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The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to put runners on base at an impressive rate, and now they're driving them in. Leading the majors with a .295 average and a .382 OBP, the Pirates have scored 19 runs over two consecutive wins. Pittsburgh (9-8) also ended a power drought in opening this three-game series with an 8-7 victory, getting home runs from Jordy Mercer, Sean Rodriguez and Gregory Polanco off Patrick Corbin. Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 2:53:am EST

The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to put runners on base at an impressive rate, and now they're driving them in. Leading the majors with a .295 average and a .382 OBP, the Pirates have scored 19 runs over two consecutive wins. Pittsburgh (9-8) also ended a power drought in opening this three-game series with an 8-7 victory, getting home runs from Jordy Mercer, Sean Rodriguez and Gregory Polanco off Patrick Corbin. Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 2:53:am EST

Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. Matt Harvey still didn't look like the ace New York Mets fans expect him to be on Friday night, but he finally got the result he was looking for in their 6-3 win against the Atlanta Braves .   Harvey needed 101 pitches to get through five innings with two runs allowed. That's not efficient, nor is it pretty, especially given the hapless offensive opponent. But it was good enough to pick up his first win of the season, and it was perhaps more encouraging overall than his last outing in Cleveland, which completely unraveled after four perfect innings.   Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 1:45:am EST

Jeff Samardzija struck out five over 7 2-3 innings and drove in a career-high three runs with a double to win in a memorable home debut, and the San Francisco Giants snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Miami hitting coach Barry Bonds and the Marlins 8-1 on Friday night in the slugger's return to AT&T Park. Samardzija (2-1), who signed a $90 million, five-year contract, left to a standing ovation when he walked off in the eighth. Brandon Belt, Angel Pagan and Denard Span had RBI singles, while Matt Duffy had a sacrifice fly and Brandon Crawford drove in a run on a groundout for the Giants, who had gone 3 for 35 with runners in scoring position during their skid. Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 1:43:am EST

Sean Rodriguez, Gregory Polanco and Jordy Mercer homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to beat Arizona 8-7 on Friday night, snapping the Diamondbacks' five-game winning streak. All three home runs came off Patrick Corbin (1-2), who allowed five runs in six innings. Arizona's Welington Castillo homered twice and has four in his last four games. Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 1:05:am EST