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- Updated: May 26, 2016
PITTSBURGH — Through four innings Wednesday night, there was every reason to believe that Rubby De La Rosa was going to continue his string of excellent starts.
That optimism faded quickly, though, in the fifth as the Pirates roughed De La Rosa up for four runs en route to a 5-4 win over the D-backs at PNC Park.
De La Rosa (4-5) appeared to be in control outside of a solo homer by Sean Rodriguez in the fourth as the Arizona offense gave him a 4-1 lead.
“I think he was pitching in really effectively,” D-backs manager Chip Hale said. “He pitched in hard, which allowed his slider to be really effective — you saw a lot of swings and misses on the slider.”
The Pirates got back-to-back singles to lead off the fifth and Gregory Polanco doubled home a run to make it a 4-2 game.
A Starling Marte groundout brought home another run and …
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