Mark Melancon

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pedro Alvarez's time with the Pittsburgh Pirates is over. The club declined to offer a 2016 contract to the first baseman on...

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Ishikawa is having a rough season. On this night, he enjoyed one of the best games of his...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordy Mercer and Pedro Alvarez were on the way to their lockers to savor another improbable comeback late Sunday night when...

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) — Gregory Polanco got three hits, including a go-ahead single in the seventh inning off Cubs reliever Phil Coke to lift the...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates probably thought they were in for another long night. They arrived home in Pittsburgh at 3:33 a.m. Friday after...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to terms with all six players who had filed for arbitration, including third baseman Pedro Alvarez...

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.

Pirates starting pitcher Francisco Liriano pours water over his head in the dugout after being tagged out at home plate trying to score...