For the second time this season, the Chicago Cubs took the opening two games of its series with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs won Tuesday night's game by a 6-2 score. Jeff Locke [2-1] did not make it into the fourth inning. Locke pitched 3.2 innings allowing eight hits, six runs [five earned runs], three walks and five strikeouts. Locke threw 86 pitches and had 53 strikes. The Cubs scored three runs in the third inning off Locke. Addison Russell brought home the first with his third double ... Read More
Archives for April 2015
For Penguins, failure starts at the top
The natives are restless. In the last three years, Penguins fans have seen their team go from the Eastern Conference Final in 2013, to a second-round loss to the Rangers 2014 and then a first-round loss after barely qualifying for the postseason this year. The blame game has run amok. From Mike Johnston’s facial expressions to the team’s recently hired medical staff to the allegedly cursed Consol Energy Center, no one has escaped the wrath of a fan base that expected nothing short of ... Read More
Steeler mailbag: NFL draft edition
It's NFL draft week Steeler fans. Let's take a few more questions from the mailbag before the draft begins Thursday night. If Randy Gregory, Landon Collins and Bud Dupree all are available at 22, who do you pick?--Buddy Snyder, Pittsburgh, Pa. Love the question Buddy. All three players would fit a potential need for the Steelers. Gregory, who projects as a pass rushing specialist at outside linebacker in the 3-4 scheme, did himself no favors with his positive test for marijuana at the ... Read More
Pirates winning streak ends at five
The Pittsburgh Pirates quest to move into second place in the National League Central will have to wait as they fell 4-0 to the Chicago Cubs Monday night. In this game, the Pirates offense managed four hits, one of which was from Neil Walker who extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Francisco Cervelli, Vance Worley and Chris Stewart got the other three hits. Worley [2-2] pitched six innings allowing nine hits, all four runs, one walk and three strikeouts. He threw 97 pitches, 61 of ... Read More
Top 5 Steelers draft classes
As the NFL Draft quickly approaches, everyone in "Steeler Nation" is hoping and praying that when it comes time, the Steelers make the right choices. Keeping this in mind, let’s take a look back and rate the top five draft classes in Steelers history. Number 5: 1987 Draft Stars: CB Rod Woodson and LB Greg Lloyd Honorable Mentions: LB Hardy Nickerson, starter for five seasons in Pittsburgh and FB Merril Hoge, starter for six seasons. The 1987 Draft gave the Steelers two big-time ... Read More
POLL: Should the National League adopt the designated hitter?
After St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright went down for what is assumed to be for the season by suffering an injury while batting, the designated hitter debate started up again. So what's your take? Should baseball finally make the designated hitter universal? [poll id="129"] ... Read More
Pirates sweep in Phoenix, inch closer to first place
With a fifth victory in a row, the Pittsburgh Pirates (11-8) defeated the scuffling Arizona Diamondbacks (8-10) on Sunday afternoon 8-0, to complete a three-game weekend sweep at Chase Field in Phoenix. Francisco Liriano (1-1) battled through some control issues to earn the victory after supplying six and one-third scoreless innings, striking out seven and walking six. Arizona hitters only managed two hits off of the Pittsburgh lefty and just three for the entire game. Jared Hughes inherited ... Read More
Crosby to join Canada for World Championships
While the Pittsburgh Penguins season is over, captain Sidney Crosby isn’t quite ready to hang up his skates for the summer. Crosby will be joining Team Canada for the 2015 IIHF World Championships, which begin May 1 in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Because the World Championships coincide with the NHL playoffs, Crosby hasn’t represented his national team since 2006. He scored eight goals and added eight assists in Canada’s nine games in his only previous appearance at the World ... Read More
Mike Johnston deserving of another season behind Pens bench
Pittsburgh Penguins CEO and president David Morehouse told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Friday that head coach Mike Johnston, along with general manager Jim Rutherford and star centers Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, would be returning to the club for the 2015-16 season. Not only will they returning, Morehouse said that the Penguins’ upper management “never considered” replacing the team’s GM or head coach. In Johnston’s case, it will be a much-deserved second chance to establish himself ... Read More
Two out hits help Pirates prevail
The Pittsburgh Pirates have begun its nine game road trip with a series win after a 2-1 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Pirates have now won four consecutive games. A.J. Burnett had his fourth consecutive quality start throwing seven innings allowing five hits, one run, two walks and four strikeouts on 88 pitches, 54 of which were strikes. This is the longest outing for Burnett in 2015 and the first time he has pitched seven innings since Sept. 6 of last season. The ... Read More