Pirates

National League Cy Young candidate Jake Arreita sent the Chicago Cubs to the Division Series on Wednesday night after tossing a complete-game shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Arrieta surrendered just four hits in the 4-0 Cubs win. He walked nobody and struck out 12...

The Yankees have traded catcher Francisco Cervelli to the Pirates for lefty reliever Justin Wilson. Cervelli is a career .278 hitter across parts of seven big league seasons. He played 93 games for the Yankees in 2010. He has missed a lot of time over his career with injuries - and he was suspended for 50 games in 2013 in connection with the biogenesis scandal...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The San Francisco Giants captured the 2012 World Series by winning six elimination games. They've also advanced to this year's National League Division Series with a winner-take-all Wild Card victory at Pittsburgh. Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt were the stars as the Giants hammered the Pirates 8-0...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Hot-hitting rookie Gregory Polanco homered and drove in four runs, resurgent right-hander Vance Worley pitched seven stingy innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 5-2 on Thursday night. Polanco drove in the game's first run with a groundout in the first inning, then lined a three-run homer into the right-field stands off Daisuke Matsuzaka in the fifth to put t

The Pirates and Brewers engaged in a old-fashioned, benches clearing brawl on Sunday afternoon. Carlos Gomez hit a ball to the wall in center. He clearly thought the ball was gone, stared at it, admired it -- you know the picture. It didn't go out, so then he turned on the jets and easily slid into third with a triple Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole took exception to Gomez admiring his shot, said some

Fired up for a fun interview. Later this afternoon on my radio program- Game On With Bruce Jacobs, heard on 104.5 The Team, ESPN Radio in Albany, New York, legendary pitcher Luis Tiant, who made the cork screw wind up famous is scheduled to  appear at 5...

Yesterday on Game On, we broke the news that A.J. Burnett hit himself in the face trying to bunt a baseball.