Pirates lose third in a row, fall to Braves 3-1

Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Pittsburgh Pirates were riding high this past weekend after back-to-back series wins against the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks, but they’ve fallen back to earth recently with a two-game sweep at the hands of the Detroit Tigers and now they’ve lost their third game in a row following a 3-1 loss to the surging Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.

After a rough last outing, JT Brubaker was back to being solid, as he went seven innings, giving up three runs on six hits on two walks and seven strikeouts, but the Buccos gave him very little help in the run-scoring department.

Despite out-hitting the Braves 8-6 and the top of…