On Sunday afternoon, former Duke Baseball pitching star James Marvel made his Major League Baseball debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Marvel picked up the loss in the game, but his offense let him down against the National League Central leading St. Louis Cardinals.
The former Blue Devil threw five innings, allowing four hits and two runs while walking two and striking out two as the Pirates lost 2-0 against St. Louis.
In the fifth inning Harrison Bader his an RBI single to center field to get the Cardinals on the scoreboard and as Marvel pitched into the sixth innings, he walked Kolten Wong which was followed by an RBI double to Paul Goldschmidt to give St.