PITTSBURGH — The Pirates mustered very little offense against Miami starter David Phelps in a 3-1 loss to the Marlins Saturday night. In Phelps’ six innings, the Pirates got just two hits and two walks and never really threatened to do a lot of damage.
Pirates’ manager Clint Hurdle said that Phelps was able to run his two-seamer one way and the cutter the other, paining the black on both sides of the night to keep the Pirates’ hitters off-balance.
“You don’t see it a lot,” Hurdle said. “He was on top of his game. We weren’t able to push back at all.