The Pirates got a pair of home runs from Casey McGehee and Matt Hague. The home run was Hague’s fifth of the spring as he continues to try and make the big league team. Those two both had two hits a piece, and Jose Tabata, Yamaico Navarro, and Rod Barajas also added knocks.
Tony Watson made the start for the Pirates who chose to go with all bullpen guys. Watson pitched two perfect innings with a pair of strikeouts. Signs point to him making the team out of spring training. Jason Grilli pitched two scoreless inning, Chris Resop put up a zero, and Tim Alderson finished the game with two scoreless innings of his own. The culprit today was Brad Lincoln, who gave up three runs in the 7th inning.
The Pirates play split squad games tomorrow.