This is the thread for the second game of the double-header. Jhoulys Chacin faces Charlie Morton.
James McDonald's six no-hit innings weren't enough as the Pirates lost in the first game, 2-1. McDonald gave up a run in the top of the seventh when he walked Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki hit a ball that bounced off the glove of a diving Pedro Alvarez for an infield single. Jason Giambi then brought home Gonzalez with a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the inning, Alvarez hammered a changeup to right center for his third home run of the year, tying the game at one. In the eighth, though, Chris Resop allowed a hit by pitch and then a single, and Tony Watson relieved Resop and gave up a sacrifice fly to Tyler Colvin to put the Rockies ahead 2-1. Esmil Rogers struck out the side in the bottom half of the eighth, and the Bucs went down in order in the ninth as well.
The Bucs had a bunch of hits, often of the infield-single variety, but they couldn't string them together into runs. Alex Presley getting caught stealing just before Andrew McCutchen's double in the first didn't help.
Alex Presley LF
Nate McLouth RF
Andrew McCutchen CF
Garrett Jones 1B
Pedro Alvarez 3B
Yamaico Navarro 2B
Clint Barmes SS
Rod Barajas C
Charlie Morton P