tyler yates Stories - Bucs Dugout
Pirates Allow Two Hits... and Four Runs
This is one of the weirder box scores I've seen in a while. Paul Maholm, Denny Bautista and Tyler Yates two-hit the Brewers today--and both the two hits were singles-- but allowed four runs. They did so by allowing nine walks. Even more remarkably, Yates didn't allow any of them. Maholm had six,...
Pirates Win in 12th, 7-6
Most impressive here were the eight scoreless innings of relief by the Pirates' bullpen. Amazingly, Craig Hansen has now gone four consecutive outings without allowing a run. Tyler Yates struck out three batters and didn't walk anybody. The Bucs' bullpen now hasn't allowed a run since...
Pirates Suffer 10th Straight Loss; Brewers Challenge Bucs' Only Hit
I guess it's not Jeff Karstens' fault that the Pirates can't hit anymore, or that the Pirates' bullpen stinks. If Tyler Yates is taken to arbitration this offseason, I'll be deeply disappointed; he can't be counted on for anything. On the bright side--and you have to be looking pretty hard to find...
Poll: Who Should Close?
Now that Matt Capps is injured and Damaso Marte is gone, it's an open question who will close for the Pirates, and the Bucs are hoping someone wins the job outright. Who would you choose? JOHN GRABOWPros: Best performance record of any remaining reliever Cons: Availability limited lately because...
Cardinals 11, Pirates 6 - The Bullpen Strikes Again
You know, these 1990s-Rockies-style games the Pirates have played recently are exciting occasionally, but they're exhausting, and you feel for the pitchers, and there reaches a point where you think, "Another home run? Booooring!" Ian Snell got through the first couple innings of this one without...
Brewers 2, Pirates 1
This was a pitchers' duel all the way, with both Dave Bush and Paul Maholm moving quickly and racking up strikeouts. The Pirates' defense, in contrast to so many games we've seen this season, was very good, and Jack Wilson in particular was spectacular--he made a great play to snare a line drive...
Pirates 12, Yankees 5
This one featured offense from... well, just about everybody: Doug Mientkiewicz, Adam LaRoche, Nyjer Morgan, the trainer, the batboy, the vendor behind the backstop with the rad retro threads... Still, it was a minor miracle that the Yankees weren't able to make a game of this one, since Tom...
Link Roundup: Pirates Defeat Diamondbacks
-P- The Bucs beat the Diamondbacks today, 5-3. It's nice to see some other team melt down before your eyes. I was a little shocked to look at the two teams' records thus far and see that the Pirates have only been three games worse than the Diamondbacks this year. The Pirates' relief corps was...
Astros 2, Pirates 0
Believe it or not, this was the first time the Bucs were shut out this season. There wasn't anything too noteworthy on the Pirates' end -- Raul Chavez threw out a couple of runners, Phil Dumatrait and Tyler Yates yet again gave up fewer runs than you'd expect based on their strikeout and walk...
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