That’s so Astros: Collision, dropped fly ball gives Pittsburgh walkoff victory over Houston (Video)Mark Townsend, yahoo.com The Houston Astros introduced Reid Ryan as their new president on Friday. It's possible somewhere down the road we'll look back at that moment as the turning point in their organization's history. For now, though, they're still the same old Houston Astr… |
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Tom Singer, MLB.com All the stars aligned in the proper order, and in the end there was Russell Martin clanging a second error off the Houston right fielder's glove for a 5-4 Pirates victory on Friday at PNC Park. |
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Astros lose again, tied for worst record in league |
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Brown breaks tie as Phils end Reds' win streak9 hours ago
Associated Press, ESPN.com Domonic Brown drove in the tiebreaking run on an infield grounder in the eighth and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped the Cincinnati Reds' six-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Friday night. |
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Harvey moves to 5-0 as Mets slip past Cubs13 hours ago
Associated Press, ESPN.com Matt Harvey won his fifth straight decision, allowing five hits in 7 1/3 innings and singling in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to lead the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 5-0 Friday. |
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Cardinals' Westbrook gets injection in elbow14 hours ago
Associated Press, ESPN.com St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook has received another elbow treatment, the Associated Press has learned, perhaps pushing back his return. |
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Reid Ryan introduced as Astros president17 hours ago
Brian McTaggart, MLB.com Reid Ryan's tenure as president of the Astros began Friday, when Houston announced that the son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan would take over the role vacated by George Postolos. |
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Somebody took the time to make an infographic of every uniform and hat combination the Pirates wore18 hours ago
Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com Somebody took the time to make an infographic of every uniform and hat combination the Pirates wore in 1979, their last World Series championship season. It's black and yellow and yellow and black and black and yellow all over. [@AnthraxJones]Read more.… |
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How masterful has Yu Darvish been this season? Even after being made to look silly by one of his many pitches, opposing hitters still can't help but smile, writes Tom Verducci. |
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Juan Pierre hits home run: Remember this day21 hours ago
David Brown, yahoo.com While not as rare as Halley's Comet returning, Miami Marlins slugger Juan Pierre hitting a home run is one of the more infrequent occurrences in Major League Baseball. Pierre hit career homer No. 18 on Thursday night in the Marlins 5-3 loss to the Cinci… |
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Q&A: Russell Martin on the Art of Pitch FramingMay 17 (yesterday)
After years of seeing poor receivers like Ryan Doumit cost them strikes, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Russell Martin to the biggest free-agent contra... |
