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Giancarlo Stanton?left the Miami Marlins' 7-6 loss Saturday after being hit on the right wrist with a pitch by Trevor Williams of the Pittsburgh Pirates.? The team said X-rays were negative, calling the injury a right wrist contusion. He is day-to-day. Stanton took an inside fastball on a 2-2 Williams pitch off the inside part of the wrist in the top of the first inning in Pittsburgh. He left in obvious pain, with Ichiro Suzuki coming on to replace him in right field.? "The fact that there's no fractures just means basically there's going to be some swelling,'' Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. "It's going to be sore. How long's that going to be? It could be a few days.'' Stanton has been on Continue to Article

June 10, 2017 9:25:pm EST

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jordy Mercer hit a tying two-run triple in the eighth and John Jaso followed with a go-ahead double, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Miami Marlins 7-6 on Saturday. Mercer’s double to center off reliever David Phelps (2-3) scored Andrew McCutchen and Elias Diaz, then Mercer scored on Jaso’s ground-rule double to right. Pittsburgh rallied from three deficits, including after Miami opened with a three-run first. McCutchen, Diaz and Josh Bell each had three hits for the Pirates, although Bell was thrown out at the plate in the third and the Pirates left runners in scoring position in five consecutive innings before finally breaking through. Marlins star Giancarlo Stanton Continue to Article

June 10, 2017 8:50:pm EST

Tony Watson's recent struggles have cost the Pittsburgh Pirates reliever his job as the team's closer. Manager Clint Hurdle said Friday he is "unplugging" Watson from the role following a pair of blown saves in Baltimore earlier this week. Felipe Rivero and Juan Nicasio will share the closing duties for now. The last-place Pirates plan to use Watson in less stressful situations, hoping he can regain the form that made the team give him the job in the first place after trading away All-Star Mark Melancon last July. Watson converted his first seven save opportunities this season, but has locked down just three of his last eight save chances. An All-Star as a setup man in 2014, Watson is 4-1 with Continue to Article

June 09, 2017 6:08:pm EST

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 6-0 rout of the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final warranted plenty of excitement inside PPG Paints Arena Thursday night. One of those overly excited fans was Chris Boswell of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Continue to Article

June 09, 2017 10:41:am EST

Less than three weeks after testicular cancer surgery, Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jameson Taillon struck out six in three scoreless innings in his first rehab start. Taillon allowed one hit and one walk for Double-A Altoona on Sunday, throwing one wild pitch. "It was therapeutic," Taillon said of the outing,? according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "The pitching mound -- not to sound corny -- is where I feel most comfortable. That's where I spend a lot of my time. That's my job." He had surgery May 8, five days after a loss at Cincinnati in which he allowed six runs in five innings. Taillon, 25, is 2-1 with a 3.31 ERA in six major league starts. He was the second overall pick in the 2010 Continue to Article

May 28, 2017 7:35:pm EST