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(Updated: 3RD GRAPH: adds Cole was top pick in 2011) Pirates 6, Dodgers 3: Pedro Alvarez hit a three-run homer and Gerrit Cole pitched effectively into the sixth inning as host Pittsburgh claimed its first series win against Los Angeles since 2010....

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Pirates 6, Dodgers 3 Pirates 6, Dodgers 3: Pedro Alvarez hit a three-run homer and Gerrit Cole pitched effectively into the sixth inning as host Pittsburgh claimed its first series win against Los Angeles since 2010. Alvarez...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| USGA Golf--U.S. Open Championship, 11 a.m. (NBC) Auto Racing--Drag Racing, NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Part I, same-day tape, Noon (ESPN2), Part II, same-day tape, 10 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Quicken Loans 400, Noon...

MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The major leagues aren't new to Jordy Mercer. The Pirates utility infielder spent 118 days in the major leagues as a rookie last season, though he got into just 42 games and had 68 plate appearances....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Jeff Locke is the sole survivor. The left-hander is the last member of the Pirates' season-opening rotation still on the active roster. Left-hander Wandy Rodriguez and right-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH The Pirates' statistical gurus quantify everything that goes on during a baseball game. They even recently calculated that center fielder Andrew McCutchen had done more running...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Gerrit Cole will make his much-anticipated major-league debut Tuesday night when he faces defending World Series champion San Francisco and two-time Cy Young award winner Tim...

The Sports Xchange 06/10/2013 MLB Note - Philadelphia Phillies Lerud, Steve C Steven Lerud joined the Phillies on Sunday after the team selected his contract from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Lerud fills to spot left when Erik Kratz was placed on the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH It normally takes major-league starting pitchers right around one full year to make their return from Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery. Right-hander Charlie Morton might...

Junior Lake and other kids like him are the Cubs' future, and everyone around Wrigley Field knows it. The hope is they will represent themselves as well as some of the place-holders, like 37-year-old Cody Ransom. Ransom broke up "Snooze Fest" weekend at...