After Tuesday night’s game against the Diamondbacks, Arquimedes Caminero has made ten consecutive appearances without allowing a run, totaling 13.1 innings dating back to July 29th. Caminero came into the game in the top of the 10th and was able to go three strong scoreless innings, only walking one and allowing one hit.
As a whole, the relief staff of the Pirates has been phenomenal all year. They went into Wednesday night’s game with a team relief ERA of 2.61 in 372 innings, good for third best in the league behind the Cardinals and Royals. A lot of that was due to success all year from Mark Melancon, Tony Watson, and Jared Hughes.