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Pirates Preview: Bucs Try to Salvage Series vs. Padres, Ugly Homestand

(Gene J. Puskar/AP)

PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com.

The Pittsburgh Pirates wasted a game from starter Bailey Falter and fell 2-1 to the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

Falter pitched 7.0 innings and allowed just one run but the Pirates left 10 runners on base and lost on David Bednar’s wild pitch in the top of the ninth, which allowed Fernando Tatis Jr. to score.

The Pirates (12-22) will try and salvage the series against the Padres (21-11) and put an end to a 2-7 stretch on Sunday afternoon.

First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m. with Andrew Heaney scheduled to start.

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