Dating back to Sunday, August 12th the Pittsburgh Pirates have played 10 games. In these 10 games their pitching staff has allowed just 28 earned runs in 88 innings of work. With pitching performances like this the team should be 6-4 or 7-3 in these games.
Unfortunately, the Pirates have gone just 2-8 in these games. This slide has effectively ended the team’s postseason hopes while also dropping them back under .500 on the season at 63-65. The reason the Pirates are just 2-8 in these games? The team’s offense.
During this 10 game stretch the Pirates have managed to cross home plate just 16 times.