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Pirates beat Reds to snap four-game losing streak

CINCINNATI — Braxton Ashcraft gave up two hits over five innings, while a pair of bases-loaded walks during a three-run third helped the Pittsburgh Pirates snap a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night. Steady rain was falling in the third ...

Sky’s the limit: Pirates high prospect Murf Gray making rapid climb

While he grew up in California, it’s understandable that Murf Gray had never been to Altoona until earlier this week. After high school, he went to college at Fresno State, which was less than 25 miles away from his hometown. Before his first game at PNG Field on Tuesday, he came back in ...

Pittsburgh Pirates blow another game late

CINCINNATI — Sal Stewart hit a two-run homer, had four RBIs and scored the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-7, on Friday night. Stewart’s two-run single off Wilber Dotel (1-4) in the eighth tied the score 7-7. Stewart scored the go-ahead run ...

Reds make the most of ninth-inning opportunity in win over Pirates

CINCINNATI — Elly De La Cruz scored on a fielder’s choice in the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night in the opening game of a four-game series. Cincinnati loaded the bases against Gregory Soto (5-3) with one out. ...

Bucs can’t figure out Rodriguez in loss to Arizona

PITTSBURGH — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched eight shutout innings, Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday, clinching the three-game series. Rodriguez (10-3) struck out two while giving up five hits on 105 pitches before ...

Pirates waste late-inning comeback in loss to Diamondbacks

PITTSBURGH — Backup catcher James McCann singled in the winning run in the 12th inning with his fourth hit of the game and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for an 8-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night despite blowing a six-run lead. They did that in the final two innings ...