Ozzie Albies homered from each side of the plate but the Braves fell to the Pirates, 12-9. Aaron Blair got knocked around in his first spring start allowing three runs over two innings of work.
Despite the rough performance, Blair did come away feeling positive about his overall performance.
“One thing I can take out of today is I fell behind early, so guys were just swinging,” Blair said. “Changeup was good, arm-side fastball was good, but everything to the glove side was kind of pulled. So that’s stuff I’ll work on this coming week.