PHILADELPHIA -- There were plenty of chances to put a nice crooked number up on the scoreboard and get some offensive momentum going.
However, that isn't the way things have worked out for the Pirates this week.
Pittsburgh couldn't get the big hit it needed, leaving nine men on base and squandering a good performance from Ivan Nova in falling, 2-1, to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.
Pittsburgh has now lost four of its last five games. In all of those losses, the Pirates have scored two runs or fewer.