Chalk up another series loss for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they dropped Wednesday’s matinee, 3-2, to the Texas Rangers. The Pirates struggled to capitalize with runners in scoring position and shaky pitching early in the game culminated into an ugly loss.
Johan Oviedo failed to throw a clean first inning as the first hitter he faced — Marcus Semien — belted a solo home run to left. After two hitters reached later in the inning, Josh Jung doubled home an insurance run, and Adolis Garcia scored on a fielder’s choice to give the Rangers a three-run lead.