It was that old story again - no offense and struggling pitching, and that tale ended in an all-too-familiar Rockies road loss on a rainy, gloomy Saturday in Pittsbugh.
Jon Gray struggled from the get-go, encountering command issues and ineffectiveness with his fastball-slider combination. The Pirates left two on in a scoreless first inning, but the Gray Wolf was bitten in the second. A walk to Wilmer Difo and a base hit on an 0-2 pitch by Cole Tucker got the Bucs in a good place to open the frame. Michael Perez sent a grounder up the middle to open the scoring, and two more runs would score on a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly from Adam Frazier and Ben Gamel, respectively.