The past few games bad habits have been developing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team has been leaving too many men on base and playing poor defense. These are the two reasons why the Bucs entered Tuesday night’s game against the Cincinnati Reds as losers of three games in a row.
On Tuesday night, these bad habits continued for the Pirates. This led to the team losing the first game of their three-game series against the Reds. Tuesday night’s loss was the fourth in a row for the Pirates and dropped the team to 26-21 this season.
Facing Matt Harvey in his first home start for the Reds, the Pirates looked primed to bust the game open early.