There’s something particularly wonderful and gratifying about what’s happened at PNC Park the last two nights: the Pirates came into this series against the Brewers mired in a terrible offensive slump with an ugly record. The starting rotation got off to an excellent start, but there just weren’t many runs to go around. Two games in a row, it’s been Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco that have pulled the Pirates out of that slump. Last night, the Brewers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning before Jeff Locke got himself on track, but the Pirates answered immediately when Polanco doubled into the left-center gap to drive Josh Harrison home, then Starling Marte singled in both Polanco and Andrew McCutchen to give the Pirates a 3-1 lead.
Starling Marte shoulders the load, Cole looks to lead Pirates to sweep
