Rookie Davis has been working to refine his mechanics, in particular the slider.
"I just wasn't myself today", Garrett said. "Take the extras out of it". "In the past year and a half, I've been extremely uncomfortable on the pitcher's mound". He has pitched seven innings in two of his three starts on the road. In the third, Josh Harrison was on third doing his best to distract the rookie right-hander, to no avail. "It's always nice to be back home", he said. Any extras going on doesn't matter. "He stayed on the gas and threw strikes with everything". Harrison, batting.310, has five homers this season, one more than he had in the 2015 or 2016 seasons.
Hamilton homered for the first time this season and Mesoraco's solo blast off Trevor Williams in the sixth was his first since September 23, 2104.
Mesoraco missed most of the last two seasons because of surgery on his hip and shoulder. On Monday night in the series opener against the Reds, he had the first multi-home run game of his career.
"We want to win the series against them", Suarez said.
Harrison continued to haunt his hometown team with his third home run in two games. Garrett was practically unhittable in his first three starts (1.83 ERA) but ran into some difficulty last time out as Milwaukee torched him for nine runs in 3.1 innings.
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"I'm still processing it", Taillon said. The command of that sinker has been huge in the two bullpens I've thrown. He also reached base three times with a single and two walks. But he wasn't greeted as kindly in Cincinnati.
Wade LeBlanc earned his first save of the season and third of his career, allowing one hit and striking out four over three scoreless innings. Chatwood (2-4) held the Padres hitless through five innings before they jumped on him. Hamilton hit his first homer since June 28 - a streak of 319 at-bats that was the third-longest active drought in the majors - just inside the right-field pole for a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning. Glasnow swatted Feldman's first-pitch fastball up the middle for a two-run, go-ahead single. It took Davis 31 pitches to wriggle out of a second-and-third situation in the third. I think most people were ready to send Glasnow back to Triple-A right there but following that, you saw the good from Glasnow.
The Pirates went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners on base.
"The one thing I've found out after 26 games is we're really interesting", manager Clint Hurdle said. "He continues to be more than a rock in our shoe". Only one other player (Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder A.J. Pollock) has stolen even nine bases this season. As Ray would say, I guess I've had a lot of cooks in my kitchen. "Get to sleep in your own bed, see some family and friends and get to do what I love". The Pirates left the bases loaded in the second and the fourth. Reds RHP Homer Bailey, who remains on the disabled list after multiple arm surgeries, turned 31 Wednesday. He struck out four before being removed with discomfort in his lower back.
For Thursday's game, the Pirates will be rolling out RHP Ivan Nova.
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