In the final game of their series in Dodger Stadium, on a day when the home tea failed to launch a ball out of the park, the Pirates hung close enough that Kenley Jansen had to called on to close it out for Los Angeles, but Pittsburgh’s 6-4 loss was an inevitable ending to three games in which they were totally dominated.
After ten days of warming Pedro Ciriaco’s seat, Clay Holmes was summoned from his inactivity by Pirates’ manager Clint Hurdle who needed an emergency starting pitcher in the wake of Joe Musgrove landing on the disabled list with an infected finger.