Hanley Ramirez wasted little time in starting a new RBI streak.
Ramirez homered and Andrew Miller pitched effectively into the seventh inning, leading the Florida Marlins to a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.

Brandon Moss and Ramon Vazquez homered and Charlie Morton pitched six shutout innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Florida Marlins 7-4 on Friday night.

Turns out more than one player is willing to take a hometown discount to stay with the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
Ruslan Fedotenko signed a $1.8 million, one-year contract Friday, becoming the third forward to take a pay cut so he wouldn’t have to leave a mostly young team that expects to be a championship contender for years.

There were plenty of twists and turns to Thursday afternoon’s game at PNC Park, along with two rain delays.
When it was over, the Pirates had suffered one of their most difficult defeats of the season as they dropped a 9-8 decision in 10 innings to the New York Mets.

Rob Scuderi signed a four-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins without their top defensive pairing.

Gregg Bandzuh joined the AAABA League three years ago, a sometimes wide-eyed 18-year-old from Portage High School.
His solid statistics in 2007 might suggest otherwise, but competing against veteran players who had been around the league was intimidating to Bandzuh back then.
Now, Principle Development’s Bandzuh is one of those seasoned standouts setting an example for the young prospects and earning the respect of players and managers throughout the six-team league.

Virgil Vasquez took full responsibility for the Pirates' defeat on Wednesday night.
“I didn't give us a chance to win,” the Pirates rookie right-hander said.
While that was a nice gesture, Vasquez was not totally to blame for the Pirates’ 4-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park.