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MLB Free Agency: Los Angeles Dodgers Sign John…

aababacacaba — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:57:35 +0000

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According to reports, the Los Angeles Dodgers have signed left-handed reliever John Grabow to a minor league deal. The transaction was first tweeted by John Scanlan on Saturday and was verified by MLB Trade Rumors.

The 33-year-old Grabow struggled after he was acquired by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates in July 2009. Grabow posted a 5.52 ERA in 88 innings while knee and shoulder injuries caused him to miss games. It was a disappointing tenure especially after Grabow signed a two-year, $7.5 million extension four months into his time with the Cubs.

In 506 games over a nine-year career, Grabow is 24-19 with a 4.31 ERA in 476.1 innings pitched. He started his MLB career in 2003 with the Pirates after being selected in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.

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2011 MLB Free Agency: Chicago Cubs Negotiating…

lemnacealuegO — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:37:57 +0000

Read More: C.J. Wilson (P – ANA), Paul Maholm (P – PIT), Mark Buehrle (P – FLA), Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs

According to a report from ESPN Chicago’s Bruce Levine, the Chicago Cubs are in negotiations with free agent left-handed starting pitcher Paul Maholm, who has spent the last seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Chicago Cubs have been looking for a left-handed starter this offseason, and Maholm presents a decidedly cheaper option than either C.J. Wilson or Mark Buehrle would have, especially if they can work out a deal similar to his last one:

Maholm made $6.25 million in 2011, the final season of $13.75 million deal he inked with the Pittsburgh Pirates prior to the 2009 season. He was a combined 53-73 with a 4.36 ERA during his seven seasons in Pittsburgh.

Playing in Pittsburgh didn’t do Maholm’s win-loss record any favors — he was 6-14 in 2011 — but he did post a respectable 3.66 ERA in his final season with the Pirates.

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Santa Cruz native McGehee letting trade to Pirates…

Admillsed — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:47:15 +0000

One day after third baseman Casey McGehee was traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Santa Cruz native was still absorbing the deal.

The Pirates acquired McGehee for reliever Jose Veras late Monday night, hours after the Brewers agreed to terms with Chicago Cubs free-agent third baseman Aramis Ramirez.

In recent weeks, McGehee’s future at third base in Milwaukee became questionable. The Brewers spoke of McGehee seeing action at first base, if free-agent first baseman Prince Fielder signed elsewhere.

“The last 24 hours have been pretty hectic,” said McGehee, a Soquel High alum, on Tuesday. “I saw the writing on the wall and put two and two together. But it moved a lot quicker than I thought it would. In some ways, I feel relieved to have an end to it. It’s starting to sink in a little bit, but it hasn’t hit home yet.”

McGehee, 29, had a strong rookie season in 2009 and a big year in 2010, but slumped at the plate in 2011 and lost his starting job to Jerry Hairston Jr. late in the season. McGehee batted .223 with 13 homers and 67 RBIs for the NL Central champions in 2011 after hitting .285 with 23 home runs and 104 RBIs in 2010. The Dodgers signed Hairston Jr., a free agent, in December.

“Casey McGehee adds a quality option for us at both corner infield positions and adds depth to our position player group,” said Neal Huntington, Pirates general manager, in a statement.

McGehee will enter spring training

competing for the starting job at third base with Pedro Alvarez. McGehee could also split time at first with Garrett Jones and is an option to play outfield.

The Sentinel’s All-County Player of the Year in 1999 and 2000, McGehee views the competition as wide open.

“I’m going to go in and do what I’ve always done,” he said. “And if that’s the case, things will work out like they’re supposed to. … I’m going to go in with a fresh mindset. I think I learned a lot about myself last year. You can’t make up for what happened in the past all at once. You’ve got do things day-by-day and be patient.”

Brewers general manager Doug Melvin called McGehee on Monday evening and informed him of the trade. After that, McGehee took calls from Huntington and Pirates manager Clint Hurdle.

“He seems like a great guy, like my kind of guy,” McGehee said of Hurdle. “It seems like we hit it off good, but that’s just an assessment of 20 minutes of conversation.”

McGehee is a .265 career hitter with 52 home runs and 242 RBIs in three-plus major league seasons. He was chosen by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 2003 draft and made his big league debut with Chicago on Sept. 2, 2008. Milwaukee claimed him off waivers on Oct. 29, 2008.

Ramirez, who started his career in Pittsburgh, was the starting third baseman in Chicago while McGehee climbed through the minors.

