Reese Olson just didn’t have it on Monday night in Pittsburgh. Repeatedly wasting pitches and falling behind, the Pirates took advantage of a bunch of soft hits to pile up the runs, while the Tigers squandered too many chances to score again.
The Tigers did jump out to an early lead in this one, but they also ran themselves out of a bigger inning, perhaps. Parker Meadows saw nothing but fastballs to lead off the game and drew a walk, He then stole second base as Riley Greene was frozen on a sinker down the middle at the bottom of the zone for strike three.