Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired right-hander Vance Worley from the Minnesota Twins for cash.

Pedro Alvarez and Travis Ishikawa hit long home runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have acquired left-hander Kris Johnson from the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-hander Duke Welker in a swap of minor league pitchers.

The Minnesota Twins have traded Justin Morneau to the Pittsburgh Pirates, sending the veteran first baseman to a playoff-contending team for the final month of the season.

Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates lays out to make a diving grab in center, then fires to first to turn an inning-ending double play.

Personally, I always wait until July to really start assessing the standings and power rankings for Major League Baseball.

After a few bumpy spring training outings, pitcher Vance Worley showed why he deserves to be the Minnesota Twins’ opening day starter. Worley settled down after the first inning and rolled through five in a 7-4 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.

Darin Mastroianni hopes to run his way onto the Minnesota Twins. The 27-year-old, who has 78 games of big league experience over the past two seasons, walked twice, stole a base and scored a run Sunday in the Twins’ 7-4 loss to a Pittsburgh Pirates’ split squad.

Cole De Vries made his second start and fourth appearance of spring training for Minnesota and gave up one run — not earned — and one hit in three innings as the Twins defeated Pittsburgh 5-4 Saturday.

Justin Morneau hit a three-run double for Minnesota and newcomer Vance Worley pitched two scoreless innings in his spring debut for the Twins in a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.