Pirates and Blue Jays tie, 6-6

The Good AL Outfielder.Let’s face it, spring training games aren’t meant to be nailbiters. More often than not, this sentiment rises around the fifth inning or so:

However, the Pittsburgh Pirates woke up in the later innings, coming back from a four-run deficit to snatch a tie from the jaws of defeat against the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-6, at LECOM Park today.

Derek Shelton kind of kept us guessing as to who his starting pitcher would be, and settled on rumored Opening Day starter Jose Quintana. If Quintana didn’t quite make his case, he didn’t blow it, either.

Wil Crowe, the other rumored starter, came on in the fifth and acquitted himself well over the next two innings. Austin Brice ... did not.…