The Pittsburgh Pirates lost 3-4 Monday night to the Texas Rangers. Starting pitcher Luis Ortiz’s day was mixed; he made two gargantuan mistakes to Ranger’s shortstop, and two-time World Series MVP Corey Seager, and Seager took him deep both times. A solo shot in the first inning off a middle middle cutter, and then a three-run shot in the third on a first pitch slider left up and out over the plate.
Ortiz otherwise pitched well and did a good job of preventing the game from running away from him. He completed six innings of work and struck out seven, but the two big mistakes were enough for him to get tagged with the loss.