All posts tagged "pirates"

  • Texas Rangers' Shin-Soo Choo, of South Korea (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
    Rangers’ Choo extends hitting streak; Pirates’ Kang slow out of gate in August

    (Yonhap) — South Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers extended his hitting streak to seven games on Tuesday at home. Choo went 1-for-4 with a double against the Houston Astros at Globe Life Park in...

    • Posted August 5, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho fields a groundball during a game.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
    Kang Jung-ho most valuable MLB rookie so far in 2015

    By Brian Han Major League Baseball (MLB) is enjoying a strong rookie class, and one important stat shows Pittsburgh Pirates’ Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho may be the best of the crop so far. Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris...

    • Posted August 4, 2015
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    Kang Jung-ho wins MLB’s Rookie of the Month award

    .@Heandog8, Jung Ho Kang make huge contributions to contenders, earn AL and NL Rookie of the Month honors. pic.twitter.com/YNpJyOpFTs — MLB (@MLB) August 3, 2015 Major League Baseball (MLB) deemed Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho as the...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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    King Kang hits home runs in back-to-back at-bats

    By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates’ Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho is starting to generate some serious power. He blasted a game-winning home run off the facing of the second deck Tuesday night and then another in his next at-bat early...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Jung Ho Kang hits a solo home run off Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Glen Perkins during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The Pirates won 8-7. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
    Kang Jung-ho blasts game-winning home run to second deck

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jung-ho Kang hit a tiebreaking home run off the facing off the second deck in left center-field in the ninth inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Minnesota Twins 8-7 Tuesday night. Kang’s sixth...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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    Kang Jung-ho extends two-hit game streak to six

    Even Max Scherzer (10-8, 2.33) could not cool down the streaking South Korean shortstop. Kang Jung-ho went 2 for 4 for the sixth straight game as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Washington Nationals 7-5 at home Friday night....

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Jung Ho Kang drives in a run with a triple off Washington Nationals starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, July 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Twice as nice: Kang hits 2 for 4 for five straight games

    By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho notched his second 10-game on-base streak of his rookie season on Thursday in a 7-4 win against the Washington Nationals. It was his fifth multi-hit game in a row...

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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