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Solid start for Bucs’ pitcher BRADENTON, Fla. – Starter Chase Anderson pitched three shutout innings, retiring all nine batters he faced, in helping the Pittsburgh Pirates down Atlanta, 5-1, in Grapefruit League action Tuesday. Anderson has tossed seven shutout innings for the Pirates ...

Pitching wasted by Pirates

From Mirror, wire reports FOR MYERS, Fla. – The Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers gave up only one run on Monday but the offense struggled and the team wound up on the short end of a 1-0 loss to Boston in Grapefruit League action. Southpaw starter Bailey Falter retired the first 10 batters he ...

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Bullpen fails for Pirates SARASOTA, Fla. — Reliever Ryder Ryan was charged with two runs in the eighth inning Wednesday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 6-4, in Grapefruit League action. Pittsburgh (5-7) scored all four runs in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead at ...

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Peguero keys Pirates’ win BRADENTON, Fla. – Livero Peguero smacked a 413-foot two-run homer in the bottom of eighth to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Toronto Tuesday in Grapefruit League action. It was the third home run of the day for the Pirates (5-6). ...

Bucs play long ball in victory

From Mirror, wire reports PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Home runs from Henry Davis, Jack Suwinski and Canaan Smith-Njigba helped the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Tampa Bay, 7-3, on Monday in Grapefruit League action. Davis’ two-run homer in the third was his third this spring. He is 6-for-15 this ...

Ott, catcher on 1979 World Series team, dies

From Mirror, wire reports PITTSBURGH — Ed Ott, a former major league catcher and coach who helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1979 World Series, died Sunday. He was 72. Ott died in the central Pennsylvania town of Danville, according to the Pirates. No further details were provided by ...