Enmanuel Valdez

The 30-year-old right-hander also issued a pair of walks in the contest and did not record a strikeout. Eflin retired the Pirates in order in the first inning, but they scratched out a run in the second on a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Enmanuel Valdez. He then returned for the third where the Pirates used a single, two walks, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly to push another run across -- with another coming in shortly after Eflin exited. He holds a troublesome 7.71 ERA and 1.93 WHIP with only one strikeout through his first 4 2/3 innings in Grapefruit League action.

Rodriguez laced a one-out single into center off of Zach Eflin in the second inning and scored the game's first run as Enmanuel Valdez hit a sacrifice fly. He then chipped in an RBI single in the third inning that extended the Bucs' lead to 3-1. The 24-year-old backstop is finally healthy this spring and has been sizzling at the dish, hitting .417 (5-for-12) with a homer and three RBI in the early going. He's fighting with Jason Delay to open the season as the team's primary backup behind Joey Bart.