Today was split squad day. The Pirates got stomped, and nearly no-hit, by a team mostly made up of Yankees’ prospects and backups. That game, before an overwhelmingly Yankees crowd at LECOM Park, finished at 9-1. In the other game, the Pirates tied the Blue Jays in Dunedin, 2-2.
The Yankee game was pretty short on redeeming value. The hitters looked suspiciously like a Ben Cherington offense, with lots of whiffery and almost no hard contact. Oneil Cruz drove one to the track in left-center his first time up, and Enmanuel Terrero and Maikol Escotto each lined out hard to left in the eighth.