Rich Hill wasn't able to extend the Pirates' streak of quality starts on Saturday night against the Reds. No harm done as Pittsburgh prevailed, 2-1, winning their sixth straight game to improve to 15-7 in the young season.
But, without one mound visit early on in the game, it looked like things were going to get out of hand.
Hill put up zeroes in each of the first two innings, but needed 45 pitches to do so. Derek Shelton said after the game that Hill didn't have great feel for his fastball, and his curveball wasn't sharp in terms of placement early on.