PITTSBURGH — Roansy Contreras screamed into his glove before flipping it up in the air out of frustration. The scowl on Johan Oviedo’s face as he walked slowly toward the Pirates dugout said plenty. Tucupita Marcano picked his bat up over his head and thought for a second about slamming it into the ground.
Frustration was everywhere at PNC Park on Saturday, the result of two separate rain delays, a poor start to the game for the Pirates, a comeback attempt that fell short and the snapping of a four-game winning streak by virtue of Milwaukee’s 11-8 victory.
In a way, this almost felt like the young Pirates testing their boundaries, struggling mightily through seven innings before trying to get it together late with a six-run eighth inning.
