The Pittsburgh Pirates are fading fast from the success of late May and early June. This shouldn’t be too surprising, but rather expected.
When the Pirates swept the Los Angeles Dodgers on the road and returned home to take two of three from the Arizona Diamondbacks, hope was high for the 2022 Buccos to make a run towards some kind of reckoning to continually push the team forward.
Pittsburgh is 5-15 since.
The problem isn’t either who they played or how they played, but both.
Derek Shelton’s club lost nine in a row during the 20-game stretch, being swept by the now 28-44 Detroit Tigers in two games and the defending champion Atlanta Braves in four.