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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aramis Ramirez can't really describe it but he can sense it, the feeling that permeates a clubhouse during one of those...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jung Ho Kang hit back after getting hit by pitches in his two previous plate appearances. Kang's three-run homer capped a nine-run...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gregory Polanco had the go-ahead hit in the eighth inning after helping with a save in the third. Polanco helped free a...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have spent the last two seasons transforming themselves from laughingstock to legitimate contender. The next step might be the...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Derek Jeter got a partial standing ovation Thursday before going hitless in two at-bats in the first spring training game...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have reached a deal with right-handed pitcher Edinson Volquez on a one-year contract for $5 million. The 30-year-old Volquez...

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright celebrates after striking out Pittsburgh Pirates' Pedro Alvarez for the final out of Game 5 of a National League baseball division series, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)by R.B. FallstromAP Sportswriter ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright went all the way and the St. Louis Cardinals got two-run homers from David Freese and Matt Adams to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Wednesday night, advancing to the NL championship series.

Pedro Alvarez rounds third after getting the Pirates' only hit of the game, a solo home run off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha in the eighth inning of Game 4 of a National League baseball division series, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) by Will GravesAP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Michael Wacha took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals showed off their October poise, edging the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Monday and setting up a winner-take-all Game 5 in the NL division series.

by R.B. FallstromAP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) - Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates played like veterans. Cole gave up two hits in six dominant innings and had an RBI in his postseason debut, Pedro Alvarez homered for the second straight day and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 Friday to even their NL division series at a game apiece.

by Joe KayAP Baseball Writer CINCINNATI (AP) - The preliminaries are done. On to Pittsburgh and the playoffs. Jordy Mercer had a triple and an inside-the-park homer, and the Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds with a 4-2 victory Sunday that was mostly an afterthought for teams looking ahead to a rematch in Pittsburgh.