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Pirates remove George Kontos from eighth-inning reliever role

The Pirates have removed George Kontos from the set-up man role, manager Clint Hurdle said Tuesday.

Hurdle said Kontos would pitch in various roles going forward. He also said no one pitcher would be anointed the eighth-inning reliever. He mentioned Michael Feliz, Edgar Santana, Kyle Crick and Richard Rodriguez as possibilities to pitch in the eighth on different occasions.

This story will be updated.

Elizabeth Bloom: ebloom@post-gazette.com, 412-263-1750 and Twitter @BloomPG.