The Pirates got some very good pitching and beat Toronto, 7-2, at LECOM Park. Their spring record is now 3-6-2.
After spending the first week and a half of the spring making anemic contact, the Pirates’ hitters actually hit a lot of balls hard in this one, only to spend six innings watching nearly everything get caught. Ironically, the game broke open late because the Jays’ outfielders couldn’t catch fly balls.
For the first six innings, the Pirates’ offense was an infield hit by Andrew McCutchen — his first hit of the spring — followed by an opposite field home run by Carlos Santana.