Charlie Morton News

Pedro Alvarez singled home a pair of runs in the first inning, and the Pirates ended Latos' streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss, beating the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on Tuesday night.

If you had Jeff Locke as the only member of the Pittsburgh Pirates ' Opening Day rotation remaining in his current role on June 19, pat yourself on the back.

Pedro Alvarez singled home a pair of runs in the first inning and the Pirates ended Latos' streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss, beating the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on Tuesday night.

The team has to be thinking that all they need to do is keep their heads above water until the All-Star break.

On Monday, the Pirates dropped the first game of their four-game set against the Reds at Great American Ball Park.

The last time the Pirates played teams with a record similar to theirs, they dropped five out of six to the Reds and Braves in what was their worst stretch of baseball since the season's first week.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle began talking confidently about his team's pitching depth back in February, when he could scan the practice fields of Pirate City and see a full complement of starting pitchers with others on the waiting list.

We're in the thick of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, and the competition is picking up in Fantasy Baseball leagues everywhere.

The Pittsburgh Pirates should probably move Jeff Locke to a safe house somewhere because, after A.J. Burnett was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday, Locke is the last man standing.

The Bucs are riding high at 13 games over .500, but are currently battling injuries specifically to their excellent pitching rotation which could threaten their hot start to the 2013 season.

In retrospect, picking the finale of the Pirates-Giants series to attend in person was a bad decision.

The Giants fan who suffered brain damage after a beating at Dodger Stadium returned home after two years in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

Giants 10, Pirates 0: Buster Posey , Gregor Blanco and Joaquin Arias each had three hits, and Hunter Pence belted a three-run homer as visiting San Francisco salvaged the series finale.

The Bucs also signed ninth-rounder Chad Kuhl, a righty from Delaware, and 12th-round pick Beau Wallace from Hinds Community College.

Big-league players make big money, and Morton's making $2 million this season, so no one will shed a tear.

The just-completed series against the San Francisco Giants featured two very important pitching starts for the Pirates.

Just when the Pirates rotation appeared to resemble a five-man unit, it returned Thursday to its general state of confusion.

't any indications whether or not the injury will land the National League's strikeout leader on the disabled list.

Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton will make his return to the mound on Thursday, tabbed as the starter in Pittsburgh's series finale with San Francisco after the club activated him from the 60-day disabled list.

One year ago Thursday, the emotions of starting pitchers Matt Cain and Charlie Morton were on opposite ends of the spectrum.