Stories for June 2003
Stories for Monday, June 30
Norwich Downs Curve
NORWICH, Conn. (AP) - Pat Hallmark hit a three-run homer and drove in another run on a bases-loaded bunt to lead the Norwich Navigators to a 6-0 win over the Altoona Curve in the Eastern League Monday. Hallmark's bunt single in the fifth inning scored Doug Clark and gave Norwich ...
Stories for Sunday, June 29
Pirates Take 2 Out Of 3 From Rockies Over The Weekend
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Matt Stairs homered and drove in four runs and Jeff Suppan pitched Pittsburgh's first complete game in more than a year as the Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 9-0 Sunday. Kenny Lofton and Jason Kendall sparked all of Pittsburgh's scoring against Rockies starter Shawn Chacon (11-4) by ...
Pirates Recall Cota, Release Kevin Young
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled catcher Humberto Cota from Triple A-Nashville after releasing first baseman Kevin Young. Cota was hitting 2-10 with eight doubles, seven home runs and 22 RBIs in 49 games at Nashville. Cota was recalled to back up catcher Jason Kendall, who has started 70 ...
Stories for Saturday, June 28
Curve Split Pair In Portland
Jeff Bennett pitched five innings of shutout ball as the Altoona Curve earned a doubleheader split in Portland with a 7-0 victory in the second game. The Curve scored all seven runs in the fifth inning. Brett Roneberg went 2-4 and knocked in two runs for Altoona. In the first ...
Bucs Blast Rockies
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Josh Fogg won his first home game of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Colorado 5-to-3. Matt Stairs drove in two runs helping the Pirates win their eighth in 12 games after a six-game losing streak. Fogg is 4-and-3 after scattering nine hits over five and two-thirds ...
Stories for Thursday, June 26
Curve Win In Extra Innings
READING, Pa. (AP) - Ray Navarrete hit a pinch-hit RBI single in the top of the 12th inning to lead the Altoona Curve to a 5-4 win over the Reading Phillies on Thursday night in the Eastern League. The Curve trailed 4-1 after seven innings but rallied for a run ...
Stories for Wednesday, June 25
Curve Suffer 2-1 Setback
(Reading-AP) -- Jorge Padilla hit an R-B-I triple with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Reading Phillies to a 2-to-1 win over the Altoona Curve. Pinch-runner Nate Espy raced home from first with the winning run as Reading snapped a four-game losing streak on ...
Bucs Avoid Sweep In Montreal
(Montreal-AP) -- Pittsburgh broke a 3-all tie with three unearned runs in the top of the ninth and then held off Montreal 6-to-5. A throwing error by losing pitcher Joey Eischen opened the door for the Bucs. Pinch-hitter Kenny Lofton drove in the Pirates' go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 24
Curve's Burnett Gets Eighth Win
(Reading-AP) -- Left-hander Sean Burnett limited the Reading Phillies to a run on four hits in eight innings to lead the Altoona Curve to a 5-to-1 win in the Eastern League Tuesday night. Burnett struck out two, walked one and ended each of the first three innings with a double ...
Wilkerson Rips Pirates
(Montreal-AP) -- Brad Wilkerson became the fifth player in Montreal history to hit for the cycle as the Expos beat Pittsburgh 6-to-4. Wilkerson went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs as he bunted for a single in the second, doubled in the fifth, tripled in the sixth and homered in ...
Stories for Monday, June 23
Bucs Shutout In Montreal
(Montreal-AP) -- Claudio Vargas fired a three-hitter over eight innings to lead Montreal's 3-to-0 shutout of Pittsburgh. Vargas allowed just one extra-base hit while improving to 4-and-3 in eleven starts since being recalled from the minors in April. He matched his longest outing of the year before Rocky Biddle pitched ...
Stories for Sunday, June 22
Curve Get Back On Track With A Win
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) - Rick Palma threw five shutout innings and Kevin Nicholson hit a three-run home run as the Altoona Curve beat the Harrisburg Senators 6-1 Sunday night in the Eastern League. Palma, making his first start since July 2000, allowed five hits, struck out three and didn't walk ...
Pirates Can't Complete Sweep Over Indians
PITTSBURGH (AP) - C.C. Sabathia propped up Cleveland's weary bullpen with a six-inning start and Matt Lawton drove in two runs to help along a pair of big innings, leading the Indians past the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 Sunday. Cleveland shook off consecutive 15-inning losses Friday and Saturday to get 14 ...
Stories for Friday, June 20
Suspension Handed Out For Baseball Brawl
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Most players are angry and upset when they're involved in an on-field fight, as Pirates catcher Jason Kendall was after a bench-clearing brawl at Tampa Bay last weekend. Pirates pitcher Julian Tavarez is an exception. Not only did he expect to be suspended, he says he doesn't plan ...
Stories for Thursday, June 19
Expos Avoid Sweep Against Bucs
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Brad Wilkerson and Edwards Guzman had r-b-i's in a tie-breaking two-seventh inning sending Montreal to a 5-to-2 win over Pittsburgh. Ron Calloway hit a two-run pinch-hit home run in the ninth to help the Expos snap a six-game losing streak. Montreal ended a 22-game trip that covered 11-thousand-310 ...
Bucs Sweep Expos
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Pittsburgh pulled out a 4-to-3 win and a doubleheader sweep of Montreal when Jason Kendall stroked a two-run double with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Jose Macias hit a solo homer off Salomon Torres in the ninth to give the Expos a 3-to-2 lead. But ...
Burnett Tosses Gem In Curve Win
(Altoona-AP) -- Sean Burnett tossed a two-hitter for the lowest-hit nine-inning shutout in franchise history as the Altoona Curve beat the Trenton Thunder, 3-and-0. Burnett -- the Pittsburgh Pirates' number one draft pick in 2000 -- struck out three, didn't walk a batter and faced just two over the minimum ...
Stories for Saturday, June 14
Bucs Lose Again
(St. Petersburg, Florida-AP) -- Tampa Bay snapped its seven-game losing streak by beating Pittsburgh 7-to-1. Victor Zambrano allowed the Pirates just one run over seven innings. He allowed just one hit, but walked five and hit three batters. He also uncorked three wild pitches. Zambrano is 3-and-4. Julio Lugo hit ...
Stories for Thursday, June 12
Blue Jays Sweep Bucs
(Toronto-AP) -- Mark Hendrickson ended his winless drought by pitching six innings of Toronto's 5-to-4 win over Pittsburgh. Hendrickson is 5-and-5 after winning for almost the first time in a month. He allowed two runs and only three hits to help the Blue Jays complete a three-game sweep of the ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 10
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