Mike Zagurski

|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...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Dodgers rebound to beat Pirates in 11 innings PITTSBURGH -- Clayton Kershaw walked away without a win after another quality start but the National League's ERA leader wasn't complaining. After...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Dodgers 5, Pirates 3 (11) PITTSBURGH -- Though Clayton Kershaw's winless streak continued, the Los Angeles Dodgers were able to survive a late-inning meltdown by their bullpen. Juan Uribe singled...

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 By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Giants 10, Pirates 0 PITTSBURGH - The San Francisco Giants are missing the top three hitters in their batting order, but it was hard to tell Thursday night. Gregor Blanco and Buster Posey each...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Giants 10, Pirates 0 Giants 10, Pirates 0: Buster Posey, Gregor Blanco and Joaquin Arias each had three hits, and Hunter Pence belted a three-run homer as visiting San Francisco salvaged the series finale. Matt Cain (5-3),...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Cain allowed two hits over 6 2-3 innings and the San Francisco Giants pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-0 on Thursday night.   A year to the day after throwing a perfect game against Houston, Cain (5-3) was nearly flawless...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Cain, three Giants relievers shut out Pirates PITTSBURGH -- Matt Cain tried to put it out of his mind that Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of his perfect game. "A lot of people were...

Giants fan injured in beating goes home The San Francisco Giants fan who was severely beaten two years ago at Dodger Stadium is back home after two years of treatment in rehabilitation centers and hospitals. But it is a bittersweet return for Bryan...

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...