Cody Anderson for the third straight time pitched into the eighth inning, but he found no offensive support in a 1-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday at PNC Park.
Anderson threw eight innings, allowed one run on six hits and struck out four. The Pirates’ lone run came in the sixth, when Josh Harrison doubled off the center-field wall and was hit in by Neil Walker.
Anderson (1-1) has pitched at least 7 2/3 innings in all three of his major-league starts since being promoted.
Pirates starter Jeff Locke (5-4), though, had the Indians’ number, to the tune of only two hits allowed over eight innings.