BALTIMORE -- After two games of sporadic hits that manufactured inconsistent run production, the Pirates broke through in a big way Sunday afternoon. The lineup put up nine hits in an 8-1 trampling of the Orioles at Camden Yards, avoiding a three-game sweep.
However, it didn't look like Pittsburgh was going to do any such thing early on. In fact, the first 13 hitters were retired as Spenser Watkins mowed through the Pirates' lineup.
"To be honest, I think he was moving the ball pretty well," Greg Allen said.