Jameson Taillon, the No. 2 overall pick in the first round, is in agreement on a deal for a little more than $5 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates, SI.com has learned.

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What can Brown do for you? For the Pirates, they can certainly do a lot; the Buccos finished off their horrendous six game road trip, mailing in the final game.  To describe the play of the franchise over the past three games doesn’t even reach the disparaging label of “going through the motions.” Houston fans raved about how they wish they could play the Pirates every game, as the Pirates …

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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Garrett Jones (46) is welcomed to home plate by teammate Andrew McCutchen after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, in Houston.

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For the third straight day the Pirates took a late lead against the Astros only to come away empty-handed. Sunday's 8-2 loss in Houston was the seventh in a row for the slumping Pirates.

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Lefty J.A. Happ meets the Pittsburgh Pirates for the first time in a Houston uniform today, when the Astros aim for a three-game sweep against the visiting Bucs in the finale of a weekend set at Minute Maid Park.

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This article has been read 0 times. HOUSTON – Bud Norris had a career-high 14 strikeouts and Hunter Pence homered and drove in the tiebreaking run, leading the Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.

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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Ross Ohlendorf follows through on a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Friday, Aug.

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Newly acquired catcher Chris Snyder and interim bench coach Jeff Banister definitely circled this trip to Houston on their calendars. Both played at the University of Houston and will have plenty of family watching the Pirates' series this weekend against the Astros

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Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros (-165, 7.5) The Pirates should have just skipped this road trip or at least brought bigger bats.

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After a journey that included a departure point of Bradenton, Fla., and stops in Houston and Pittsburgh on Sunday, Jeff Banister donned a Pirates uniform in San Diego on Tuesday, ecstatic to be the Pirates' interim bench coach for the rest of the season.

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PITTSBURGH – The Houston Astros certainly aren’t the only team beating the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Andrew McCutchen has left the Pittsburgh Pirates’ game Sunday against the Houston Astros in the eighth inning with neck soreness.

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Andrew McCutchen left the Pittsburgh Pirates’ game Sunday against the Houston Astros in the eighth inning with a sprained shoulder.

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Ten days after being held to one hit by Houston ace Roy Oswalt, the Pirates knocked Oswalt around and eventually knocked him out prematurely on the way to a 9-0 victory over the Astros on Sunday.

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Paul Maholm pitched a three-hitter for his second career shutout and the Pittsburgh Pirates established a season high for hits for the second consecutive game, beating the Houston Astros 9-0 on Sunday. Maholm (6-7) faced only two batters above the minimum in needing 103 pitches to throw his first complete game since April 27, 2008, at Philadelphia.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen has left the Pittsburgh Pirates’ game against the Houston Astros with an apparent right shoulder injury in the eighth inning.

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Andrew McCutchen has left the Pittsburgh Pirates’ game Sunday against the Houston Astros in the eighth inning with neck soreness. The centerfielder was injured making a diving catch in right-center on a sinking liner hit by Pedro Feliz

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The bats came alive for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 12-6 win over the Houston Astros Saturday night.

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Neil Walker had three hits, drove in two runs and scored three times, and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 12-6 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.

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