Pittsburgh Pirates

Locke shuts down Astros as Pirates stay hot

Jeff Locke allowed three hits over seven innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games, 1-0 over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Pirates Blank Astros

Pedro Alvarez hit a home run, and three Pirates pitchers combined to shut out the Astros 1-0.

A Rare Late Comeback By Astros

From Elias: The Astros rallied from a 2-1 eighth-inning deficit to win 4-2 in 10 innings at Pittsburgh. Entering Saturday, Houston had been 4-134 (.029) since April 15, 2012 in games in which it trailed at any point in the seventh inning or later. Every other MLB team had at least twice as many wins and a winning percentage more than double that of the Astros in such games over that span.

Astros 4, Pirates 2(11)

Astros 4, Pirates 2(11)

Astros edge Pirates in 11 innings

Astros Edge Pirates In Extras

Jason Castro scored on a fielder's choice in the 11th inning to put the Astros ahead for good.

Houston Astros (11-31) at Pittsburgh Pirates (25-17), 7:05 p.m. (ET)

Dazed Astros Walk Off The Plank In Pittsburgh

From Elias: The Pirates, down 4-1 in the sixth, scored one in that inning and two in the eighth to pull even with the Astros. Then in the ninth, with two outs and the bases full, Russell Martin hit a shallow pop up to right field. Right fielder Jimmy Paredes collided with second baseman Jake Elmore and dropped the ball, letting the winning run cross the plate. The last major-league game decided on a walk-off dropped pop up or dropped fly ball was the Yankees' victory over the Mets on June 12, 2009, when second baseman Luis Castillo dropped an Alex Rodriguez pop up, allowing the tying and winning runs to score.

Miscues haunt Astros as Pirates walk off on top

Jimmy Paredes dropped Russell Martin's bases-loaded fly ball when he collided with second baseman Jake Elmore with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Astros 5-4 Friday night.