The Pittsburgh Pirates' affiliates sent three staff aces to the mound on Friday night and none of them pitched like aces. That put two of those clubs in trouble, while Indianapolis bailed out Tyler Glasnow with four runs in the ninth. Steven Brault and Stephen Tarpley had poor outings, which is very surprising from both of them. Brault was probably due for a bad outing, but I don't think anyone expected him to allow six earned runs in 4.2 innings. After all, he gave up just seven earned runs in his last ten starts combined. Tarpley pitched much like he did in his last start of the season, so wasn't exactly on a roll going into the playoffs.
Morning Report: The Aces Didn’t Show Up Friday Night
