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- Updated: August 7, 2016
PITTSBURGH — Presented with an opportunity to sweep the Reds and at least hold their ground in the National League Wild Card race, the Pirates left PNC Park empty-handed after a 7-3 series-finale loss on Sunday.
The Bucs went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and whiffed at several chances to score late. They committed two errors and perhaps even more mental mistakes. Billy Hamilton ran all over the bases. Gerrit Cole’s baffling winless streak against Cincinnati continued.
“We’ve played some good Sunday games,” manager Clint Hurdle said afterward. “Today wasn’t one of them.”
Amid the uninspiring performance, the Pirates’ best chance came from a typically energetic place: Josh Harrison, back in the leadoff spot. Harrison homered in the sixth inning off Dan Straily and nearly did so again in the seventh, ripping what would have been a game-tying grand slam about five feet left of the left-field foul pole.
Harrison struck out on the next pitch, stranding the bases loaded.
“It’s a game of inches — or feet, you could say,” Harrison …
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