by Zane Heiple
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The All-Star break seems like it has been a curse for the Pirates as a team and for the two pitchers that represented the Pittsburgh Pirates in Arizona. We all know of Kevin Correia’s struggles as of late, but even Joel Hanrahan has not been immune to the teams shortcomings in his recent outings, today was just another sign that the early good season fortune has gone by the way side.
Pittsburgh would counter in the bottom part of the inning off of another two run blast, this time by Garrett Jones. The bullpen combination of Jason Grilli and Jose Veras would keep Cincinnati off of the scoreboard and set the stage for The Hammer to nail down another home victory. Unfortunately Hanrahan was not his early season self today. After giving up a leadoff single and a one out walk, Ramon Hernandez would single to left field to tie the game at four. After another single, Brandon Phillips would ground into a force play at second, but the go ahead run would score for the Reds. Hanrahan would walk the bases loaded and then get pulled from the game. His replacement, Daniel McCutchen would strike out Votto to end the inning, but the damage was done as the Pirates fell to Cincinnati 5-4.
Record vs. Reds: 8-4
Record vs. N.L. Central: 28-26
Record at PNC Park: 29-35
Overall Record: 59-66
As Always…