PITTSBURGH — Roansy Contreras’ reintroduction didn’t end in a win, even though he surely deserved one.
Contreras tossed five shutout innings in his first start back from Class AAA Indianapolis, leaving the Colorado Rockies’ offense looking lost. Unfortunately for the Pirates’ No. 6 prospect, his own team’s offense looked equally lost.
The Pirates’ bullpen let in one unearned run in the eighth inning, but the Pirate bats scored only one themselves. In extra innings, the Rockies plated their ghost runner on a one-out single in the 10th, and the Pirates couldn’t answer, falling, 2-1 in extras. It’s the 10th time in their last 12 games that the Pirates have scored three runs or fewer. They haven’t scored five runs in a game since May 11.
