Well, that’s the end of that, and it ended in pretty good fashion for the Pittsburgh Pirates and their pitching staff.
JT Brubaker showed he was ready for the season to start, and the bullpen looked ready to go too after turning in a solid performance this afternoon against the Minnesota Twins, even if the bats were mostly silent in leading to a 1-1 tie.
Brubaker went five innings, giving up just a single run in the bottom of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Max Kepler that scored Luis Arraez after Brubaker walked the first two batters of the game.