The Pittsburgh Pirates took home a split on Saturday, dropping the first game to the Cincinnati Reds despite a beauty of a start from JT Brubaker.
Brubaker went five innings (the Derek Shelton magic number!), giving up two runs on three hits with two walks and nine strikeouts, but catcher Andrew Knapp was ejected and Roberto Perez was put out with an injury in the eighth inning, leaving Josh VanMeter at catcher, which effected Wil Crowe on the mound.
Crowe took the loss to fall to 1-2 on the year, giving up a two-run double to Tyler Stephenson that got a big inning rolling for the Reds, and the Bucs couldn’t recover in a 9-2 defeat.