PITTSBURGH — Everything about Thursday night’s Pirates game against the Chicago Cubs felt a little off.
Blame it on the fact the team only got back to Pittsburgh last night. Blame it on the game being scheduled at the same time as the Steelers game against the Cleveland Browns, which helped result in an announced attendance of just 9,166, maybe even a generous estimate. Blame it on the fact the Pirates are running out the clock on a brutal season, now sitting with a 55-95 record.
Blame it on some of them or all of them, but the result was a 3-2 loss that can’t really be called uneventful, even if it felt a little lifeless.
