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- Updated: September 11, 2016
PITTSBURGH — Early Sunday afternoon, general manager Neal Huntington called the Pirates “the streakiest team in baseball.” Every good stretch this season has been followed by an equally bad one. Every bad stretch seemingly gives way to a streak of wins. When their lineup has been hot, their pitching has been cold. When they’ve pitched well, they haven’t hit enough to prop up their staff.
But the Pirates have run into one of their worst stretches at the wrong time, and it may be too late to pull themselves out of it. Pittsburgh wrapped up a 2-8 homestand and lost for the 11th time in 13 games on Sunday, getting shut out by Cincinnati, 8-0, at PNC Park.
“We’ve talked for weeks that the team that goes 8-2 is going to separate itself,” Huntington said before the game. “Unfortunately, we’ve been the team that’s gone 2-8.”
The Pirates’ skid has dropped them three games below .500, at 69-72, and six games behind the Mets for the second National League Wild Card spot with 21 left to play. They are not yet ready to …
