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Ron Cook: Pirates' Melancon most deserving of All-Star honor

Monday began with rotten news. The Pirates put starter-without-a-regular-position Josh Harrison on the 15-day disabled list with a left thumb injury. It is their first significant injury of the season. “We love him. We will miss him,” manager Clint Hurdle said.

The night ended with much better news. The Pirates defeated the San Diego Padres, 2-1, on Pedro Alvarez’s ninth-inning single. You know it might just be their year when they beat the Padres at PNC Park, where the Padres are now 33-13 since it opened in 2001.

In between, there was terrific news. Gerrit Cole, Andrew McCutchen, Mark Melancon and A.