Relief pitcher Felipe Rivero – Felipe Rivero has been very good as a Pittsburgh Pirate.
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The Pirates won for a change Tuesday night, prevailing 5-3 against the Phillies thanks to six strong innings from Ivan Nova and a ninth-inning three-run homer from Sean Rodriguez. Brault is seeing Philadelphia for the first time in his career and is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in three road starts.Thompson is winless in his last five outings but pitched well in the last three – allowing two or fewer earned runs in each.
“I strained my oblique in June and didn’t think I was going to get a call-up at all”, he said.
The Pirates have lost 12 of 16 games and are about out of the wild-card picture. Cole, 25, will be arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter. “It’s not what we needed”. He has also stolen a base. Quinn, an accomplished base stealer and the Phillies’ second-round draft pick in 2011, could be a fixture in the outfield next season. Phillies manager Pete Mackanin told reporters that Alfaro will get more starts in the final days of the regular season.
Stallings, a rookie hitting just.214 in Triple-A Indianapolis will provide depth behind Francisco Cervelli and Eric Fryer at catcher.
“I was getting ahead in the count and I threw some good sinkers and that was a good thing for me”, Nova said. “They helped me keep my confidence, and they encouraged me”.
The Bats aren’t moving – Andrew McCutchen’s base hit in the 8th was the first for the Pirates since the 3rd inning.
Cole had two of his strikeouts against Ryan Howard. He get one more season in the minors, in the Triple-A International League, next year. Even though he received a no-decision in the game, Nova was excellent.
The play gave the Phillies a 2-1 lead instead of keeping the game tied at one after an inning-ending double play.
When Reading’s season ended, the Phillies promoted Quinn to the big leagues as part of the September roster expansion.
It is more than safe to say that 2016 has not played out to plan for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
“Being at home in Philly, and being drafted here is an incredible feeling”, he said.
Keyvius Sampson started and Blake Wood (6-3), Michael Lorenzen and Raisel Iglesias followed as the Reds posted their seventh shutout since the All-Star break.
Pittsburgh had nine hits on the night and walked six times, but could not generate any other runs.
Closer Tony Watson worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 12th save this season. Hendricks, the major league ERA leader, was relieved by Aroldis Chapman. They lead the second-place Cardinals by 17 games.
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Rodriguez’s home run was his career-high 13th of the season and first since August 14. The three run shot sealed the game for Pittsburgh. This season, LeBlanc has a 4.50 ERA in 11 games, eight of which have been starts. The Pirates were six games back entering Wednesday and appear set to have their playoff streak end at three seasons. On the play, Cesar Hernandez scored from third.
