Peralta’s 3 RBIs, Huff’s 8 shutout innings lead Indians past Pirates 5-4PITTSBURGH — Jhonny Peralta homered and drove in three runs to support rookie David Huff’s eight shutout innings and the Cleveland Indians halted a six-game losing streak, dodging yet another ninth-inning bullpen collapse to beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Tuesday night. Indians 5, Pirates 4LOB_Cleveland 6, Pittsburgh 9. 2B_Moss (14), Ja.Wilson 2 (16). 3B_Sizemore (2). HR_Jh.Peralta (4), Ad.LaRoche (10). SB_McCutchen (3). S_D.Huff. Pirates top minor league prospect, 3B Pedro Alvarez, moves up to Double-A AltoonaThe Pittsburgh Pirates’ third baseman of the future is one step closer to helping out the big club. Barmes homers, drives in 2 as Rockies beat Pittsburgh 5-4 and complete sweepDENVER — Clint Barmes homered, drove in two runs and scored two more as the Colorado Rockies completed a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 5-4 victory on Sunday. Rockies 5, Pirates 4E_Delw.Young (3), P.Phillips (1). DP_Pittsburgh 1. LOB_Pittsburgh 6, Colorado 10. 2B_Barmes (16), Spilborghs (14), S.Smith (4). 3B_McCutchen (5). HR_F.Sanchez (6), Barmes (8). CS_Tulowitzki (6), Atkins (1). S_Spilborghs, De La Rosa. Helton hits 2-run homer in 9th, Rockies beat Pirates 9-7DENVER — Todd Helton hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies won their fourth straight game, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-7 Saturday night. Rockies 9, Pirates 7One out when winning run scored. E_Iannetta (2). DP_Pittsburgh 1, Colorado 2. LOB_Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 5. 2B_F.Sanchez (23), An.LaRoche (14), Moss 2 (13), Stewart (8). 3B_McCutchen (4), Stewart (1). HR_Helton (9), Stewart (13), Iannetta (10). SB_Morgan (17), Fowler (12), C.Gonzalez (3). S_F.Sanchez. Rockies 7, Pirates 3E_Delw.Young (2). LOB_Pittsburgh 8, Colorado 2. 2B_McCutchen (3), Fowler (17), Helton 2 (17), Hawpe (24). 3B_McCutchen (3). HR_Ja.Wilson (2), Hawpe (10), Tulowitzki (10). SB_Stewart (4). CS_Hawpe (2). S_Fowler. SF_Barmes, Tulowitzki. Jason Marquis leads Rockies past Pirates 7-3 for Colorado’s 14th win in 15 gamesDENVER — Jason Marquis shut down the Pirates with a masterful mix of sinkers and sliders over 8 2-3 innings and the Colorado Rockies beat Pittsburgh 7-3 Friday night for their 14th win in 15 games. Rockies bullpen takes a hit when Corpas reports to stadium with swollen elbowDENVER — Colorado Rockies setup man Manny Corpas arrived at Coors Field with a swollen right elbow and an MRI revealed a floating bone chip. Detroit Tigers extend manager Jim Leyland’s contract for 2 years, through 2011 seasonDETROIT — Jim Leyland will be sticking around in the Detroit dugout for awhile. Soriano singles home winning run to complete Cubs’ 6-5 comeback win over White SoxCHICAGO — Derrek Lee and Geovany Soto hit consecutive homers to tie the game in a four-run eighth inning, then Alfonso Soriano singled home the winning run in the ninth to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory over the White Sox on Thursday. Blackburn’s gem, homers by Cuddyer and Buscher lead Twins to 5-1 win over PiratesMINNEAPOLIS — Nick Blackburn pitched a six-hitter for his first career complete game, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Twins 5, Pirates 1E_Morgan (1). DP_Pittsburgh 1, Minnesota 2. LOB_Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 6. 2B_Hinske (9), Moss (11), Morneau (18), Kubel (14), Punto (4). 3B_Cuddyer (5). HR_Cuddyer (10), Buscher (2). SB_Punto (6). Pirates 8, Twins 2DP_Pittsburgh 1, Minnesota 1. LOB_Pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 10. 2B_Ad.LaRoche (21), R.Diaz (5), Mauer (11), Crede (9). 3B_Cuddyer (4). HR_McCutchen (1), Ad.LaRoche (9), An.LaRoche (3). SB_Morgan (16), Delw.Young (2). SF_Ad.LaRoche. Snell finally wins, McCutchen homers and LaRoche brothers go deep as Pirates top Twins 8-2MINNEAPOLIS — Ian Snell won for the first time in two months and Andrew McCutchen hit his first major league home run, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past Francisco Liriano and the Minnesota Twins 8-2 Wednesday night. Glen Perkins leads Twins over Pirates in first start off the disabled listMINNEAPOLIS — Glen Perkins won his first start off the disabled list, Joe Mauer backed him with his second four-hit game of the season and Minnesota Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 Tuesday night to keep up their impressive interleague play. Twins 8, Pirates 2E_Mauer (1). DP_Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 1. LOB_Pittsburgh 10, Minnesota 5. 