Kevin Correia made the start and saw his spring training shut-out streak end at 10.1 after giving up a single run in the second inning. On the day Correia went five innings and gave up four runs on eight hits while striking out one. He gave up an absolute bomb to Jarrod Saltalamacchia in the fourth, but didn’t walk any batters. Another decent outing for Correia who looks like a pretty good option for the fifth spot in the rotation while Burnett is on the shelf.
Joel Hanrahan gave up a hit in his inning of relief while walking one and striking out one, he has been very good this spring. Evan Meek pitched two innings and gave up a run on two hits while striking out one, however he was throwing in the low 90’s once again, although he did touch 94 at least once. Juan Cruz pitched the ninth for the save in a scoreless inning. He walked one and gave up a hit but worked out of the trouble to secure the Pirates seventh win of the spring.
On offense, Matt Hague strengthened his case for a spot on the 25-man roster with two hits including his third home run of the spring to left field. Josh Harrison is also doing his best to make it onto the Major League club; he had two hits of his own today. Nate McLouth hit a home run in the seventh inning. Andrew McCutchen and Neil Walker also had RBI’s, both collecting base hits. Jake Fox, Alex Presley, Casey McGehee, Michael McKenry, and Kevin Correia also added hits to give the Pirates a dozen on the day. Solid win for the Bucs.