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Three months from now, how will you have spent your summer vacation? (The solstice is looming large, you know.) Here's one man's Off Base plan.

San Francisco pitcher George Kontos has been suspended for three games by Major League Baseball, which said he intentionally threw a pitch at Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen, and Giants manager Bruce Bochy has been banned for one.

In ESPN The Magazine, Sam Miller writes that even though the L.A. Angels and Dodgers have the money for big-name veterans, young talent wins in today's game.

Pedro Alvarez hit two home runs, Andrew McCutchen also went deep, and Jeff Locke pitched six shutout innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

In case you were busy really getting inside the mind of Barry Zuckerkorn in preparation for the new season of Arrested Development, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Los Angeles Kings are one step closer to defending their Stanle...

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Andrew McCutchen had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on a rainy Thursday for their fourth straight win.

Here's a quick look at the Chicago Cubs' 1-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday: How it happened: The Pirates scored their lone run in the first on back-to-back hits with two outs by Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones. But Jeff Samardzija...

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Quick reactions off Tuesday's games ... Andrew McCutchen did this in the 12th inning to give the Pirates a big win over the Brewers. The Pirates are 22-17 -- the same record as the Braves, a team that has received much more attention than Pitts...

Andrew McCutchen homered leading off the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.

Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports Mike Baxter received a whipped-cream pie to the face from Justin Turner after delivering a walk-off RBI. FIRST PITCH: Shaun Marcum heads to the mound tonight at 7:10 in search of his first Mets victory. Marcum (0-2, 7.2...

Seth Wenig/Associated Press Juan Lagares took away an extra-base hit from Andrew McCutchen to end the top of the ninth and set up the Mets' 3-2 win Thursday. On the day Juan Lagares joined the Mets, Terry Collins suggested some organization off...

WHAT IT MEANS: Clint Hurdle inserted his closer, Jason Grilli, with the score tied for the bottom of the ninth. The Mets found magic again anyway. Marlon Byrd led off with an infield single, advanced to second on a sac bunt from Andrew Brown and s...

Juan Lagares robbed Andrew McCutchen of a go-ahead hit in the top of the ninth inning, then pinch-hitter Mike Baxter's single in the bottom half sent the New York Mets over the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Thursday night.

Associated Press The Mets face (l to r) Jeff Locke, Wandy Rodriguez and Jeanmar Gomez during a four-game weekend series, plus Francisco Liriano making his Pirates debut. METS (13-17, fourth place/NL East) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (18-15, second place...