By Tom Singer The Bucs stormed to a 9-2 romp over the Cardinals in front of 32,084 — a PNC Park record crowd for a non-holiday Monday night game. Pedro Alvarez ripped Jake Westbrook’s first pitch to him for a three-run homer that capped a four-run first, and Francisco Liriano pitched four-hit ball for seven innings. …read more
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By Tom Singer Instead of giving in to a series of depressing developments, the last of which was being in a 2-0 hole to Jake Westbrook after six innings, the Pirates unleashed their usual late-game lightning to back A.J. Burnett for a 5-3 victory Saturday.
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By Jenifer Langosch Jon Jay, Carlos Beltran, Matt Adams and Matt Carpenter all went deep to back a shutout gem by Jake Westbrook in the rubber game, leading to a 10-0 Cardinals victory.
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By Jenifer Langosch After logging six innings in each of his previous two starts, Jake Westbrook closed out his Grapefruit League work with a four-inning performance on Friday. …read more
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