| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 2nd, 2008: McCutchen 5-5 for Pittsburgh
5 times is a charm -- at least in the world of baseball. When a player gets 5 or more hits in a game, he is honored in the record book and the latest honoree is Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He tore up the San Francisco Giants to the tune of 5 hits in 5 at-bats in the Pittsburgh 7-0 win today at PNC Park.
"McCutchen was a tough out today," the San Francisco manager said to the press in the postgame interview. "He hit some very good pitches with that quick bat of his. Not an easy out, that's for sure."
A. McCutchen singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, tripled in the 6th and singled in the 8th.
This season McCutchen is hitting .242 with 38 hits, no home runs, 15 RBIs, scored 26 runs and played in 76 games.
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| Friday, August 1st, 2008: Reliever Capps July's Pitcher of the Month
The best pitcher in the National League this month was Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Matt Capps. He won the league's Top Pitcher Award for July by saving 6 games in 7 save opportunities.
Over the period Capps also had 3 wins and no losses. The Pirates bullpen ace had 10 strikeouts and 2 walks in 13.1 innings, surrendered 7 base hits and registered a 0.00 ERA.
He has 44 relief appearances this year with 28 saves. Capps has also compiled a 4-2 won-lost mark with a 1.53 ERA. In 47 innings he has fanned 39.
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 | Monday, July 21st, 2008: Chicago (A) and Pittsburgh Agree to Trade
The Chicago (A) White Sox have finalized a deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates for the services of 22-year old minor league closer Daniel Moskos. In exchange, the Pirates will receive 24-year old minor league starting pitcher Lance Broadway, 25-year old minor league reliever Oneli Perez, 25-year old closer Andrew Sisco, 25-year old minor league catcher Donny Lucy, 24-year old minor league first baseman Tim Lawrence, 31-year old minor league starting pitcher Shaun Babula, 22-year old minor league reliever Lucas Harrell, 26-year old reliever Dustin Moseley, 19-year old minor league shortstop Rylee Hash and 23-year old first baseman Josh Booker.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 71-49, .592 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 37-24, .607 PCT | | Record on the road | 34-25, .576 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-6, .500 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 20-19, .513 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 51-30, .630 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 11-12, .478 PCT | | Record in May | 15-12, .556 PCT | | Record in June | 17-10, .630 PCT | | Record in July | 15-11, .577 PCT | | Record in August | 13-4, .765 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .263 - 10th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .332 - 11th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .411 - 11th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .743 - 11th in NL | | Runs Scored | 590 - 9th in NL | | Hits | 1094 - 12th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 382 - 10th in NL | | Home Runs | 102 - tied for 12th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 378 - 14th in NL | | Strikeouts | 803 - 5th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 53 - 11th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.78 - 1st in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.15 - 3rd in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 2.90 - 1st in NL | | Runs allowed | 496 - 1st in NL | | Hits allowed | 1045 - tied for 3rd in NL | | Opponents AVG | .253 - 2nd in NL | | BABIP | .289 - 1st in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 87 - tied for 2nd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 339 - 1st in NL | | Strikeouts | 727 - 15th in NL |
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