N.L. Roundup: Pirates Play Spoiler and Top the Brewers
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Back in sole possession of the National League Central lead, the Milwaukee Brewers faltered again.
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Aaron Harang pitched an eight-hitter for his National League-leading sixth complete game and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Friday night to keep their slim postseason hopes alive.
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Prince Fielder hit his NL-leading 48th home run and the Milwaukee Brewers moved within three games of first place, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 13-5 on Monday night.
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Nomar Garciaparra hit his 200th home run, Rafael Furcal and Ramon Martinez each had two RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh 7-4 Sunday, handing the plummeting Pirates their 11th straight loss.
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Matt Morris struggled in his final tuneup for the playoffs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 Thursday night to send the NL Central champions to their first four-game losing streak of the season.
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Johnny Estrada hit his second grand slam of the season against Houston and Milwaukee overcame an injury to Ben Sheets to beat the Astros 9-1 on Tuesday night, moving the Brewers into first place in the NL Central.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 -- 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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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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(Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds will start a season-ending three-game series versus the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight at Great American Ball Park.
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Pirates reliever Salomon Torres's wild pitch scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and Aramis Ramirez's two-run homer helped the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory over host Pittsburgh last night.
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Salamon Torres&#39; wild pitch scored Corey Patterson from third in 10th inning last night as the Chicago Cubs grabbed a 5-4 win against the Pirates at PNC Park.
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The New York Yankees stretched their  season-high winning streak to four games with a 5-4 victory  over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, Derek Jeter driving in  the winning run with a 10th inning single.
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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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Derek Lowe pitches six no-hit innings until giving up three runs in the seventh, and the Dodgers build a five-run lead before holding on to beat the Pirates, 6-5.
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Dodgers castoff Brett Tomko pitches six solid innings, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff delivers two more hits and the Padres win their season-high seventh in a row, 6-3 over the Pirates.
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(Sports Network) - The Brewers&#39; recent woes continued Monday, as they fell 8-3 to Chicago on Monday. All-Star Ben Sheets (9-10) was not sharp for Milwaukee, which suffered its sixth consecutive defeat and 10th setback in 12 outings.
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Yovani Gallardo pitched seven sharp innings and hit his second homer of the season, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Friday night to inch closer in the NL Central race.