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Jimmy Paredes dropped Russell Martin's bases-loaded fly ball when he collided with second baseman Jake Elmore with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Astros 5-4 Friday night.

After years of seeing poor receivers like Ryan Doumit cost them strikes, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Russell Martin to the biggest free-agent contract in franchise history over the winter. According to Baseball Prospectus analyst Max Marchi's pitch...

The cream of the 2013 free-agent crop was obvious and expensive. Teams entered the offseason flush with cash and spent prodigiously. Outfielder Josh Hamilton was the best position player, while B.J. Upton and Michael Bourn followed not far behind...

Blog | May 10, 2013

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...

Making a move to shore up a shaky bullpen, the St. Louis Cardinals demoted struggling left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski to the minor leagues Monday.

1. I am not a liar 2. I would not make that stuff up 3. My own dad doesn't speak to me that way 4. Again I am not a liar #accountability - David Price (@DAVIDprice14) April 28, 2013 Think our entire dugout would ERUPT cause an ump told me to thro...

Rookie Jeff Locke pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Russell Martin had two of Pittsburgh's four home runs in a 9-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday that gave the Pirates a series win and the NL Central lead.

Russell Martin hit a two-run home run to highlight a four-run seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Saturday.

By the third inning of Friday's game with the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees lost starter Ivan Nova and catcher Francisco Cervelli to injury.

The Pirates have been a losing team for two decades, but an improved defense is what will put them over .500 this season, writes Scott Spratt.

Story | Conversation | April 26, 2013

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez continues to be dropped by many of his fantasy owners, to the point that he's owned in barely half of ESPN standard leagues. But after he mashed his third home run of the season Monday night -- and ...

Blog | April 23, 2013

Eric Karabell takes a closer look at the Pirates lineup, including his 2013 expectations for third baseman Pedro Alvarez.

Blog | Conversation | April 23, 2013

James McDonald pitched six dominant innings and Gaby Sanchez

Norwich defender Russell Martin has issued a rallying call to the Canaries fans who might be getting a touch nervous as the battle intensifies to stay in the Barclays Premier League.The Canaries play rock-bottom Reading at Carrow Road knowing three p...

Norwich defender Russell Martin has issued a rallying call to the Canaries fans who might be getting a touch nervous as the battle intensifies to stay in the Barclays Premier League.The Canaries play rock-bottom Reading at Carrow Road knowing three p...

Should Russell Martin's performance in a pivotal Premier League contest against Reading match his display in front of the assembled media this week, then the only imponderable is the margin of victory. The intelligent, composed, well-spoken Scotti...