And Ramirez was the player who ultimately led to McGehee’s trade Monday.

“I don’t begrudge him one bit,” McGehee said. “If your best friend was offered $36 million over three years to do your job, he’d take it. It’s ironic because he started his career in Pittsburgh. If you look at the back of our baseball cards, we’ve played for all the same teams, but in just a little different order.”

McGehee is hoping he can rekindle his offensive approach and stroke from two years ago and find himself in the heart of the Pirates’ batting order daily.

He is a career .219 hitter [14 for 64 in 21 games] with five extra-base hits at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

“That’s such a small sample size,” said Barry Meister, McGehee’s Illinois-based agent. “I think the Pirates value his right-handed bat in the middle of the lineup. And he has an opportunity to get at-bats at first and third. It’s a bigger park, but if he goes the other way and hits gap-to-gap, it has a chance to be a good place for him.”

Meister said three other teams expressed interest in McGehee on Monday — two from the AL and one from the NL. But the Pirates it was.

McGehee said he thinks they are on the cusp of doing something special. They had a 53-47 record and were in first place on July 25 last season before going 19-43 in their final 62 games.

“I think they’ve gotten to the point where they’re not rebuilding anymore,” he said. “They’re adding pieces to go to the next level. They’ve got enough talent. If everything falls into place, there’s no reason to believe that this year couldn’t be the year they make the playoffs. … The park is beautiful, one of the nicer parks and kind of out of the mold of the [San Francisco] Giants’ stadium. I remember as a visitor thinking this would be an unbelievable place to play when they’re doing well.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Pirates will attempt to re-sign Derrek Lee

Pagreeheittee — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:29:47 +0000

The Pittsburgh Pirates started the season strong but finished in fourth place in the National League Central, 24 games behind the division-winning Milwaukee Brewers.

Along the way, they picked up first baseman Derrek Lee(notes) from the Baltimore Orioles. He hit .337 with seven homers and 18 RBIs in 28 games for the Pirates. He’ll soon be a free agent and it isn’t clear if he is aiming to stick around in Steeltown or head elsewhere.

What is clear, though, is that the team will attempt to re-sign Lee, according to PittsburghPirates.com. “The club realizes it lacks in options at first base, and Lee showed (when he was healthy) how substantial an impact he can have in the middle of this Pirates lineup,” the site reports. “The organization is willing to make a competitive offer to try and convince Lee to stay, but no one seems to have much inkling as to whether Lee is interested in seriously entertaining that option.”

The 36-year-old is a two-time All-Star who was the National League batting champion in 2005 when he was with the Chicago Cubs. He’s also won three Gold Gloves and helped the 2003 Florida Marlins win a World Series. Lee has also spent time with the San Diego Padres, the team that drafted him, and Atlanta Braves. “Lee did leave the door open to retirement,” the site reports.

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The 2011 Pirates and history’s worst fall from…

lilmbinkil — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:31:51 +0000

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been so bad in the second half of this season that you almost just want to leave them alone in their misery during the final hours of their 19th straight losing campaign.

But then you see this oh-so-representative (and awesome) picture of manager Clint Hurdle in the dugout.

You also learn that they have been historically bad since reaching the dizzying heights of first place in July.

All-time bad, in fact.

So, really, what other choice do you have but to pause, look at the wreck and post that picture? None, I’m afraid.

According to columnist Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the 2011 Bucs are now the not-so-proud victims of baseball’s greatest plunge from first place. Citing the research of Elias, Kovacevic notes that no other team in history has put together a worse record — 16-40 — after leading their division at the 100-game marker.

What’s worse, the next-closest free fallers aren’t actually close at all.

From the T-R:

The Pirates’ 16-40 record down the stretch makes for a .286 winning percentage. Next-worst was the 1977 Chicago Cubs, who went 60-40 to lead their division through 100 games, then went 21-41 for a .339 winning percentage.

These Pirates went from delight to disgrace before Regis Philbin could break out one chorus of “We Are Family.”

Of course, because it’s the Pirates, there’s a particularly cruel twist: Game No. 101 was the infamous 19-inning affair in Atlanta that ended with umpire Jerry Meals making one of the worst calls in history. Meals is a Bartmanesque anti-hero in this case — Pittsburgh would have likely plummeted without his atrocity — but that probably doesn’t make it any easier for Pirates fans to digest.

