A.J. Burnett made his second start as a Pirate and did a nice job going six innings and giving up just two runs. He struggled with control allowing three walks and throwing 94 pitches. Watson gave up a hit and two walks while recording one out to record the seventh and Meek let all three runners score plus one of his own.
On offense the Pirates did nothing once again. They got a run on a Garrett Jones single that scored Andrew McCutchen who had singled and stolen second. After that the Pirates loaded the bases with one out for Rod Barajas who swung at a first pitch and grounded into a double play. Braves starter Tommy Hanson had walked two batters prior to Barajas which made a lot of people question his decision to swing at the first pitch. However, it was a very good pitch to hit, Barajas just didn’t put a great swing on it.
Alex Presley had two hits while extending his hitting streak to eleven games. Pedro Alvarez was 0/2 with two walks while striking a ball very well in his first at-bat but right at second baseman Dan Uggla. Six hits for the Pirates wasn’t nearly enough to get the job done and the team fell to three games below .500 with six games left on this road trip.