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Dončić has Dallas in the conference finals after handing Phoenix an embarrassing loss.

Three walks and a groundout in the eighth lift Pittsburgh.

Johannesburg (AFP) - South African club Orlando Pirates reached the CAF Confederation Cup final on Sunday despite a shock 1-0 loss to Libyan visitors Al Ahly Tripoli in a semi-final second leg.

PITTSBURGH — Zach Thompson has looked like a completely different pitcher since the calendar turned to May.

Losing is a collection of tiny, individual tragedies. And so far this season, Cincinnati has done a lot of losing.

PITTSBURGH — In the fourth and fifth innings of Friday night’s game against the Cincinnati Reds, the Pirates’ offense had fleeting chances to mount a comeback.

PITTSBURGH — If one were to make a list of the former Pirates most likely to come back to haunt the team, Connor Overton wouldn’t have been at the top.

“I’m confident that we’re a good enough defensive club and we’ll get better,” manager Tony La Russa said.

PITTSBURGH — Daniel Vogelbach finished his swing, dropped his bat and stared toward the Clemente Wall in right field. The Pirates’ designated hitter found a low-and-inside fastball, and he did what many left-handed hitters do with pitches there — pulverized it. No question Vogelbach knew it was gone.