Jose Tabata

Here's the pitch: Dodgers' bullpen has yet to allow a run

2013-04-08 08:40:00

Ah, if only life could always be this way for the Dodgers. Through their first six games, they have used 10 pitchers and only two of them have allowed an earned run. And the bullpen has been perfect. Six different relievers have made 14 combined...

Pirates notebook: Replay could catch players in a trap

2013-05-17 00:04:02

It's long enough after the fact now that Travis Snider can admit he didn't really catch that blooper a couple of seasons ago at Triple-A Las Vegas. Snider made a diving attempt in center field, but the ball hit the ground and hopped into his mitt. "I...

Latest loss puts Brewers at bottom of NL Central

2013-05-16 00:14:02

Yovani Gallardo got himself back on track Wednesday night, and it still wasn't enough to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a victory. Gallardo pitched five strong innings but was done in by a sixth in which he walked two and surrendered two hits, the...

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2013-05-14 21:56:16

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL; Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-5), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-2) at Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 3-2), 7:05 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. SENATORS-PENGUINS...

McCutchen homer in 12th gives Pirates rare victory vs. Brewers

2013-05-15 03:04:02

Andrew McCutchen hit a fly ball to deep center field in the first inning Tuesday. In the seventh, he cracked another one to right. Neither one left the park. So when McCutchen launched another to center in the 12th inning, he kept running -- even...

Liriano shines in debut as Pirates clobber Mets

2013-05-12 00:54:04

Don't call Francisco Liriano a reclamation project around Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. "I don't use the word reclamation," Hurdle said. "We use bounce back. I do believe phraseology is important, especially when you're talking to a player. If...

Jones' instant-replay HR leads win over Mets

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Things went so well for the Pirates on Friday, even the umpires cooperated. The Pirates used a pair of three-run innings -- including one in which an instant replay review correctly awarded a three-run homer to Garrett Jones -- to defeat the New York...

Pirates lose to Mets, 3-2; Grilli gives up winning run in ninth

2013-05-10 06:14:02

The Pirates played their strongest hand in the late innings Thursday night against the New York Mets. Set-up man Mark Melancon took the eighth, closer Jason Grilli the ninth, though the score was tied. Both have been spectacular. "Those are our guys,"...

A.J. Burnett continues to shine as ace

2013-05-10 06:14:02

Before serving as A.J. Burnett's manager, Clint Hurdle paid close attention to Burnett for one season. That was 2010, when as the Texas Rangers hitting coach Hurdle studied Burnett for ways to beat him. Hurdle took over the Pirates as manager in 2011...

Grilli gives up winning run, as Mets beat Pirates

2013-05-10 00:00:00

The Pirates made the right moves Thursday but still got the wrong result in a 3-2 loss to the New York Mets. "That's the beauty of this game," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "And it's the challenge that comes with it." Left-hander Jeff Locke...

Marte's 2-run HR in 8th keys 4-run 8th as Pirates rally for 6-4 win over Brewers

2013-05-01 13:06:05

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Clint Hurdle insisted the Pittsburgh Pirates weren't thinking about their long losing streak against the Milwaukee Brewers. Starling Marte hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and Brandon Inge had a go-ahead RBI single to...

Pirates take series from Cardinals, give Hurdle 700th career win

2013-04-29 00:00:00

This could have been the month that sank the Pirates' season before it even had a chance to get rolling. Andrew McCutchen is in arguably the worst funk of his career. The starting rotation has been erratic. Neil Walker and Travis Snider are injured....

Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier puts the tag on Pittsburgh Pirates' Jose Tabata at third during the ninth inning on Sunday. Tabata was attempting to go from first to third on an errant pick-off throw by Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman. The Reds won 4-3.

2012-09-30 16:21:00

Pittsburgh Pirates' Jose Tabata, right, is tagged out by St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Daniel Descalso on a pickoff throw on Sunday.

2012-08-19 18:15:00

Pittsburgh Pirates' Jose Tabata grimaces in pain after getting hit with a pitch from Philadelphia Phillies' Vance Worley in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday in Philadelphia.

2012-06-26 21:25:00