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Pirates Report: March 24
Your daily guide to what's happening with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton this spring.
ORIOLES 11, PIRATES 7:
The Pittsburgh Pirates hit four home runs in an 11-7 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night in Sarasota.
Neil Walker went 4-for-4 with two homers for the Pirates (10-17). Lyle Overbay and Josh Rodriguez also went deep for Pittsburgh.
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Baltimore (12-12-2) was boosted by homers from Luke Scott, Mark Reynolds and Felix Pie.
Earlier in the day, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle named Kevin Correia his Opening Day starter for next Friday's game in Chicago.
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UP NEXT (MARCH 25):
The Pirates travel to Port Charlotte to take on the Tampa Bay Rays at 1:05 p.m. Friday. Charlie Morton is expected to start for Pittsburgh against Tampa
Bay’s Jeff Niemann. Joel Hanrahan, Jose Veras and Daniel McCutchen are also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates.
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