Game 123: Pirates at Nationals

Locke and Gonzalez underway with the playoffs on the line.

Game 122: Pirates at Nationals

Morton and Roark in a possible NLCS Championship preview.

Not sure why the league lets Walgreens--a pharmacy--sponsor a team, but there it is. I guess the D.C. fans just yawn when evidence of doping is that obvious. It's a pretty jaded town.

No worries. The Nats can take all the pills they want, and Charlie Morton should still handle them nbd.

Game 121: Tigers at Pirates

Scherzer and Liriano at one.

The top of the NL Central is treading water, 5-5 in their last ten. Pirates at 1.5 games out of first.

Game 120: Pirates at Tigers

The Vanimal and Farmer underway. Bucs are down 1-0 in the third, and are just 1.5 games out of first. The Don Kelly posters in the Beer Fort have been vandalized with sharpie mustaches.

Game 119: Tigers at Pirates

Ray and Volquez tonight in another World Series preview. Bucs are 2.5 games back.

Game 118: Tigers at Pirates

Game is underway. World Series preview, right here.

Verlander and Locke starting.

Honus Wagner bobblehead: tomorrow.

Off day

The Bucs took the day off today. Nothing to see here.

Game 116: Padres at Pirates

Liriano and Stults underway. Bucs down 2-1 in the second.

Game 115: Padres at Pirates

Kennedy tries to stop the Vanimal, starting soon. Bucs are just 1.5 games back with the hated Brewers and Cards facing the first place Dodgers and Orioles, respectively. Prepare to untuck.

Game 114: Marlins at Pirates

Game underway. No score in the bottom of the third.

Pirates are two games back and need another win here.

Game 113: Marlins at Pirates

Locke and Koehler starting shortly. PBC still 2.5 games back.

Game 112: Marlins at Pirates

Hand and Morton, about to start.

Game 111: Pirates at Diamondbacks

Liriano continues his gradual return to WS MVP form at four.

Cahill will try for Arizona.

Off day tomorrow.

Game 110: Pirates at Diamondbacks

Bucs are up 8-3 in the bottom of the ninth as Frieri tries to either finish the game or break somebody else's hand.

Game 109: Pirates at Diamondbacks

Nuno and Volquez later tonight with the playoffs on the line. Bucs 2.5 games back.

Game 108: Pirates at Diamondbacks

Locke and Collmenter at 9:40.

Last series of this West coast road trip.

Trade deadline

One rumor recently overheard has All-Star Josh F. Harrison, Ernesto Frieri, Chris Stewart, and Michael Martinez to the Red Sox for Lester and a player to be named later.

Scrimmage

No game today, just a meaningless scrimmage, so it doesn't matter what happened. In other news, the Cards got destroyed 12-1.

Game 106: Pirates at Giants

Frankie and Hudson underway. Bucs are up 3-0 in the second after JFH and Bickle both went yard.

The Brewers lost earlier, so the PBC are 1.5 games out of first. Prepare to untuck.

Game 105: Pirates at Giants

The Vanimal takes on Bumgarner in a likely NLCS Game 4 preview. Morel starting at third as Pedro practices throwing at widest side of Beer Fort barn.