CINCINNATI -- Jameson Taillon didn't have to start Saturday's game. After he beat the Cubs on Monday at Wrigley Field, Pirates management gave him the option to call it a season. But Taillon decided he wasn't done. He wanted the ball again.
So Taillon took the mound on Saturday at Great American Ball Park and finished his breakout campaign with another quality start in the Pirates' 3-0 loss to the Reds. Taillon's final outing of the year was also his 22nd straight allowing three earned runs or fewer, a streak surpassed this season by only Jacob deGrom.