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- Updated: May 21, 2016
PITTSBURGH — Rockies right-hander Eddie Butler was pleased with the way he attacked the strike zone Friday night. It was one delivery that had nothing to do with the strike zone that left him with a 2-1 loss to the Pirates.
In a third straight good-enough-to-win effort, Butler held the Pirates to two runs (one earned) and seven hits in six innings. He struck out one and escaped several jams.
The difference between facing down Pirates ace Gerrit Cole, who gave up one run in seven innings, was a poor pickoff throw that allowed Starling Marte to move into scoring position for David Freese’s broken-bat RBI single with two out in the sixth.
“I did a good job attacking the zone and had a pretty good plan,” said Butler (2-2), who threw strikes on 55 of his 76 pitches and didn’t yield a walk.
Butler began the year at Triple-A Albuquerque to improve his consistency with high-leverage, …
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