After their mostly triumphant homestand against the Mets this past weekend, it was the Pirates’ turn to be embarrassed by a lesser team.
A lack of extra-base hits and back-to-back homers by Arizona in the bottom of the seventh inning put the final nail in the Bucs’ series as they fell again to the Diamondbacks 6-4 at Chase Field. It’s the tenth time they’ve been swept this season, with this series the sixth time it’s happened on the road. It also continues the Bucs’ load of fail at Chase Field, where they’ve only won two of the last nineteen games they’ve played there.