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Pirates Report: Feb. 26
Your daily guide to what's going on with the Pittsburgh Pirates this spring in Bradenton.
RAYS 9, PIRATES 5
Evan Longoria and Sean Rodriguez homered as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 in front of 5,689 fans in Port Charlotte.
Daniel McCutchen took the loss for the Pirates in the seventh inning after giving up a three-run double to Robinson Chirinos.
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Garrett Atkins had the lone Pirates extra-base hit, an RBI-double in the ninth.
UP NEXT: FEB. 27
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The Pirates and Rays have a rematch at 1:05 p.m. Sunday at McKechnie Field. Kevin Correia is scheduled to start for Pittsburgh against Tampa Bay’s James Shields. Brian Burres, Joel Hanrahan, Joe Beimel, Jose Veras, Tony Watson
and Chris Leroux are also expected to pitch for Pittsburgh.
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