• Five relief appearances for John Holdzkom, five scoreless innings. Holdzkom pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning on just 8 pitches, 7 for strikes, in the Pirates 7-3 win over the Cubs on Frisay night. Holdzkom struck out 2 and got Rafael Lopez to ground out to short on a first pitch strike. Holdzkom has now retired 14 of 16 batters he’s faced since being called up.
9/12 vs CUBS 1.0 IP, 2 K, 8-7
2014 Stats: 5 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2 HLD, 9 SO, 1 BB, 0.40 WHIP