Season 3

Pirates end losing streak against the Marlins, winning in the 9th with 3 runs, 3-1. Ortiz throws a great game and Bednar notches his 15th save. Nick Gonzales makes his MLB debut.

Pirates bullpen wastes a quality start by Keller, gives up a late home run in a loss, 6-4, to Miami. Henry Davis hits his first Major League Homer in loss.

My response to the Super Genius Mark Madden article on triblive.com.

The Pirates lose to the Cubs, 8-3, swept at home. They've lost 3 straight series, all sweeps, for 9 straight defeats.

24 consecutive scoreless innings, shut out in 3 of the last 4 games with only 2 runs scored, and 2 quality starts wasted (Bido and Oviedo). This is getting silly.