So, as we enter the final six games of the season, there’s a chance they could fumble further than the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins to end up as the second-worst team in the National League. But even if they don’t, the Pirates will be heading into an offseason where they’ll have to reconcile the great successes of the first half and individual growth with the complete business-as-usual suckitude of the second.

As Kovacevic notes, that’s not going to be easy.

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Pirates’ recent call-up stymies Cubs

ReedCassie30 — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:27:40 +0000

Brian Burres pitched into the sixth in his first start of the season and Alex Presley had two triples, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Friday.

Presley reached four times and scored twice as Pittsburgh snapped a five-game losing streak. Josh Harrison doubled, singled and scored twice.

Burres (1-0) allowed one run and five hits over 5 1-3 innings. The left-hander was promoted from Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday.

Four Pirates relievers combined for 3 2-3 perfect innings, with Joel Hanrahan picking up his 33rd save in 36 chances.

Jason Grilli got the last two outs of the sixth, Chris Leroux pitched the seventh and Jose Veras worked the eighth before Hanrahan struck out two in the ninth.

Carlos Pena went deep for the Cubs, who have lost nine of 12. The first baseman now has at least 25 homers in five straight seasons and six times overall in his career.

Ryan Dempster (10-11) worked out of a couple of early jams and held Pittsburgh to three runs and seven hits over 6 1-3 innings. He struck out nine, two shy of his season best, and threw a season-high 121 pitches.

Pena connected in the second, hitting a drive to the deepest part of center field to give the Cubs the lead.

Pittsburgh responded with two in the third. Presley led off with a triple off the right-field wall and Harrison followed with a single to right. Garrett Jones added a two-out RBI double.

Neither team mounted much offense after that. The Cubs stranded two runners in the third and fourth. The Pirates didn’t threaten again until Presley’s one-out triple in the seventh chased Dempster. Presley scored on Jose Tabata’s two-out single off Kerry Wood.

Presley became the first Pirate to record two triples in a game since Andrew McCutchen on June 8, 2009. He has five triples on the season.

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Pirates put Derrek Lee on disabled list

bobtiler — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:54:45 +0000

Published: Aug. 13, 2011 at 2:32 PM

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 13 (UPI) — The Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday placed first baseman Derrek Lee on the 15-day disabled list due to a fractured left wrist.

The Pirates acquired the veteran slugger from the Baltimore Orioles at last month’s trade deadline. He sustained the injury when he was hit on the wrist Aug. 3 by the Chicago Cubs’ Carlos Marmol.

Lee was able to play two games after missing four contests following the injury, but a decision to shelve him was made following batting practice Friday in Milwaukee before a game with the Brewers.

Lee appeared in just five games for the Pirates, hitting a pair of homers in his first contest with the club but compiling just three hits after that. He is hitting .247 with 14 homers and 47 runs batted in 90 overall games this year.

The Pirates recalled infielder Josh Harrison from Class AAA Indianapolis to fill the roster spot.

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Cool moment: Pirates’ fans interrupt game to…

knykmooeic — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:58:13 +0000

In a selection that was six days overdue, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen(notes) was named to the National League All-Star team on Saturday night. Manager Bruce Bochy made it official, tabbing him as the replacement for Miwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun(notes), who pulled out due to a lingering issue with his left calf that has cost him seven straight games.

During the fourth inning of Pittsburgh’s 6-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs, McCutchen’s All-Star selection was announced to the PNC Park crowd via the video scoreboard. Within seconds, the 39,235 in attendance erupted into a thunderous applause, interrupting the at-bat of Friday’s hero, Michael McKenry(notes).

After McKenry doubled, the roar only grew louder, forcing McCutchen to step out of the dugout and acknowledge the fans with a wave.

Watch Pittsburgh salute its All-Star

McCutchen was given another warm reception when he stepped up to bat in the fifth. After the game, he spoke about what the experience meant to him:

“They told me a couple innings before that,” McCutchen said. “That was great to see (the fans) show their support. It showed they’re behind me. It showed me that, even before they found out, I was an All-Star to them, and that’s a good feeling.”

I love to hear that and I really enjoyed watching this moment play out for everybody involved. It was nice for McCutchen, who certainly deserves the honor bestowed upon him. And it’s also good to see a baseball city that has been for waiting 20 years to be excited about something, really embracing the team and appreciating every little moment of what could be a very special season for their franchise.

Good for Andrew McCutchen. And good for the entire city of Pittsburgh.

