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Gallardo allowed his first runs of the season in his last go-round, also against the Pirates, and left with a no-decision after permitting two runs in six frames. He's incurred just one loss in his last 12 starts.
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Volquez comes off consecutive starts of at least 5 2/3 innings without allowing more than one earned run for first time since mid-2012. Pitching from the stretch during pregame warmup routine has helped him avoid big innings.
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It's a rematch of Sunday, when Lohse worked 8 2/3 innings and grew stronger as the game went on. He threw just 12 pitches in the seventh and 12 more in the eighth, striking out five of six batters in those innings.
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Even with the Cubs' Starlin Castro taking him deep twice on Apr. 8, Morton has allowed three homers to the last 415 batters he has faced. Lefties are only 10-for-39 so far this year against him, a major improvement over his career trend.
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Going on the road might be a good thing for Garza, who has worked 15 innings in his two Miller Park starts without getting a single run of support.
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The veteran lefty gets his first shot at recovering from Monday's Great American Ball Park nightmare, when he allowed a trio of two-run homers -- each erasing a one-run lead. Rodriguez has been hit progessively harder each start.
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Estrada has been at his recent best on the road, where he went 5-2 with a 2.09 ERA last season and is 1-0 with a 2.31 ERA in his first two starts of 2014. He's 5-0 with a 2.06 ERA in 11 career appearances against Pittsburgh.
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Cole allowed a career-most five runs in Cincinnati on Tuesday, ending his six-start winning streak. He made a couple of errant two-strike pitches, but even with the two by the Reds that night, he has allowed only three homers in his last 54 innings.
