MIAMI (AP) - Brandon Moss and Ramon Vazquez homered and Charlie Morton pitched six shutout innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Florida Marlins 7-4 on Friday night.

Hanley Ramirez failed to drive in a run for the first time in 11 games for Florida, which was coming off a three-game sweep of Washington...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit caught five innings of a Gulf Coast League game Friday, the first time he has played since breaking his right wrist April 19.

Doumit was hitless in two at-bats with a walk in the first of two scheduled appearances for rookie league Bradenton.

"I'll play one mor...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with forward Ruslan Fedotenko, who joined the team a year ago as a free agent.

The 30-year-old winger had 16 goals and 23 assists in 65 regular-season games, before scoring seven goals in 24 playoff games during the Penguins' run to...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Defenseman Nate Guenin, who has played in 12 NHL games, has signed a two-way contract with his hometown Pittsburgh Penguins for the 2009-10 season.

Guenin, from the Pittsburgh suburb of Sewickley, will make $500,000 if he plays in the NHL and $105,000 if he plays at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

The ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Tom Fitzgerald is returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins' front office in the newly created position of assistant to general manager Ray Shero.

Fitzgerald, a former NHL player, was the team's director of player personnel before becoming an assistant coach after Dan Bylsma replaced Michel Therrien as c...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled right-handed reliever Steven Jackson from Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday.

He was scheduled to be in their bullpen for the opener of a four-game series against the New York Mets.

Jackson, who was claimed off waivers from the New York Yankees on May 18, was 1-0 with a ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed three teenage Taiwan high school players on the first day of the international free agent signing period.

Signed on Thursday were outfielder Ping-Hung Chi, 18, and right-hander Sheng-Cin Hong, 18, both of Hsi Yuan High School and Chih-Wei Hsu, 17, a first baseman w...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have released outfielder Craig Monroe, who was designated for assignment last month after not hustling during a June 16 loss to Minnesota.

Monroe, an occasional starter, was hitting .215 with 3 homers and 16 RBIs in 79 at-bats.

While they didn't specifically cite the play for ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Shortstop Jack Wilson apologized to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday for criticizing the team's latest trades, saying his frustration at losing three more teammates made it seem as if he were angry at his own club.

Wilson was clearly upset after the Pirates traded outfielder Nyjer Morgan plus two...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins signed checking-line forward Mike Rupp to a $1.6 million, two-year contract Wednesday, adding a physical presence to a team that didn't have an enforcer on the ice during the playoffs.

The 29-year-old Rupp essentially plays the same role as forward Eric Godard, who was deacti...