PITTSBURGH -- Padres manager Andy Green loves when left-hander Brad Hand is on the mound, confident that his best reliever -- no matter what the situation -- is going to get the job done.
"No pressure situation affects him at all," Green said. "Nothing really affects him."
That was evident in the Padres' 5-4 loss to the Pirates in extra innings on Sunday at PNC Park. Hand pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th, and tossed another scoreless inning in the 11th to extend his scoreless streak to 23 innings -- the longest active scoreless streak in the Majors.