Considering the complete collapse of their hitting in the first half of May, the Pirates’ last two games should have produced, maybe, negative runs? They faced two legitimate Cy Young candidates in Eduardo Rodriguez and Zac Gallen. Instead, they roughed up Rodriguez and, in the opener of their series against Arizona, they did the same to Gallen. They went on to win, 13-3.
Things got off to a decent enough start. Carlos Santana and Ke’Bryan Hayes both doubled in the second to put the Bucs on the board, a major milestone for most of May.
In the fourth, though, the Bucs broke loose for seven runs.