The Pirates promoted a pair of talented young outfielders from Altoona to Indianapolis in Willy Garcia and Keon Broxton. So far, both hitters are still struggling with the transition to Triple-A. Following the contest on Sunday night, Broxton was hitting .187 with a .588 OPS and Garcia was hitting .177 with a .429 OPS.
While Garcia picked up three hits on Thursday, two of the knocks were bloop singles. Outside of that contest, Garcia only has one other hit in the past nine games, as the league is certainly punching back after Garcia had hits in six of his first seven contests.