Kang meeting demands of rehab assignment

DENVER — The Pirates continue to get good reports regarding a quartet of players on the disabled list.

Third baseman Jung Ho Kang made his seventh rehab appearance Wednesday with Indianapolis.

“Jung Ho Kang is playing nine innings of third base at Triple-A,” said Pirates head athletic trainer Todd Tomczyk. “He continues to show physiologically good signs of recovery. He continues to meet the demands of the rehab.”

Kang was 3-for-20 (.150) with a home run, three runs scored and three RBIs in his first six games.

“It’s his second time he’s gone back-to-back games,” Tomczyk said. “If we go the same plan as we used last week, he’s available as a pinch-hitter that third day.”

Kang’s rookie season ended with left knee surgery to repair a fracture to his tibial plateau and damage to the lateral meniscus sustained on the receiving end of takeout slide at second base on Sept. 17 against the Cubs.

“The video that we’ve watched, the reports that we’re getting from our performance team in Indianapolis — he’s recovering well, physiologically,” Tomczyk said. “And that …

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