PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Tyler Yates was placed on the 15-day disabled list before Sunday’s 11-4 win over the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park with elbow inflammation. Yates has been unable to pitch multiple innings this season and has appeared on consecutive days just twice because of the elbow.
Yates is 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA in 15 games. The Pirates expect that he will be ready to return June 1, the first day he is eligible to be activated.
Left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, who won 14 games for the Pirates in 2007, was recalled from Class AAA Indianapolis but is not expected to stay with the major-league club long. General manager Neal Huntington said Gorzelanny was called up more as a matter of convenience because he was already on the 40-man roster and was scheduled to pitch Sunday for Indianapolis.
The Pirates wanted to have a pitcher capable of pitching in long relief Sunday after having to use five relievers for a total of seven innings in Saturday night’s 7-4 victory over the Rockies. Starter Ian Snell was forced to leave the game after two innings because of a one-hour, 37-minute rain delay.
The Pirates will likely call up a reliever from Indianapolis, with right-handers Chris Bootcheck and Denny Bautista being the prime candidates for a promotion, once they decide how to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.
Gorzelanny has gone 1-1 with a 3.98 ERA in seven starts at Indianapolis this season but was 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA in three outings this month.
Huntington said the Pirates want Gorzelanny to remain in the starting rotation at Indianapolis rather than pitch out of the bullpen in the major leagues.
“Tom is making progress but he still has some things to work on,” Huntington said.
INJURY UPDATE: Left fielder Nyjer Morgan missed his second straight game with a strained left hamstring. He is expected to return to the lineup tonight at Washington for the opener of a four-game series and 10-game road trip.
Delwyn Young again hit leadoff Sunday and played right field, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk. Young went 4-for-9 in the two games in the top spot. Brandon Moss again shifted from right field to left.
MINORS UPDATE: The Pirates made a pair of minor-league trades, acquiring right-hander Randy Newsom from the Cleveland organization and outfielder Jeff Corsaletti form the Boston organization and assigning them to Class AA Altoona.
Newsom, 27, was 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in two relief appearances with Class AAA Columbus this season and 2-0 with one save and a 2.38 ERA in eight games with Class AA Akron. Corsaletti, 26, was hitting .128 with one RBI in 13 games with Class AAA Pawtucket.
jperrotto@piratesreport.com
Sports Central
May 18, 2009
Yates goes on DL; Pirates make minor trades
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Four straight
Adam LaRoche had a two-run double in the 10th inning Tuesday night, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won their season-high fourth straight, an 8-5 victory over the Washington Nationals, who lost their sixth in a row.
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Saving the day
You know the endpoint — goal after goal, the undefeated season, the state championship hardware that’s reserved a spot in the Fairmont Senior trophy case.
The Polar Bear girls’ lacrosse team, though, had humble beginnings. Most of this year’s senior class had not played the sport, had done little else than pick up a stick, until their first high school game. -
Bucs bust out in 7th, win series
In the span of one near-historic inning Sunday, the Pirates went from getting shut down to winning in a rout.
The Pirates scored 10 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, three of which were driven in by Nate McLouth, to turn a three-run deficit into a seven-run lead as they rallied for an 11-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park. - Yates goes on DL; Pirates make minor trades Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Tyler Yates was placed on the 15-day disabled list before Sunday’s 11-4 win over the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park with elbow inflammation. Yates has been unable to pitch multiple innings this season and has appeared on consecutive days just twice because of the elbow.
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Twice as nice
Pure joy.
It was all over the field Saturday night. In the form of smiles, hugs, a team pile-on and boys lacrosse equipment strewn across the East-West Stadium turf.
The first stick to go airborne started the celebration, and made Fairmont Senior’s season-long goal a reality, as the Polar Bears upset No. 1 Morgantown, 9-8, for their first state title. -
Polar Bears go back-to-back
The perfect season now has a perfect ending.
Fairmont Senior’s girls’ lacrosse team capped an undefeated season Saturday afternoon with an 11-9 victory over Morgantown in the state title game at East-West Stadium.
The Polar Bears, who finished at 17-0, are believed to be the first state champion in school history to go unbeaten. -
Double duty
While both have a date with Morgantown — and perhaps destiny — Fairmont Senior’s girls’ and boys’ lacrosse teams have different motivating factors heading into today’s WVSLA state title games.
For the Polar Bear girls, it’s an opportunity to repeat history and capture a second straight title. -
County to send 37 to state meet
In all, 37 Marion County athletes have earned the right to compete at the West Virginia state track meet on May 22-23 at the University of Charleston Stadium.
The top three finishers in each event during regional competition as well as the next four times from all regions combined qualify for the state meet. -
Flying high
When the chips were down for East Fairmont’s softball team the Bees came through with flying colors.
Madonna Gribble homered and drove in three runs and Nikki Nuzum kept the Polar Bears off balance on the mound as the Bees defeated Fairmont Senior Thursday in the Class AAA, Region I semifinal. -
Fairmont Senior wins sectional title
Fairmont Senior head coach Steve Naternicola was looking for his Polar Bear baseball team to get up for Thursday’s Region I, Section 3 championship game against North Marion.
The two teams split the first two games of the series, both of which were closely contested.
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