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PITTSBURGH -- Nick Kingham accomplished something Sunday that only one major league pitcher had achieved in the past century. In his big league debut, Kingham carried a perfect game into the seventh inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. He joined Johnny Cueto in 2008 as the only pitchers in the past 100 years with one hit allowed, at least nine strikeouts and no walks in their debuts. "That's how you plan it up -- not to let anybody on," Kingham said. "It's incredible how it happened. Just kind of starting from the get-go, it went well. ... It's corny, but it took everybody. I'm really fortunate and really happy about it." The 26-year-old rookie right-hander Continue to Article

April 29, 2018 7:04:pm EST

Nick Kingham accomplished something Sunday that only one major league pitcher had achieved in the past century. In his big league debut, Kingham carried a perfect game into the seventh inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. "That's how you plan it up, not to let anybody on," Kingham said. Continue to Article

April 29, 2018 6:13:pm EST

Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Nick Kingham was just looking to prove he could cut it in the majors during his big-league debut. Kingham retired the first 20 batters he faced. Elias would only confirm Kingham set the 1961-present record. Continue to Article

April 29, 2018 5:49:pm EST

Nick Kingham of the Pittsburgh Pirates has lost his bid for a perfect game in his major league debut when Paul DeJong of the St. Louis Cardinals singled with two outs in the seventh inning. The 26-year-old right-hander was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis earlier Sunday. Left-hander Enny Romero was designated for assignment to make room on the 25-man roster. Pittsburgh selected Kingham in the fourth round of the 2010 draft out of Sierra Vista High School in Las Vegas. He underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2015, causing him to miss most of the 2015 and 2016 seasons. In four starts with Indianapolis this season, Kingham was 2-1 with a 1.59 ERA. More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball Continue to Article

April 29, 2018 3:43:pm EST

Francisco Cervelli hit his fourth home run of the season as part of a two-RBI effort in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. Through the Pirates' first 27 games, he leads the team in RBIs with 20, is second in home runs and batting average (.307) and on-base percentage (.393). Cervelli credits the hot start to finally being healthy after a year and a half of near-constant maladies. Continue to Article

April 28, 2018 11:37:pm EST