Pirates Series Takeaways: Starters Scuffle, Wetherholt’s Homecoming, Resiliency Tested
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Photo provided by Eddie Provident PITTSBURGH — Nothing went right for the Pirates during a four-game series at PNC Park in which the St. Louis Cardinals completed a sweep on Thursday afternoon . Not even the starting pitching, which had been so, so good to start the season.
The Pirates went with a bullpen game on Monday night and it worked to perfection until closer Dennis Santana blew the save in the ninth. The traditional starters, however, didn’t have the same success. Braxton Ashcraft allowed a career-high six runs on six hits in 4.
1 innings on Tuesday’s loss. Bubba Chandler continued to battle control issues and was tagged for three runs in five innings on Wednesday. The Pirates had who they wanted on the mound to try and avoid the sweep in the series finale, but even Paul Skenes struggled.
He allowed three runs — on two homers — in the first inning and gave up five runs (four earned) in five innings. “Just didn’t have the best command of everything in those first couple innings,” Skenes said when assessing his outing. “Settled in a little bit and they did a pretty good job the last few innings.
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