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Pirates designate Ascanio, recall Watson

AnnoringVeime — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:06:21 +0000

PITTSBURGH (AP)—The Pittsburgh Pirates designated reliever Jose Ascanio(notes)
for assignment and recalled left-hander Tony Watson on Tuesday.

Ascanio had a 7.11 ERA in eight games, allowing 10 hits in 6 1-3 innings in
his first action in the majors since 2009. Acquired from the Chicago Cubs in a
trade July 30, 2009, Ascanio missed all of last season following right shoulder
surgery.

The 26-year-old Watson had a 2.45 ERA, 29 strikeouts in 29 1-3 innings and
had limited opponents to a .179 average in 22 games for Triple-A Indianapolis.
He was Pittsburgh’s ninth-round pick in the 2007 draft.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has oft stated his preference for having two
left-handers available in the bullpen. Watson joins rookie Daniel Moskos(notes).
Veteran Joe Beimel(notes) is on the disabled list.

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2011 MLB Draft Order: Pirates To Pick First, Then Rays Pick 700 Times

Vewfairee — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:07:33 +0000

Read More: Brad Hawpe (1B – SDP), San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs

Here’s the order for the 2011 MLB Draft, which begins Monday. Our heroes, the Pittsburgh Pirates, will pick first, and will likely use the top pick to select UCLA pitcher Gerrit Cole. After that comes the Mariners, Diamondbacks, Orioles and Royals.

After that, the Pirates will have to wait for the Tampa Bay Rays to pick approximately 82 times before the Bucs are up again with overall pick No. 61. (They have three first-round picks, then seven compensation-round picks.) Due to Major League Baseball’s absurd method of award compensation picks for departing free agents, the Rays got themselves compensated for ridiculously unimportant free agents like Brad Hawpe, and they’ll now get to fill their farm system with high-upside arms. Good for the Rays for gaming the system, but MLB needs to fix the system so it can’t be so easily gamed.

The Rays, naturally, pick three more times in the second round before the Pirates come up again, but this time, at least, there aren’t any additional comp picks added to the round, so the Bucs’ third selection will be at No. 91.

Here’s the top 10:

1. Pirates

2. Mariners

3. Diamondbacks

4. Orioles

5. Royals

6. Nationals

7. Diamondbacks (compensation for unsigned draft pick)

8. Indians

9. Cubs

10. Padres (compensation for unsigned draft pick)

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Pittsburgh Pirates: Vastly Improved Rotation Provides Ray of Hope

PaigeRField — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:03:51 +0000

(For complete Pirates coverage, see Piratesreport.com.)

PITTSBURGH – The drastic improvement of the Pirates rotation isn’t the story of the first third of the season. At this rate, it may be the story of the century.

The starters have a combined 3.53 earned run average, a silly 1.75 earned runs per game better than last season. National League starters have a 4.07 ERA as a whole, the same as it was last season, so the hike isn’t artificial, either.

After last season, when the rotation had a league-worst 5.28 ERA, it couldn’t help but get better, the theory went. Yet nobody expected it to improve this much, this soon. Not only that, but the group is pretty much the same one that finished last season, as Kevin Correia is the only new member.

Can the starters maintain this pace for the rest of the season? Maybe, probably not. I mean, the Philadelphia Phillies’ Phab Phive have a comparable ERA at more than five times the cost for godsakes. Still, pitching coach Ray Searage deserves a gold star at the very least.

At the start of the day, here was the breakdown of National League starters’ ERAs last season and this season and the difference between them:

1. Pirates 5.28 3.53 +1.75

2. Atlanta Braves 3.80 3.15 +0.65

Will the Pirates rotation maintain its current pace for the rest of the season?

Yes

No

Not sure

Total votes: 15

3. Los Angeles Dodgers 3.99 3.64 + 0.35

4. San Francisco Giants 3.54 3.19 +0.35

5. Washington Nationals 4.61 4.27 +0.34

6. Milwaukee Brewers 4.65 4.33 +0.32

7. Florida Marlins 4.14 3.93 +0.21

8. Philadelphia Phillies 3.55 3.39 +0.16

9. Arizona Diamondbacks 4.39 4.27 +0.12

10. San Diego Padres 3.73 3.88 -0.15

11. Colorado Rockies 4.21 4.39 -0.18

12. St. Louis Cardinals 3.50 3.78 -0.28

13. New York Mets 3.80 4.19 -0.39

14. Houston Astros 3.90 4.62 -0.72

15. Cincinnati Reds 4.05 4.88 -0.83

16. Chicago Cubs 4.00 5.60 -1.60

Not much else going on in the MLB planet today.

