There are going to be nights like Saturday night in a long baseball season, where a team looks completely lost from the start. For the 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates, this has happened too often.
During the month of August, the Pirates have gotten back to their routine of winning no more than two games in a row. That hasn’t prevented them from going on long losing stretches. They won on Thursday and Friday against the Cincinnati Reds, but lost 10-2 on Saturday.
They’re now 61-68, sitting in last place in the NL Central, and nine games back in the NL Wild Card race.