--3B Andy LaRoche's career-high 11-game hitting streak was snapped as he went 0-for-3 Tuesday with a hit by pitch. LaRoche is hitting .250, a vast improvement from the beginning of the season, when he started 0-for-18.
--LF Nyjer Morgan's eight-game hitting streak ended Tuesday as he went 0-for-4, including striking out with no outs and runner on first base in the ninth inning against Trevor Hoffman with the Pirates losing 6-5. However, the night wasn't a total zero for Morgan, as he hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth. BY THE NUMBERS: 4 -- Games the Pirates are over .500 at 11-7 after winning twice in a three-game series at San Diego that ended April 26. The Pirates, who have had 16 straight losing seasons, have not been this far above .500 this late in a season since April 30, 2002.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We're going to need guys to step up and our team to come together and I know we will." -- Manager John Russell after losing C Ryan Doumit and SS Jack Wilson to the disabled list in the span of five days.