Pirates Place Doumit & Pearce On DL

FreeDn — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:31:56 +0000

(Photo Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh (KDKA)- The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently dealing with two injuries which will result in those players being placed on the disabled list.

Often-injured Steve Pearce has been placed on the 15-day DL with an injured calf.

Pearce was injured in Saturday’s 10-0 win, but it’s still unsure which played led to his injury.

To take his spot on the 25-man roster, the Pirates have recalled infielder Josh Harrison from AAA Indianapolis.

Harrison was acquired by the Pirates in the John Grabow/Tom Gorzelanny trade.

This year at Indy, Harrison was hitting .331 with eight doubles, two triples and two homers in 141 at-bats.

Harrison’s .331 average isn’t a fluke because he’s a lifetime .308 hitter.

Harrison is very much a contact hitter considering he’s only struck out 142 times in 1,564 lifetime minor league at-bats.

The team is also expected to place catcher Ryan Doumit on the disabled list. That move will officially come later this morning.

Doumit injured his left ankle trying to block the plate with Chicago’s Carlos Pena attempting to score on a sac fly.

The team will recall Dusty Brown from AAA Indianapolis.

Brown, who was hitting .264 with 6 homers, was splitting time with Jason Jaramillo.

On Saturday, the Pirates placed lefty Joe Beimel on the disabled list because of left elbow soreness.

Before the Pirates officially recall Harrison and Brown, they’ll need to open two spots on the 40-man roster.

Two possibilities are to move Ross Ohlendorf to the 60-day DL from the 15-day DL and to DFA reliever Chris Leroux.

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Cubs come from behind to edge Pirates

9babeGGnw0- — Mon, 30 May 2011 09:28:49 +0000

Aramis Ramirez ended a long home run drought, Ryan Dempster threw six solid innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 in a rain-delayed game Sunday.

Ramirez’s line drive solo shot in the second broke a streak of 155 at-bats without a home run, the second longest stretch of his career. Ramirez went 170 at-bats between homers from Aug. 2, 1998, until April 21, 2000.

Dempster (4-4) recovered from a poor start to post his fifth quality start in his last six outings. After allowing two runs, a walk and Lyle Overbay’s two-run double in the first inning, Dempster settled down to shut out the Pirates on four hits over the next five innings.

Dempster allowed four hits and two runs overall, striking out five and walking three. He beat the Pirates for first time in five starts dating to May 4, 2010.

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Pirates pile up runs, Maholm does the rest

sweastSes — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:32:21 +0000

CHICAGO – The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 13 runs total in Paul Maholm’s first 10 starts this season. On Saturday they hit four homers and crossed the plate 10 times, giving the lefthander a comfortable cushion he has seldom enjoyed.

The way Maholm was pitching, through, he didn’t need that much help. He mowed down the Chicago Cubs with a three-hit shutout, retiring the side in order in seven of the nine innings of Pittsburgh’s 10-0 victory. It was his first win since April 25.

“You go out there and you do everything you can to make sure the team has a chance. And I think I’ve done that,” Maholm said. “And today the guys broke out and scored a bunch of runs and made it easier on me. And going out there, every pitch wasn’t a nail-biter.”

Ronny Cedeno, Lyle Overbay, Chris Snyder and Andrew McCutchen each homered for the Pirates.

Maholm (2-7) got his third career shutout in a place he has always pitched well. He’s 8-2 in 15 career starts against the Cubs, including 6-2 in 11 starts at Wrigley Field.

He needed 91 pitches to finish off the Cubs in a game that took 2 hours, 28 minutes.

Maholm retired the first 13 batters he faced before Alfonso Soriano doubled in the fifth, driving a ball to the center-field wall that McCutchen leaped for but couldn’t catch. Lou Montanez then reached on an infield single.

Darwin Barney reached on a two-out infield single in the ninth for the only other Chicago hit. Maholm walked none and struck out four.

Pittsburgh had been struggling offensively with only six runs in its previous four games, but broke out on an overcast 61-degree day with their most homers in a game this season.

“I’m sure it’s been frustrating, but he really hasn’t let it show,” Snyder said of Maholm. “He goes about his business. He’s a professional.”

In just his second start of the season and first since April 4, Chicago’s Randy Wells (1-1) lasted four innings after being activated off the disabled list (right forearm strain).

