Kevin Correia made the start and got absolutely rocked, giving up ten earned runs in 2.1 innings. He didn’t walk a batter and gave up 12 hits. Daniel McCutchen also got roughed up giving up three runs in an inning. Juan Cruz pitched a third of an inning but was hit by a come-backer in the arm and was removed from the game as a precaution. The Twins ended up with 20 hits on the day.
On offense, the Pirates collected a respectable 11 hits. Jose Tabata and Michael McKenry had two hit days. McKenry homered as did Matt Hague (his sixth of the spring). Josh Harrison added an RBI as well.
What Hague has been doing with the bat has been just ridiculous and he’s making it extremely hard for the Pirates to send him to AAA. The decision should come tomorrow about who will make the team, and that will be an interesting call.