- Ray Navarrete had the greatest offensive game in Long Island Ducks history, and the Ducks defeated the Newark Bears on Sunday 13-6 before a sellout crowd of 6,051 at Citibank Park. With temperatures soaring in the 90's, Navarrete was the hottest

Bridgewater, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 15-2 before 6,034 fans at Commerce Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Crabs took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Shortstop George Sandel reached on an

The Lancaster Barnstormers relocated their power strokes in the late innings Sunday afternoon to recover from a three-run Bridgeport seventh, pulling out a 7-4 win over the Bluefish on a sizzling afternoon at Clipper Magazine Stadium. Trailing, 4-2,

Why do the Pirates continually fall behind early in games? Why is the offense and starting pitching on opposite ends of the roller coaster? Russell is sick of these trends, and so are his players. This time it was Arizona catcher Chris Snyder who

'We probably could have pushed it if we started [him] today,' Russell said. 'He's feeling much better.' Nady, who started in 55 of the Pirates' first 58 games, felt fine enough to start on Friday, but the inflammation acted up during and after the

Because of a high pitch count, Snell was the only one that did not complete six innings, but he struck out nine and surrendered just one earned run in his start on Friday. The rest of the Pirates' rotation went 28 2/3 innings, giving up 27 hits and only

'He's one of the toughest, most intimidating pitchers in the history of the game,' Gomez said. 'He's getting up there in age and he's still very effective and still nasty. He's still getting strikeouts and still doing his thing. It's incredible. It's

All that became apparent in the Pirates' 6-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in front of 22,222 at PNC Park on Sunday. 'He's pounding the zone, moving his fastball around,' center fielder Nate McLouth said. 'I'm as confident with him as anybody.'

ATLANTA -- Braves third baseman Chipper Jones wasn't going to play Sunday due to a small tear in his right quadriceps and may miss one or two more games. Jones, leading the majors with a .420 batting average, injured the muscle on April 9 in Colorado and

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