WASHINGTON -- It isn’t customary to be critical of a team after it has just completed an eight-game winning streak, as the Pirates did with a 4-1 loss to the Nationals on Friday night. But the numbers are undeniable: In their past nine games, including all those wins and even an 11-run explosion one night, the Pirates have only scored 29 runs.
At some point, that will become a problem because, at some point, the pitching staff will slow down.
Here were some of the lowlights Friday:
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