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Mic'd Up Victor Robles Was Fired Up for Jorge Polanco's Diving Stop Against the Mets

The Mariners outfielder was on a hot mic for Sunday Night Baseball, and it led to an incredible clip in the second inning.

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Pirates get clutch performances, beat Adam Wainwright to spoil Cardinals' Sunday coronation

Sunday in St. Louis had a festive feel and was supposed to be about a coronation of Cardinals stars, the formal feting of Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina in their final regular-season home game.

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Michael Chavis helps Pirates complete walk-off victory over Reds

PITTSBURGH — Michael Chavis sprinted toward first base and raised his right fist in the air, the emotion evident as his line drive into left field easily finding some grass, the Pirates walking it off for one of their more enjoyable victories during a frustrating season.

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Nick Pivetta throws long-awaited gem as Red Sox hold off Pirates for series-opening win

With little room for error over the final month and a half of the season, the Red Sox have to beat up on the opportunities they have against bad teams, and there aren’t many.

Boston Herald

Yastrzemski’s big night lifts SF Giants to series-opening win over Pirates

SAN FRANCISCO — For most of Friday night, it seemed, Mike Yastrzemski was doing one of two things: driving runs in, or watching them leave the yard.

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Pirates offense finds much-needed spark in 6-4 win over Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — In their first two games in the desert, the Pirates’ offense was dying of thirst, scoring just four runs, three of which came Tuesday in quasi-garbage time of a loss.

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Walk-off wild pitch gives Pirates sweep over Brewers

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates’ messaging over this season has been consistent. They’re certain they’ve improved throughout the year, and they have a stat to tell you why.

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Crucial eighth-inning error dooms Pirates in 3-2 loss to Chicago Cubs

CHICAGO — All game Monday, the Chicago Cubs made silly mistakes against the Pirates. All game, the Pirates failed to take full advantage of it.

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Pirates’ Ben Gamel made this electrifying diving catch look easy to save an extra base hit

Ben Gamel sure is no stranger to heroic catches in the outfield!

USA Today Sports Media Group

Offense persistent, but Pirates come up short in 6-5 loss to Marlins

PITTSBURGH — In a game where the Pirates faced arguably the best starting pitcher in the National League in right-hander Sandy Alcantara, their offense was pesky, persistent and productive, Pittsburgh tying the game in the ninth to force extra innings and threatening again in the 10th.

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Quintana dazzles over seven shutout innings as Pirates beat Marlins, 1-0

PITTSBURGH — José Quintana and the Pirates are in a strange spot right now.

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Miami Marlins walk-off Pittsburgh Pirates in extra innings

MIAMI — Pablo Lopez, even while inefficient at times, did his job Wednesday. The Miami Marlins’ right-handed pitcher had a no-hitter through four innings and ultimately allowed just one hit and one run over five innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Miami Herald

After rare error, Ben Gamel redeems himself in Pirates win

MILWAUKEE — Ben Gamel rounded second base, pointed toward the Pirates dugout and pumped his left fist and arm in celebration, the emotion flowing through the Pirates outfielder glaringly obvious on Saturday at American Family Field.

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Seventh-inning error proves costly for Pirates in second game of doubleheader

CINCINNATI — Josh VanMeter probably doesn’t want to return to Great American Ball Park any time soon. Pirates fans, meanwhile, likely aren’t clamoring for VanMeter to return at all, especially with Kevin Newman and Jake Marisnick seemingly at the tail end of their rehab assignments with Class AAA Indianapolis.

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Pittsburgh’s Ben Gamel robbed a home run with the coolest catch that had MLB fans in awe

What a catch!

Tribune News Service

Offensive jolt comes from a couple of unlikely sources in Pirates' series-clinching win over Rockies

PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates reported to Bradenton, Fla., back in February, Jack Suwinski was a well-regarded prospect new to the 40-man roster — but still seemingly a year or so away. Josh VanMeter played for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Pirates didn’t acquire him until the end of spring.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Goldschmidt, VerHagen spark another Cardinals win at PNC Park

PITTSBURGH — There were four key takeaways Saturday night in the Cardinals’ 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinals, not successful with home runs, play small ball to beat Pirates, 5-3

PITTSBURGH — The Cardinals recently had homered in 12 consecutive games and 14 of 15, yet netting them only a middling record of 7-8. So they switched gears, hitting 10 singles to account for all their runs Friday night en route to a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Pirates' offense struggles again, Mitch Keller hit hard in 8-2 loss to Reds

PITTSBURGH — In the fourth and fifth innings of Friday night’s game against the Cincinnati Reds, the Pirates’ offense had fleeting chances to mount a comeback.

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Pirates dominated, as Dodgers flex their mighty muscles

PITTSBURGH — On Monday, the Pirates played one of their best games of the young season, pitching a gem in a 5-1 win over the perennial powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Starting pitcher finally earns win during Pirates’ banner night against Dodgers

PITTSBURGH — The streak the Pirates had going was equal parts emblematic of their new pitching philosophy and the byproduct of playing sub-.500 baseball. It was also just pretty darn strange. Nearly 30 games, and a starting pitcher didn’t have a single win? Yeah, never happened before.

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Pirates slug their way to a doubleheader split in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — As if having a second baseman strap on catcher’s gear wasn't difficult or unlikely enough, the Pirates' subsequent trick Saturday at Great American Ball Park was a real doozy: They decided to go on a home run-hitting binge.

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Pirates lose game, starting catcher, as nightmare scenario unfolds in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — The Pirates on Saturday added injury to insult.

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Pirates salvage win thanks to encouraging offensive showing in Game 2 of doubleheader vs. Tigers

DETROIT — The Pirates were certainly in need of a get-right game after the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. Errors plagued them in that one, and the offense went quiet.

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Tigers get timely hits, help in fifth to top Pirates in Game 1

DETROIT — It's no secret the Tigers have been struggling — at the plate, in the field and even to simply stay healthy — over the first month of the season.

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