattled off two straight league championships and have begun their quest for a three-peat with four straight victories. The next team in their way is the upstart Pittsburgh Power who are riding high after two blowout victories in a row and three overall to establish themselves as one of the early playoff contenders in ... Read More
Pirates Gameday 4/18: Lineups, Hurdle Discusses Martin in the Second Spot
Good afternoon from PNC Park where tonight the Pirates (8-8) look to take at least a split of the series from the Brewers (11-5) in game 2 of the four-game set. Charlie Morton (0-1, 3.32 ERA) looks for win #1 against Kyle Lohse (2-1, 3.05 ERA). Hurdle's Quotes On Russell Martin batting in the second spot -- "He his second probably more than everybody in Spring Training. Every game till the last week he hit second and I started it off just because I wanted to give him the extra at bat early ... Read More
Volquez Continues To Impress, Bats Stay Hot in Pirates 11-2 Win
Edinson Volquez continued to impress as he held the Brewers hot offensive attack to only 2 runs over 7 innings of work and the Pirate bats came alive once again in a 11-2 Pirate victory on Thursday night. Volquez didn't have the best start to the game as he allowed a lead-off single -- the seventh in seven games at PNC Park by opposing lead-off hitters -- to Carlos Gomez. Gomez would then score three batters later on an Aramis Ramirez RBI single. The righty would experience more trouble in ... Read More
Pirates Gameday 4/17: Tabata Update, Hurdle Talks Brewers
Good afternoon from PNC Park where today the Pirates (7-8) look to rebound from a 3-6 road trip tonight against the Brewers (11-4). Edinson Volquez (0-0, 1.29 ERA) will oppose Yovani Gallardo (2-0, 0.96 ERA). -- Jose Tabata left yesterday afternoon's game against the Reds with concussion-like symptoms when he ran into the outfield wall while making a catch. However, he will be available off the bench after passing the MLB mandatory concussion tests. "He went through a battery of tests ... Read More
Pitt’s Tom Savage climbing fast up draft boards
With all of the hype surrounding future NFL quarterbacks Johnny Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater and Blake Bortles, perhaps no future NFL signal caller is attracting more interest at the moment than Pitt's Tom Savage. That's right. That Tom Savage. Savage has been the hottest name lately among NFL scouts and is quickly climbing up many draft boards, to the point that ESPN's Todd McShay had Savage going with the first pick in the second round to the Houston Texans in his most recent mock ... Read More
Pens survive scare; take 1-0 series lead over Columbus
From before the playoff started, many believed Pittsburgh needed Marc-Andre Fleury and Brandon Sutter to make an impact in order for the Penguins to have a chance at winning their fourth Stanley Cup. After Game 1, so far so good. Brandon Sutter broke a 3-3 tie mid way through the third period to push the Penguins over the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Wednesday night while Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves. It wasn't easy for the Metropolitan Division champions to beat Columbus, a team ... Read More
Penguins prepare for underdog Blue Jackets in first round
On paper, it would be easy to look at the Pittsburgh Penguins first round opponent, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and feel confident. The Penguins have nine players who have won a Stanley Cup. The Blue Jackets? One. The Penguins have a roster full of playoff experience, nearly 1,200 total games played. The Blue Jackets? 251 games. How about star power? Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Kris Letang, Chris Kunitz. Go ahead, I dare you to name a Blue Jacket of comparable stature. Good ... Read More
Cueto Goes the Distance In Shutout of Pirates
On this day, there were no chants of "Cue-To", there was no dropping of the ball, there was no home run to "rattle" him. It was the Cueto that the Pirates feared prior to his injury-ridden season last year as he went the distance in a three-hit shutout of the Pirates on Wednesday afternoon. The Pirates didn't record more than one baserunner in any inning as Cueto only allowed hits to Andrew McCutchen, Jordy Mercer and an infield single to Tony Sanchez while striking out 12 -- a career best ... Read More
Superstars need to shine, but Malkin is the ‘X’ factor
Barring any setbacks in his recovery, Evgeni Malkin will rejoin the Penguins lineup for Game One against the Columbus Blue Jackets after missing the last 11 games of the season with a foot injury. But just filling a roster spot will not be enough for this Russian superstar. Geno will need to play at a caliber we haven’t seen since he won the Art Ross and Conn Smythe trophies in 2009; a season that saw him score 113 points in the regular season and 36 during the playoffs. This is most ... Read More