Pedro and the PBC have agreed to a four-year, major league contract worth a guaranteed $6,355,000, reports the P-G's Dejan Kovacevic. Supposedly the contract will be signed pending a physical, which could happen as early as this week, and the contract would quash the pending grievance. All hail El Matatan!
Game at four. Steelers should beware the staph infection if they get some scrapes in this one.
Jimmy Barthmaier and Scuffy Moehler open for Lynyrd Freakin' Skynyrd. Game at seven.
Snell and Wolf at seven open for Zambelli fireworks. Among qualifying NL starters, Snell is dead last in ERA (5.69), WHIP (1.83!), and BAA (.313). Must protect manhood.
Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers will play baseball at PNC tonight at seven. Zach Duke and the Bucs will try not to embarrass themselves again.
Karstens vs. Lowe at seven. Pup Night! Last chance this year to bring your dog to the park.
Ohlendorf vs. Kuroda at seven. Cutch and Neil Walker will be in the dugout, absorbing the teachings of Ronny Ballgame.
Thompson and Davis at one-thirty.
The Pirates ride this two-game winning streak to 62-86. If the season ended today, I believe they would have the fourth overall pick in the draft. Only Washington (56), San Diego (57), and Seattle (57) have fewer wins.
The Pirates are still looking for win number "far more" tonight as the Cardinals send Pineiro to the mound to compete with Maholm.
Game is scheduled for seven, but the weather is not looking cooperative.
The Pirates will attempt, once again, to stop the streaking Astros.
Gorzelanny and Moehler at eight.
Snell and Arias at eight.
Astros are 76-67 and six games out in the wild card race. They trail Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.
This is the kind of series the Pirates lose big time. Every September they lay down for teams like this. So if this year is like last year, the year before, etc., then the Pirates get swept.
