The Pittsburgh Pirates came into Saturday’s game on a two-game winning streak and looking for number three against the Cincinnati Reds, but the game was a referendum on the typical overall bad baseball that’s plagued the Buccos all year in a 10-1 defeat.
There was bad hitting. The Bucs were held to one run and four total hits on the day. Two of those hits came from Rodolfo Castro, who finished 2-for-4 and was also responsible for Pittsburgh’s only run of the day with a solo homer in the fourth inning.
In addition, Pittsburgh batters went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and they also struck out 10 total times as a team.