Scores:
Monday: 5-1 Loss vs. Houston. Listless Bucs lose lacklusterly. Box score.
Tuesday: 6-2 Win vs. Houston. Holt, Cutch, Wandy snap losing streak. Box score.
Wednesday: 6-3 Win vs. Houston. Pirates cruise to easy win. Box score.
Season Record: 72-64, 3rd place in NL Central, 10.0 games back; 1.5 games back of a Wild Card spot
Notes: Two nice wins take the series after a let down on Labor Day. 72 wins matches the Bucs’ total from last season. 10 more in their last 26 games will clinch a winning season. It will probably take at least 16 more wins to get them into the playoffs. As far as I can remember, this is the first series in a few months that the Pirates did not hit a home run. Brock Holt and Andrew McCutchen each had four hit games on Tuesday. Wandy Rodriguez was brilliant in seven shutout innings. Kevin Correia continues to defy all analysis and evidence by being an effective starter, becoming the Pirates’ third 10 game winner this year.
Combined Box
| Pittsburgh | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP |
| Alvarez, 3B | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0.083 | 0.083 |
| Holt, Br, 2B | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.455 | 0.455 |
| McCutchen, A, CF | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.364 | 0.417 |
| Jones, G, RF, 1B | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0.583 |
| Barmes, SS | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.455 |
| Sanchez, G, 1B | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.375 | 0.375 |
| Presley, LF | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.333 |
| Barajas, C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.167 | 0.167 |
| McKenry, C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Snider, LF, RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| Rodriguez, W, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Tabata, RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| Clement, PH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| Harrison, PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Correia, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Fryer, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Locke, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Totals | 95 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 43 | 0.253 | 0.317 |
Batting
Doubles (3): Jones (25), McCutchen (26), Holt (1)
Triples (2): Alvarez (1), Presley (5)
Fielding
DP: (Sanchez-Barajas-Sanchez), (Hughes-Barmes-Sanchez)
Pitching
| Pittsburgh | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| Rodriguez, W (W, 10-13) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.71 |
| Correia (W, 10-8) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | 0.83 |
| Locke (L, 0-1) | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9.00 | 1.60 |
| Hughes, J | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.67 |
| McPherson, K | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Hanrahan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Takahashi | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Grilli | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18.00 | 2.00 |
| Resop | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3.00 |
| Watson | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Totals | 27.0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 3.33 | 1.07 |
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