The Pirates had lost three straight games and once again played sloppy baseball, but that didn’t matter as they did enough to best the Rockies 2-1 on Monday.
Kuhl’s return
Chad Kuhl’s first time pitching for the opposing team in Pittsburgh was an up and down affair. It started off rough, as Kuhl walked leadoff hitter Ben Gamel to open the bottom of the first inning. Gamel then moved to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a Ke’Bryan Hayes double.
A walk to Brian Reynolds put two on again, but Kuhl was able to escape by coaxing outs from the next three hitters, the first of which was a Dan Vogelbach lineout that José Iglesias made a nice snag on to likely save a run.