The Pirates dropped one on the road to the Phillies, 4-3. They’re now 1-5-2 on the spring.
Lots of lefties threw for the Bucs, but not much light got shed on the bullpen competition. The veteran lefties were a contrast. Rich Hill’s first outing went fine: two scoreless innings, one hit, one walk, two strikeouts. Jarlin Garcia, not so much. He got hit extremely hard, giving up four hits, all torched, and a walk, while recording one out. The carnage included another gopher ball and all four of the Phillies’ runs. So far, Garcia’s had one good outing and two terrible ones.