Rum Bunter » Spring Training Game Recaps http://rumbunter.com A Pittsburgh Pirates Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 01:34:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Pirates Roughed Up By Yankees http://rumbunter.com/2012/03/21/pirates-roughed-up-by-yankees/ http://rumbunter.com/2012/03/21/pirates-roughed-up-by-yankees/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:41:18 +0000 Jon Anderson http://rumbunter.com/?p=33195

March 20, 2012; Tampa, FL, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Eduardo Nunez (26) forces out Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Clint Barmes (12) and throws the ball to first for a double play in the fifth inning at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE

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The Pirates were no-hit through 5 innings by Francisco Liriano on Sunday

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SP Jeff Karstens was impressive again on Saturday, Source: Pirates.com

The Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitching seems to be rolling into regular season form very quickly.  After a strong start by Kevin Correia on Friday, the Pirates got another impressive outing from Jeff Karstens on Saturday in Bradenton.  The Pirates fell 2-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays, but the real story was the 5.0 solid innings pitched by Karstens, who gave up only a solo homerun to Luke Scott before turning it over to the bullpen.

The Bucs offense was led by CF Andrew McCutchen, his solo homerun in the 6th inning off of Rays SP James Shields leading to the only run for the Pirates. OF Starling Marte, OF Nate McClouth, 2B Neil Walker, SS Clint Barmes, and 3B Josh Harrison each accounted for one hit to sum up the Pirates offense effort on this day.

Joel Hanrahan took over on the mound for Karstens in the sixth and gave up the deciding run.  Ryota Igarashi and Jason Grilli each notched a scoreless inning of relief.

The Pirates will meet the Minnesota Twins on Sunday at 1:05pm.

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