PITTSBURGH — As the Pirates plotted ways to dig themselves out of a sizable funk, with losses in 11 of 12 games entering Sunday’s series finale in Baltimore, this likely wasn’t a course they charted. Facing opening day starters in three of the four subsequent contests, it looked like a recipe for disaster.
Instead, it has potentially sparked the Pirates’ season.
After they took care of the Orioles’ Kyle Gibson that afternoon and topped Eduardo Rodriguez of the Tigers on Wednesday in Detroit, they pulled a similar trick Friday against Arizona’s Zac Gallen during a 13-3 victory at PNC Park.
