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All posts tagged "pirates"

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  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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  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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  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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  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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