Alvarez singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night. Alvarez's second career game-ending hit lifted the Pirates to their eighth win in 10 games and beat his father-in-law, Padres interim manager Pat Murphy. ''Just trying to focus on the task at hand which was going up there and trying to get the job done, no matter who it was,'' Alvarez said. More...