Wells gave up five hits, including Cedeno’s second homer, and five runs with three walks and seven strikeouts in a 92-pitch outing.

Maholm had pitched 62/3 innings of scoreless ball at Wrigley Field on April 2, leaving with a 3-0 lead, before the Cubs got five runs in the eighth and he ended up with a no-decision.

His last shutout before Saturday came on July 18, 2010, against the Astros.

Pirates 10, Cubs 0

Pittsburgh 000 502 201 – 10 10 0

Chicago 000 000 000 – 0 3 0

Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Tabata lf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .252

G.Jones rf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .242

A.McCutchen cf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .255

Walker 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .265

Overbay 1b 3 1 1 1 2 1 .235

Pearce 3b 2 1 1 2 0 1 .291

Br.Wood 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .192

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MLB Capsules – NL: Pirates put Beimel on DL with elbow inflammmation

TimofeiZigzaG — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:18:34 +0000

CHICAGO (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed left-handed reliever Joe Beimel on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation.

Lefty Daniel Moskos was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis to take his roster spot Saturday.

Beimel was given Thursday off after experiencing discomfort, but his arm felt worse against the Cubs on Friday, when he allowed Alfonso Soriano’s two-run homer in the ninth.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said that “this was more than discomfort … this was pain.”

Beimel was sent to Pittsburgh to be examined by team doctors.

Moskos made five appearances for the Pirates from April 30-May 15. Pittsburgh’s No. 1 pick in 2007, he allowed two hits and an unearned run in 4 2-3 innings in his first major league stint.

Cubs activate RHP Wells, option RHP Coleman

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs activated right-hander Randy Wells from the 15-day disabled list and sent him to the mound to start against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

They optioned right-hander Casey Coleman to Triple-A Iowa to make room on their roster Saturday.

Wells hasn’t pitched since his only start of the season on April 4, when he strained his right forearm against Arizona. He gave up one run and six hits in six innings that day, a 4-1 Cubs victory. He made two minor league rehab starts.

Coleman is 2-4 with a 7.25 ERA in nine appearances, including eight starts, for the Cubs this season.

The Cubs still have two starters on the disabled list, Matt Garza (sore elbow) and Andrew Cashner (rotator cuff strain).

Nationals recall Ballester from Syracuse

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Collin Balester from Triple-A Syracuse to take the roster of spot of Tom Gorzelanny.

The left-hander was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 24 with an inflamed left elbow after Friday’s game.

Gorzelanny said the injury was “like a shin splint in my elbow.” He first noticed it playing catch this week.

Balester is 0-0 with an 8.10 ERA in three appearances for the Nationals last month. He’s expected to be with the team only for Saturday.

The Nationals will need a starter to replace Gorzelanny on Sunday and could recall right-hander Yunesky Maya from Syracuse.

Reds call up left-hander Jeremy Horst

ATLANTA (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds have called up left-hander Jeremy Horst from Triple-A Louisville before Saturday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves.

The 25-year-old Horst had a 1.73 ERA in 12 relief appearances for Louisville. He has never pitched in the major leagues.

Horst is the second Louisville pitcher to join the Reds in two days. Mike Leake was recalled and earned the win on Friday night.

Right-hander Homer Bailey was placed on the disabled list with a sprained right shoulder, retroactive to Friday. Right-hander Daryl Thompson, who gave up five runs in three innings in his only appearance with Cincinnati, was optioned to Double-A Carolina.

Giants RHP Casilla back from elbow injury

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giants reliever Santiago Casilla returned Saturday from the 15-day disabled list after missing all but opening day with an inflamed right elbow.

Casilla was a key member of the Giants’ bullpen last season, going 7-2 with a 1.95 ERA in 52 appearances. He pitched one inning this season, giving up a run in San Francisco’s season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

To make room for Casilla, the Giants optioned left-hander Dan Runzler to Triple-A Fresno in an effort to get him more work and stretch him out to make him available for additional innings.

San Francisco played at Milwaukee on Saturday.

Pirates 3B Pearce leaves game with sore calf

CHICAGO (AP) — Pirates’ third baseman Steve Pearce has left Pittsburgh’s game against the Chicago Cubs in the fourth inning with a sore right calf.

Pearce hit a two-run single in Pittsburgh’s five-run fourth inning Saturday. He was then replaced in the bottom of the inning by Brandon Wood.

Pittsburgh has another injured third baseman. Pedro Alvarez is on the DL with a right quadriceps strain.

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