PITTSBURGH — Vince Velasquez had an early opportunity to show his former team why he’s deserving of a rotating spot. The brain trust of his previous employer, the Chicago White Sox, likely didn’t feel it had let one get away Saturday night.
The mercurial right-hander and offseason signing labored through his second start with the Pirates, lasting 2 2/3 innings and giving up five runs on six hits and four walks in an 11-5 loss to the White Sox at PNC Park.
Velasquez tight-roped out of the first two innings with only one run allowed on an Oscar Colas single. Velasquez’s third and final frame wouldn’t serve him quite as well.
