Ward&#39;s two HRs power Pirates
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At the tail end of August, with 31 games remaining, the approach Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon is preaching is the same as it was in the beginning
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Roy Oswalt got his National League-best 19th win Monday as Houston erupted for six runs in the second inning and posted a 10-3 win over St.
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Barry Larkin homered in his final at-bat on a noteworthy night &#151; perhaps one of his last in a Cincinnati Reds uniform &#151; and got a curtain call that capped a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
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Ichiro Suzuki had two more hits to move within eight of George Sisler&#39;s major league record, and Randy Winn&#39;s infield single in the ninth helped the Seattle Mariners end the Texas Rangers&#39; five-game winning streak with an 8-7 victory Friday night.
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Different night. Different motivation. Same Ichiro Suzuki. For the second straight game, the Seattle Mariners took advantage of a shaky Baltimore bullpen, with Suzuki again providing the decisive blow in Seattle's 5-4 win over the Orioles on Tuesday night.
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Aaron Ward scored 1:26 into Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, and fellow defenseman Frantisek Kaberle added a power-play goal in the second period to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-0 lead over the Edmonton Oilers through 40 minutes Monday night.
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The home run was very important. The run home by Jason Bay was better still. Bay became the first Pirates player in 50 years to homer in five consecutive games, then ran over Houston catcher Eric Munson to score the winning run on Jose Bautista&#039;s short sacrifice fly in the 18th inning as Pittsburgh beat the Astros 8-7 Saturday night.
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Mike Lamb went 4 for 5 with a home run and four runs batted in to lead the Houston Astros to their ninth straight victory, 10-5 over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday.
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The pirates' booty keeps piling up at a record pace.
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Jolbert Cabrera&#39;s two-run single with two out in the eighth lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 road win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, while Ichiro Suzuki collected another hit in his record bid.
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The last time Cliff Lee faced the Mariners he ended up beating them 18-6. It was an outing at Safeco Field in which Lee gave up three runs, and it was an outing that took his record to a flashy 10-1.
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Dave Williams pitched 6 1-3 shutout innings for his first victory in nearly three seasons and Jason Bay homered, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Tuesday night.
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CHICAGO -- From the moment the Pirates saw the flags flapping in a 16 mph breeze toward left field Wednesday afternoon, it had the makings of a long day at Wrigley Field.
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Mark Bellhorn&#39;s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth gave the Boston Red Sox a 3-to-2 win over Baltimore at Fenway Tuesday night.
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Daryle Ward, Albert Pujols and Chipper Jones had big nights at the plate at the expense of National League pitchers.
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Roy Oswalt combined with three   relievers for a five-hit shutout that helped the Houston Astros   maintain their late-season charge with 3-0 win against the   Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
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Finally, the Pittsburgh Pirates walked off with a win. Freddy Sanchez led off the ninth inning with a home run and the Pirates rallied to end a 13-game losing streak, their longest since 1900, by beating the Chicago White Sox 7-6 Thursday.