2B_McCutchen (2), Delw.Young (4), Ja.Wilson (14), Mauer (10), Crede (8), Cuddyer (13). HR_Morgan (1). SB_Gomez (6). SF_Punto. Lack of hitting and lackadaisical play have once-dominant Braves falling fast in NL EastATLANTA — The standings which show the Atlanta Braves falling fast in the NL East are not the only cause for concern. Repeat performance? Bylsma welcomes speculation Pens would win another Stanley CupPITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins spent a last few hours together Sunday, cleaning out their lockers, showing off the Stanley Cup at a Pirates game and wondering what could possibly top beating the Detroit Red Wings in a road Game 7. Wild Willis walks 8, Pirates beat Tigers 6-3PITTSBURGH — Dontrelle Willis fought with his control for the third consecutive start by walking eight in 3 2-3 innings, leading to all of Pittsburgh’s scoring, and Robinzon Diaz drove in three runs to help the Pirates beat the Tigers 6-3 on Sunday. Pirates 6, Tigers 3E_Ohlendorf (1). DP_Detroit 1, Pittsburgh 2. LOB_Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 14. 2B_Kelly (1). SB_McCutchen (2). S_Santiago. SF_R.Diaz. Freddy Sanchez hits grand slam, Pirates rout Tigers 9-3PITTSBURGH — Freddy Sanchez hit a grand slam and Adam LaRoche added a solo home run as the Pittsburgh Pirates used a rare power surge to defeat the Detroit Tigers 9-3 Saturday night. Pirates 9, Tigers 3DP_Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1. LOB_Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 5. 2B_Ordonez (9), Morgan (6), Jaramillo (11), Ja.Wilson (13). HR_Raburn (4), Thames (2), F.Sanchez (5), Ad.LaRoche (8). SF_Thames. Castillo’s error gives Yankees wild 9-8 win over Mets in Subway Series openerNEW YORK — It’s happened before in tens of thousands of games, a simple popup for the final out. Sid the Kid grows up to be Stanley Cup winner; Pens dethrone Wings with 2-1 win in Game 7DETROIT — Slide over Super Mario and make room on the Stanley Cup for a new batch of Pittsburgh Penguins. Max Talbot scored two second-period goals, and the Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Cup on Friday night. Rick Porcello throws 7 sharp innings as Detroit Tigers beat Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1PITTSBURGH — Rick Porcello threw seven crisp innings and had a pair of RBI singles for his first major league hits, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Tigers 3, Pirates 1DP_Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1. LOB_Detroit 11, Pittsburgh 5. 2B_Polanco 2 (18), Laird (7), F.Sanchez (22), Ad.LaRoche (20). HR_Inge (14). SB_Ordonez (2), Morgan (15). S_Polanco, Kelly, Snell. Penguins, Red Wings scoreless after first period of Game 7DETROIT — The Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings were tied 0-0 at the end of the first period of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals on Friday night, with a lack of good chances and a lot of tentativeness on both sides. After a let’s-be-careful first 10 minutes in which neither side wanted to risk a mistake that might yield a momentum-shifting goal, Pittsburgh drew the first power play when Brad Stuart’s slash knocked the stick out of Evgeni Malkin’s hands at 11:24. Detroit Tigers put RHP Jeremy Bonderman back on DL with shoulder painDETROIT — The Detroit Tigers placed right-hander Jeremy Bonderman on the 15-day disabled list Friday just four days after activating him for his first start of the season. Pirates 3, Braves 1E_Ja.Wilson (6), Y.Escobar (8). LOB_Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 8. 2B_K.Johnson (14). HR_Delw.Young (1). SB_M.Diaz 2 (3), Francoeur (3). S_Morgan, An.LaRoche, J.Vazquez. Andy LaRoche’s 2-run single in 9th lifts Pirates over Braves 3-1ATLANTA — Andy LaRoche hit a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 Thursday to split the four-game series. Pirates 3, Braves 2LOB_Pittsburgh 12, Atlanta 4. 2B_F.Sanchez (21), McLouth (9), Y.Escobar (14), McCann 2 (10). HR_G.Anderson (3). SB_Morgan (14). S_Duke. Adam LaRoche drives in 2 runs, Karstens pitches well in relief to lead Bucs past Braves 3-2ATLANTA — Adam LaRoche drove in two runs, Jeff Karstens pitched well in his new role and Craig Monroe pulled off some nifty baserunning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday night. Nice catch: New Jersey high school OF Mike Trout celebrates pick with family at draftSECAUCUS, N.J. — Mike Trout and his family drove more than two hours to attend baseball’s amateur draft. |