It was a game of crooked numbers over consistent scoring. In the end, the Pirates’ big rallies in the first and sixth innings proved to be the decisive factor against a Dodger team that couldn’t score more than two runs in an inning in this 9-7 defeat.

Assessing the timing of these two big rallies for Pittsburgh, the Pirates offense capitalized on early issues from Clayton Kershaw and later on did the same against the first reliever out of the Dodgers’ bullpen, Edgardo Henríquez.

Kershaw made his 450th regular-season appearance by taking the mound against the Pirates, and one of the benefits of such a lengthy and successful career is the composure to deal exclusively with what’s in front of you. The start of the game went as poorly as it possibly could’ve gone for Kershaw, and by the tim

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