PHOENIX -- One day after the D-backs and Pirates exchanged hit by pitches, Arizona manager Torey Lovullo reiterated that his pitchers did not intentionally try to hit any Pittsburgh batter on Monday night.
The Pirates were angered when D-backs reliever Braden Shipley hit Josh Harrison in the shoulder blade with a pitch and then nearly hit the following batter, Austin Meadows, in the head in the top of the seventh inning.
Pittsburgh starter Joe Musgrove opened the bottom half of the inning by hitting the leadoff batter, Chris Owings, with a pitch.