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<title>Intentional walk pivotal in Pirates&apos; 9-3 loss</title>
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<description>DENVER -- Paul Maholm&apos;s pitching line would appear to wholly explain the Pirates&apos; 9-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies Thursday afternoon at Coors Field: He was charged with eight runs on 11 hits and three walks in lasting just 5 1/3 innings.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates Notebook: Ohlendorf in clear after liner</title>
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<description>DENVER -- Whatever lingering concerns the Pirates had about Ross Ohlendorf, they were mostly allayed Thursday.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Oswalt approves deal, Astros trade ace to Phillies</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Maholm rocked for eight runs in Pirates&apos; 9-3 loss</title>
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<description>Paul Maholm was charged with eight runs in 5 1/3 innings in the Pirates&apos; deflating 9-3 loss to Colorado this afternoon at Coors Field, allowing the Rockies to avert a three-game sweep and end an eight-game losing streak.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates scratch McCutchen; Ohlendorf seems OK for next start</title>
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<description>DENVER -- Andrew McCutchen was scratched from the Pirates&apos; lineup for the game this afternoon against the Colorado Rockies due to soreness in the right shoulder that was aggravated last night with a catch against the center-field fence</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates prospect Hansen finally cleared to pitch</title>
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<description>DENVER -- Craig Hansen, the largely forgotten reliever acquired in the Jason Bay trade, has been cleared to pitch for the first time since April 2009 and has been added to the roster of high Class A Bradenton</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Ohlendorf &apos;lucky&apos; after liner to head in 6-2 win</title>
<link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076175-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml</link>
<description>DENVER -- Anyone who says baseball players are not tough ... how about Ross Ohlendorf? Or Andrew McCutchen?
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates Notebook: Injuries no minor matter</title>
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<description>DENVER -- One by one, many of the Pirates&apos; top prospects have fallen to injury this summer, mostly of the highly unpredictable and unpreventable variety.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Collier: It&apos;s A-Fraud any way you slice it</title>
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<description>By the time you read this, the number of Major League Baseball players with 600 home runs might have swollen to seven, but it&apos;ll be an ugly swelling, marked by the telltale needle marks of guilt and suspicion.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>How much of a mind game is playing for next contract?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Q&amp;A: On the trade deadline</title>
<link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075924-126.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml</link>
<description>Pirates Q&amp;A with Dejan Kovacevic</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates Notebook: McLouth&apos;s fall precipitous</title>
<link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075770-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml</link>
<description>DENVER -- Nate McLouth went from being one of the Pirates&apos; cornerstone players to the primary piece in what probably was this management team&apos;s most controversial trade to ... the minor leagues?</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates&apos; prospect Hernandez out 3 to 4 months</title>
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<description>DENVER -- Gorkys Hernandez, one of the Pirates&apos; top outfield prospects, will be out three to four months because of his fractured right ring finger, according to director of player development Kyle Stark this morning</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates&apos; Ohlendorf struck in head by line drive</title>
<link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1076076-100.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml</link>
<description>DENVER -- The Pirates&apos; Ross Ohlendorf was struck in the right side of the head by a line drive from Colorado&apos;s Troy Tulowitzki in the first inning of tonight&apos;s game at Coors Field.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Duke, Walker pace Pirates&apos; needed road victory</title>
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<description>DENVER -- If the Pirates&apos; inability to win on the road really is mostly a mind-over-matter issue, then perhaps this will represent the first significant mental hurdle cleared.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Walker spurs Pirates&apos; rare road victory, 4-2 vs. Rockies</title>
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<description>DENVER -- If the Pirates&apos; inability to win on the road really is mostly a mind-over-matter issue, then perhaps this will represent the first significant hurdle cleared.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:22:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Q&amp;A: Replacing Church</title>
<link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10208/1075698-126.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml</link>
<description>Pirates Q&amp;A with Dejan Kovacevic</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pirates, league&apos;s worst road team, seek answers</title>
<link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10208/1075587-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml</link>
<description>When these 2010 Pirates hit the road, it continually hits back. This season, the Pirates possess the worst record in baseball once they venture beyond the North Shore.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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