PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates have scored 10 runs in the first two games of their three-game series with the Washington Nationals. Nine of those 10 came in the sixth inning or later, a symptom of the larger problem the Nationals are having finding reliable bullpen help.
Of course, the bullpen doesn't have to be in the game in the sixth or seventh inning. Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg couldn't get an out in the seventh on Tuesday. Washington's spot starter on Wednesday, Jacob Turner, got just one out in the sixth.