Pirates pitcher Vance Worley was knocked around Monday against the Braves.
Worley allowed six runs, five earned, on nine hits over six innings of work. He struck out eight and walked two. The Braves wasted no time getting to Worley. Jason Heyward and Andrelton Simmons led off the game with back-to-back home runs, putting Worley down by two immediately. It would only get worse from there. A walk and two singles brought in the next run. Worley was able to get a strikeout for the first out of the game, but followed that up with another run-scoring single and a walk. A force out and an error led to the other two runs coming home. Worley would settle in and throw five scoreless innings, but the damage had already been done.
With the loss, Worley dropped to 5-3. He’ll take on the Brewers in his next start.