Chris Resop

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Even though it was just a spring training outing, Vance Worley pitched as if it were Game 7 of the World Series. Worley struck out eight in four perfect innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-Connecticut at Notre Dame, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Kentucky at Tennessee, 11 a.m. (ESPN); St. Bonaventure at Xavier, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Texas at Missouri, Noon (ESPN2); Michigan at Iowa, Noon (Big 10 Network);...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle insists Miller Park in Milwaukee isn’t haunted. But the stadium has been the Pirates’ own house of horrors the last several seasons and Pittsburgh found a new way to lose Sunday....

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McKenry’s first major league home run, a three-run shot in the eighth inning, lifted Pittsburgh to a 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night and assured the Pirates of a winning record at the All-Star break for...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday, needing to bounce back after All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan blew a save. Hanrahan gave up Chris Johnson's tying double in the eighth inning for his first...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Beimel let the pitch go and thought “uh-oh.” The second the slider that didn’t really slide left his hand with the bases loaded Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates reliever waited for Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Xavier Paul was running. No matter what. The Pittsburgh Pirate reserve watched the ball of the bat of teammate Chase d’Arnaud slice into the outfield with one out in the 10th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Stairs drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth Friday night to give Washington a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in a Davey Johnson home debut that looked much like any other game at Nationals Park this...

There were options had the Orioles wanted to skip Jeremy Guthrie's start or, at the very least, push it back a couple of days to make sure the right-hander had recovered from a back strain. But Guthrie wanted the ball, and Orioles manager Buck...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Five innings into his major league career, Blake Davis wasn’t nervous. He even felt rather calm at the plate and while manning second base. On what was supposed to be a memorable day, a sharply hit two-hopper came his way...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Santana homered and the Cleveland Indians opened a six-game interleague homestand with a 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Josh Tomlin (8-4) earned the win, bouncing back from three consecutive rocky...

Kevin Correia was perfect into the fifth inning. Late in the game, he and the rest of the Pittsburgh Pirates were anything but. Chris Capuano pitched seven innings, Jose Reyes had three hits and a homer and the New York Mets scored all their runs over...