Francisco Liriano Rumors & News
- Chicago White Sox
- #58 | SP BatsLThrowsL
- Height6-2
- Weight215
- Age28
- Experience 7 years
- Salary $5,500,000
- BirthplaceSan Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Game 70: Reds 4 Pirates 1
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — This is about as frustrating as losses get. The Pirates went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position tonight against Mike Leake, Tony Cingrani, and Aroldis Chapman. Francisco Liriano turned in one of his smoother starts as a Pirate (six innings, 84 pitches, six strikeouts, five hits, two walks), except that two of the hits he gave up were solo home runs. Bryan Morris followed that up with two solo home runs allowed in the eighth inning, which provided the game with its final margin. That's not to say the game was without highlights for the Pirates; there was Liriano's strong start, Starl...
Pittsburgh Pirates 22 hours ago4 solo homers send Reds over Pirates 4-1
Beaver County Times — Todd Frazier wasn't going to let left-hander Francisco Liriano get another fastball by him. He guess
Pittsburgh Pirates June 17, 2013Forging ahead
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — For at least the next turn or two, the Pirates' rotation is going to look something like this: Jeff Locke, Brandon Cumpton, Gerrit Cole, Francisco Liriano, Charlie Morton. This is pretty far from what anyone thought the rotaiton would look like in mid-June. That includes Charlie Morton and Brandon Cumpton, I think. And yet, here we are. Despite this avalanche of injuries, the Pirates are 12 games above .500 and they're still the odds-on favorite for the NL's second wild card. That means that for now, the Pirates need to find a way to tread water until Wandy Rodriguez and AJ Burnett make t...
Pittsburgh Pirates June 14, 2013After Cole there is only Liriano
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — Last night was a really, really fun night to be a Pirate fan. Tonight is a fun night to be a Pirate fan, too, though. Even without Gerrit Cole on the mound, the Pirates are a good team playing a team that's right behind them in the wild card standings, and they're sending Francisco Liriano out to the mound. And I'll even agree to pretend like Brandon Inge isn't starting in right field. First pitch tonight is at 7:05.
Pittsburgh Pirates June 12, 2013Liriano, Pirates Blank Cubs
ESPN Fantasy Baseball — Francisco Liriano struck out eight over seven innings of two-hit ball in the Pirates' 2-0 win.
June 7, 2013Pirates’ Francisco Liriano outduels Cubs’ Travis Wood
Chicago Sun-Times — The Cubs chose the best hitter in the amateur draft with the No. 2 overall pick Thursday after the best pitcher (Mark Appel) went first to the Houston Astros. But after choosing San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant, the Cubs selected seven pitchers — all from the college ranks — among their next nine picks. The reason is obvious, and the proof was evident for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cubs on Friday at Wrigley Field. The Pirates have gone through two decades of losing, but pitching is now one of their best assets — and...
Chicago Cubs June 7, 2013Pirates 2, Cubs 0
Raise the Jolly Roger! — The Pirates still haven’t snapped out of their offensive funk, but today they were able to ride some spectacular pitching as they ended a three game losing streak and started this weekend’s series in Chicago with a shutout win. Francisco Liriano delivered another excellent start. His control problems that we feared this offseason were on [...]
Pittsburgh Pirates June 7, 2013Game 61: Pirates 2 Cubs 0
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — When the Pirates signed Francisco Liriano this winter, this is exactly the sort of game I had in mind. I don't mean that as a compliment or a criticism of Liriano, just that I've always thought of Liriano as a guy with great stuff that can be his own worst enemy because of his control. Today, he went out and shut the Cubs down on seven two-hit innings, whiffing eight hitters. He also made some of those innings white-knucklers because he walked five hitters and the Pirates have practically no offense to speak of right now. The Pirates had plenty of trouble at the plate against Travis Wood ...
Pittsburgh Pirates June 7, 2013New lineup, same result
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — You can understand if Chicago Cubs fans are calling for first-round pick Kris Bryant to get to Wrigley Field as soon as possible -- even though he’s not signed and hasn't seen a professional pitch yet. With the Cubs garnering just five hits -- two against Pittsburgh Pirates starter Francisco Liriano -- in Friday’s 2-0 loss, Bryant is very much needed whenever he can make it to the big leagues. “It’s very, very difficult if [Liriano's] on with his off-speed stuff,” manager Dale Sveum said.
Chicago Cubs June 7, 2013Pirates 2, Cubs 0
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review — By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewCHICAGO — There wasn’t one pitch in particular that disobeyed left-hander Francisco Liriano in Friday’s game against the Chicago Cubs. “It was everything,” he said. ...
Pittsburgh Pirates June 7, 2013Ransom, Jackson send Cubs to 4-1 win over Pirates
Beaver County Times — Cody Ransom hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and Edwin Jackson pitched the C
Pittsburgh Pirates June 7, 2013And also the Cubs!
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — There's a lot going on today, but the Pirates are also playing the Cubs at 2:20 for the Wrigley Friday Afternoon Game. Francisco Liriano goes against Travis Wood. It's time to break out of the slump.
Pittsburgh Pirates June 7, 2013Reds 2, Pirates 0
Raise the Jolly Roger! — The Pirates offense has been a concern for about a week now, but after tonight we can officially declare it a slump. The Bucs were shut out for the second straight night and let a spectacular pitching performance go to waste in a 2-0 loss to the Reds. Francisco Liriano started the game with the three best [...]
Pittsburgh Pirates June 2, 2013Breaking out of it
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — The Pirates spent most of May dominating. They didn't lose a series after losing two of three to the Nationals on May 3-5, they won six series in a row, including three four-game series, after splitting with the Mariners just after that Nationals series. They didnt lose two games in a row after losing to the Mariners on May 8 and the Mets on May 9th. And so now they've been shut-out twice in a row by the Reds. The starting pitching has still been fine (or better than fine, in the case of Francisco Liriano last night) but the runs just haven't been there. It wasn't really hard to think tha...
Pittsburgh Pirates June 2, 2013Francisco Liriano takes loss in quality start
CBSSports.com Fantasy — Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano took the loss Monday despite giving up just two earned runs on five hits and two walks in six innings against the Reds while striking out six. Both runs scored on Liriano (5-3) came via solo home runs. He hadn't surrendered any home runs in his first seven starts before Monday. He'll look for his sixth win when he faces the Angels in Anaheim Saturday.
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