Despite Hits, Rockies Fall To Pirates

PITTSBURGH (The Sports Xchange) — Gerrit Cole knows exactly why the Pittsburgh Pirates kept dominating the Colorado Rockies, even on a night when he certainly didn’t have his dominant stuff.
“Defense,” he said. “Stellar defense.”
Cole made his second successive effective start with the help of some strong Pittsburgh defense and the Pirates beat the Rockies for the eighth straight time dating to last season, winning 2-1 Friday night.
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