The Dodgers had ample opportunities to score, but wasted all of them as they were shut out by the Pittsburgh Pirates by a 3-0 final score.

Emmet Sheehan was one strike away from recording a perfect first inning, but a 2-2 changeup to Bryan Reynolds that caught the outside corner was ruled a ball. Reynolds won the 12-pitch battle against Sheehan by blasting an inside fastball over the right field wall to give the Pirates another first inning lead.

The Dodgers made Braxton Ashcraft labor in the second inning, as the first three hitters all reached to load the bases after bringing the count full. Ashcraft found himself in another full count spot against Andy Pages with nobody out, but Pages swung at what would’ve been ball four. Ashcraft froze Alex Freeland for the second out and escaped th

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