Andrew McCutchen led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the second straight game, Bailey Falter took a shutout into the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night. McCutchen hit the first pitch of Tobias Myers’ major league career down the left-field line for his 24th career leadoff homer and his 100th long ball at PNC Park. McCutchen connected off Joe Ross on Monday night in the Pirates’ 4-2 win.
Jorge Montanez breaks down the week of saves across baseball in his weekly closer rankings and highlights some steals options on the waiver wire.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are off to a superb 9-3 start, yet it's easy to identify their main weakness so far. After David Bednar blew his third save in four chances during the Pirates' latest contest, Pittsburgh will look to regroup when it visits the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday to begin a four-game series. The Pirates led the visiting Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Tuesday when Bednar took the mound to start the ninth inning. Minutes later, the Pittsburgh native walked toward the dugout amid a chorus of boos after allowing four runs as the Pirates eventually fell 5-3.
No | Player | P |
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51 | P | |
43 | P | |
45 | P | |
59 | P | |
26 | P | |
28 | P | |
27 | P | |
35 | P | |
37 | P | |
23 | P | |
36 | P | |
62 | P | |
48 | P | |
24 | P | |
46 | P | |
54 | P | |
63 | P |
No | Player | P |
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14 | C | |
32 | C | |
55 | C | |
6 | C | |
5 | C |
No | Player | P |
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15 | SS | |
13 | 3B | |
44 | 1B | |
19 | 2B | |
25 | SS |
No | Player | P |
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2 | RF | |
22 | RF | |
38 | RF | |
10 | LF | |
65 | LF | |
18 | CF |