PITTSBURGH -- Both Chad Kuhl and Michael Wacha picked up where they left off after a nearly two-hour rain delay early Saturday afternoon. While Wacha struggled on the other side of the break, Kuhl seemingly only got stronger. Kuhl pitched five strong innings and the Bucs beat up on Wacha in the second, rolling to a 6-4 win at PNC Park.
The Pirates typically pull their starting pitchers when a rain delay exceeds 90 minutes. But they needed to preserve their tired bullpen and Kuhl threw only 25 pitches before the downpour, so they made an exception.