Rob Vincent has an enormous right leg, and on Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, he used it to send the Pittsburgh Riverhounds into the fourth round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 1-0 victory. The Riverhounds will now host the MLS side D.C. United in the fourth round of the tournament at Highmark Stadium on June 17, 2015. “We heard about it (ahead of time), but we didn’t want to get too carried away,” said Riverhounds midfielder Kevin Kerr on the prospect of ... Read More
Archives for May 2015
Hounds without Thompson for Open Cup match
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will face the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League at 7 p.m. this evening in the third round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Riverhounds have never played a member of the NASL, which was founded in its current incarnation in 2011 and is the second tier of North American professional soccer. The Riverhounds play in the United Soccer League, which is one step below the NASL. Each club has done well in league play through the early part of ... Read More
Pirates sweep away Dyson, Marlins
Gerrit Cole's fourth seven or more inning performance was just enough as he received a three run seventh inning in a 5-2 victory against the Miami Marlins. The win pushes the team's winning streak to a season-best six games. “We’re doing what we’re capable of, we have our swag back out there," Chris Stewart said. "We're as good as any team in baseball, especially the way we're playing right now. The five-run seventh included the team batting around and five hits. After a strikeout, ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/27: team goes for sweep; Scahill appreciates trust
After 4-2 and 5-1 victories the past two days, the Pittsburgh Pirates hope to go for their second consecutive series sweep;this time against the Miami Marlins. With last night's victory, the Pirates starting pitching staff has each earned a victory as part of a five-game winning streak. Today’s starters: The Pirates will send Gerrit Cole to the mound to face left-handed starter Brad Hand. After winning his first four decisions of the season, Cole has won two of his past three. In ... Read More
POLL: What’s fueled the Pirates?
The Pirates are red hot, they head into today's game winners of five in a row. What's been fueled the five-game winning streak? [poll id="136"] ... Read More
Cole learns to trust off-speed pitches
Gerrit Cole had always been a pitcher that blew his fastball past hitters, however a conversation two years ago with former Pittsburgh Pirate John Buck changed this mindset. "He told me not to overthrow the breaking ball and not to overthrow the changeup," Cole said. This change in addition to injuries during the 2014 season allowed for Cole to place more trust in his off-speed pitches. Buck's remarks were echoed by pitching coach Ray Searage, who had similar observations after seeing ... Read More
Pirates use two out offense in series win
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored all of its runs with two outs in the inning and earned a second consecutive series victory with its 5-1 victory over the Miami Marlins. “We always love it, we’ve definitely had our share," manager Clint Hurdle said of the two out hitting. "They hurt when you’re in the dugout and you feel it. It comes down to putting away innings and Locke didn’t give up one tonight. At the end of the night they left 10 runners on base so they had their opportunities to do the ... Read More
Pirates pregame 5/26: team faces new starter; Worley adjusts to new role
The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking to earn its second consecutive series win and its fourth straight victory over a National League East opponent when it faces the Miami Marlins tonight. A win would place the Pirates at 23-22 on the season. The Pirates won a 4-2 game last night with Charlie Morton earning a victory in his first start of the season. Francisco Cervelli hit his first home run of the season, also the first from any Pirates catcher. Pedro Alvarez contributed with an opposite field ... Read More
Morton grounds Marlins in Pirates victory
When Francisco Cervelli came to the plate in Monday night's Pirate game, he as well as the rest of the team's catchers had not hit a home run all season. That changed with one swing of the bat. An opposite field three-run home run powered the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 series opening win against the Miami Marlins. Charlie Morton [1-0] made his season debut and allowed three hits to hits first four batters and seven through four. He was able to limit the Marlins to one hit in his last ... Read More
Beatty gets second chance with Wild Things
Washington Wild Things outfielder C.J. Beatty has been through one wild ride over the past year. The slugger helped lead the Wild Things to a Wild Card spot before having his contract purchased by the Chicago White Sox prior to the Frontier League playoffs, where he would finish the year in his hometown with their High-A Winston-Salem club. Beatty started the 2015 season in Winston-Salem, but only played in two of the club's games over the first month of the season. He then asked for his ... Read More