Weaver Stymies Pirates for First Win of the Season
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SEATTLE -- Jeff Weaver was mired in perhaps the worst stretch of his up-and-down career. So he decided to look at film.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates ran themselves into out after out with some of the worst baserunning imaginable. With Ian Snell on the mound, it hardly mattered.
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PITTSBURGH The Houston Astros had their 12-game winning streak snapped by the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-to-1 in the first game of a doubleheader.
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Sean Casey had three hits and drove in three runs in his first game since mid-April, and the Pittsburgh Pirates bounced back from a difficult loss to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 14-3 Monday night behind Zach Duke.
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J.P. Howell pitched eight impressive innings in his first start this season, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays got solo homers from Delmon Young and Carlos Pena in a 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
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Kip Wells won for the first time in 10 months, pitching his best game of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 3-0 over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Outfielder Jason Bay became the  first Pittsburgh Pirate to win the National League Rookie of  the Year, as he was voted the honor on Monday.
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Sammy Sosa homered for the first time in more than two weeks and Derrek Lee drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
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Pedro Martinez struggled in his first start in more than a month and the New York Mets missed a chance to clinch the NL East on their own Friday night, losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3.
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Jered Weaver gave up four solo homers &#151; two to Chris Snelling &#151; in the worst outing of his short career and the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 Tuesday night for their season-high sixth straight win.
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Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Carlos Zambrano tossed 7 1/3 shutout innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the middle contest of a three-game set at PNC Park.
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Look for a definition of a big-game pitcher anywhere, and you probably would not find Jeff Weaver&#39;s name. Weaver, a Los Angeles right-hander, after all, was 12-12
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Carlos Guillen&#039;s two-run triple highlighted Detroit&#039;s four-run third inning and the Tigers overcame Kenny Rogers&#039; shaky start to beat Pittsburgh 7-6 Friday night, the Pirates&#039; 14th loss in 15 games.
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Ryan Doumit hit a game-winning single in the ninth inning after the umpires took away what looked to be a game-winning home run by Pittsburgh&#039;s Jose Castillo and called both teams back onto the field, and the Pirates finished off a four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with a bizarre 4-3 victory Thursday.
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Rookie John Van Benschoten pitched  eight strong innings to seize his first major league victory,  powering the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Houston Astros 6-1 in  the National League Friday.
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Josh Beckett rebounded from one of the worst outings of his career to pitch six strong innings, David Ortiz hit his 46th homer, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Thursday night to hand rookie Jered Weaver his first loss.
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Through two postseason games, the St. Louis Cardinals have shredded the Los Angeles Dodgers&#39; starting pitching. Odalis Perez surrendered six runs in Game 1. Jeff Weaver was touched