Pirates rock Mulder, beat Cards 8-2 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mark Mulder was no savior in his first outing in more than a year, roughed up by the Pittsburgh Pirates in an 8-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
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Cards beat Pirates 6-2 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Chris Duncan hit a three-run double to back Joel Pineiro and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Tuesday night.
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Cards beat Pirates to move back to .500 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Chris Duncan hit a three-run double to back Joel Pineiro and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Tuesday night. The Cardinals moved back over .500 with the win. They started the day two games behind the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.
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Pirates end 5-game skid, beat Cards 11-0 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ian Snell threw seven scoreless innings to win for only the second time in 11 starts and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a five-game losing streak, routing Kip Wells and the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 on Monday.
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Fielder hits 40th, Brewers sweep Pirates (AP via Yahoo! News)
Prince Fielder hit his National League-leading 40th home run of the season, Ryan Braun had three hits including a homer and the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 7-4 victory on Sunday.
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Reds overcome blunder, beat Pirates 5-4 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Alex Gonzalez scored from first base on Ken Griffey Jr.’s pop-fly single that fell among three Pirates fielders in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds overcame Adam Dunn’s baserunning mistake that cost them two runs in a 5-4 victory over Pittsburgh on Thursday night.
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Sanchez leads Pirates to sweep of Reds (AP via Yahoo! News)
Freddy Sanchez drove in five runs in the opener, then tripled and scored the winning run in the eighth inning of the second game to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 victory and doubleheader sweep Tuesday night that slowed the previously surging Cincinnati Reds.
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Pirates beat Reds 6-4 on Sanchez slam (AP via Yahoo! News)
Freddy Sanchez kept his hot August going with a grand slam and five RBIs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended the Cincinnati Reds’ six-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory Tuesday in a doubleheader opener.
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Astros beat Pirates 5-4 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ty Wigginton hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, as the Houston Astros rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday to avoid a sweep.
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Pirates win fourth straight (AP via Yahoo! News)
Jose Bautista homered twice and Matt Morris won his first game for the Pirates to lead Pittsburgh to its fourth straight win, 4-1 over the Houston Astros on Saturday.
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Reds beat Pirates 8-0 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Aaron Harang threw a two-hitter for his fourth career shutout, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Brandon Phillips homered and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 on Wednesday night.
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Pirates place batting champ Sanchez on DL (Sports Illustrated)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Freddy Sanchez, last season’s NL batting champion, was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday and will miss at least four games.
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