PHOENIX -- When David Peralta's fly ball bounced off Austin Meadows' glove and over the left-field fence in the first inning, it seemed like Wednesday might be another one of those days for the Pirates. They were in a two-run hole, and D-backs starter Zack Greinke had been all but untouchable at home this season.
But the Pirates knocked out Greinke after his shortest start of the season and rode Jameson Taillon's strong, seven-inning outing to a 5-4 win against the D-backs at Chase Field.
Despite throwing 49 pitches in the first two innings, Taillon delivered exactly the kind of outing Pittsburgh's struggling, overworked bullpen needed.