A.J. Burnett buried a curveball behind the Padres’ Derek Norris for strike three, then ripped off a 360-degree, two-handed fist-pump to cap eight innings of one-run baseball Monday night at PNC Park. It would have been a perfect ending to a day in which Burnett, at 38, was selected to his first All-Star Game, joining three
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Matt Kemp reacts after striking out swinging against Tony Watson in the eighth inning. -- GETTY
July 7, 2015
Watson validates A.J.’s ‘wasted fist-pump’
11by Nate Barnes • Coverage • Pirates