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Left fielder Nyjer Morgan will be out of action for at least two days after tweaking his left hamstring. Morgan felt what he said was “a little, baby tug” in his leg as he made a running catch of Troy Tulowitzky’s fly ball in the eighth inning Friday. It’s the same hammy Morgan hurt last [...]

The Pirates today traded right-hander Romulo Sanchez to the Yankees for righty Eric Hacker. Hacker, 26, went 1-2 with a 6.03 ERA in six starts this season for Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He got 20 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings. Hacke was assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis. To make room for Hacker on the 40-man [...]

Craig Monroe today makes just his seventh appearance in the starting lineup and his second time in the cleanup spot. Adam LaRoche drops to fifth and Brandon Moss, who’s 2 for 10 vs. lefties, is on the bench. Lineups for today’s game: ROCKIES — 1. Dexter Fowler cf, 2. Troy Tulowitzky ss, 3. Todd Helton [...]

When’s the last time the Pirates and Steelers both raided the University of Missouri for their respective first-round draft picks? A few weeks ago, the Steelers used their No. 1 pick on Mizzou defensive tackle Ziggy Hood. In a mock draft posted online today, Baseball America guru Jim Callis predicts the Pirates on June 9 [...]

Eric Hinske will make his first start at third base for the Pirates, as Andy LaRoche is getting the night off. Hinske has 418 career starts at third, but this will be just his 10th since the beginning of the 2006 season. # Lineups for today’s game: CARDINALS — 1. Skip Schumaker 2b, 2. Shane [...]

• Oh, is it nice to have Jack Wilson back. The shortstop, in his second game since returning from the 15-day disabled list, went 3 for 4 with one run and one RBI and a pair of nice defensive plays. He made a sliding back-handed stab and threw out Molina at first base in the [...]

Turns out the Pirates didn’t need Adam LaRoche’s home run after all. The Pirates got a strong start from Ross Ohlendorf and balanced hitting to beat the first-place St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2, on Wednesday night at PNC Park in a game that included the first home run reversed by instant replay in major league history. [...]

· Right fielder Brandon Moss, who hit his first home run of the season and snapped out of an 0-for-15 funk Tuesday night, was noticeably more upbeat this afternoon. But he’s not even close to resting on any laurels. “It does feel like a monkey off my back,” he said. “(But) it’s only my second [...]

Catcher Robinzon Diaz is batting fifth for the second game in a row, as the Pirates take on the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:05 tonight at PNC Park in the second game of a three-game series. … Clouds in the sky, and some rain in the forecast. Right-hander Ross Ohlendorf gets his second start against [...]

Manager John Russell is happy to have shortstop Jack Wilson back in the lineup. “He’s kind of a solidifying force, especially on defense,” Russell said. Last weekend, Wilson played in two games for Triple-A Indianapolis during his rehab assignment. Wilson took himself out of Indy’s lineup Sunday after deciding he was ready to rejoin the [...]