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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates, once again in the running for the National League wild-card playoff game theyve played host to the last three seasons, still havent solidified a starting rotation 93 games into the 2016 season.Left-hander Jeff Locke (8-5) tries to add a bit of clarification on Wednesday night as he takes on another struggling starter, right-hander Chase Anderson (4-10), in the second game of a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers.The Pirates come in with two straight wins and 11 in their 15 games. The Brewers have dropped five of six.Lockes record looks OK -- he is 3-0 in his last four starts and 7-2 in his last 10 -- but he has a 5.26 ERA and yielded a troubling 27 earned runs in 31 1/3 innings. And despite being a left-hander who has shown he can win consistently in the majors, he hears rumors nearly every time he starts that hes on the trading block.The Pirates havent done much to quiet the talk, as they hold in-season auditions for their rotation that, of late, added right-hander Jameson Taillon from Triple-A and auditioned right-hander Chad Kuhl -- who pitched six innings of one-hit shutout ball on Sunday in Washington -- and right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who is expected to return from Triple-A Indianapolis to start Saturday against the Dodgers. Taillon held the Brewers to one run in six innings on Tuesday night.In all, eight Pirates made their major league debuts in the first half of the season, prompting manager Clint Hurdle to say Tuesday, The scenario (for that) had to be crazy, and it was.More young pitching could be on the way, too, making this start even more important for Locke as the trading deadline approaches.What the Pirates want is more offense. Theyve been held to six runs in 44 innings in their last four games, one lasting 18 innings, and were held to five hits in their 3-2, last at-bat win over the Brewers on Tuesday night.Josh Harrison hustled his way to a triple on a ball hit high off the wall in right-center field to start the bottom of the ninth, then scored on the play when second baseman Scooter Gennetts throw skipped past Harrison.This offense is just battling, playing through every day, Harrison said after the Pirates second successive win. Hitting is contagious, not hitting is contagious, regardless of what people say. ... Thats the name of the game -- just keep plugging away. Just try to push across as many runs as possible.Locke gave up plenty -- eight earned runs and 11 hits in nine innings in his last two starts -- while going only four innings against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 6 and five innings against the Oakland Athletics on July 1, but the Pirates combined for 14 runs while winning both games.Anderson will start against Pittsburgh for the first time this season after going 0-4 with a 9.61 ERA in his last five starts, walking a career-high five in each of his last two outings. His last one was an 8-1 loss to St. Louis on July 9.And not only is Anderson not winning, the Brewers arent winning consistently when he goes to the mound, either. With opponents batting .266 with 18 home runs against Anderson, the Brewers are 5-12 in his 17 starts.Anderson is 0-1 with a 5.65 ERA in three career starts against the Pirates, who are 3-1 against the Brewers this season -- with 15 games remaining.The Brewers lost in the final inning in each of their last two games, including a 1-0 loss on Sunday in Cincinnati. Reliever Tyler Thornburg (3-4) took the loss in each.Its not fun when get walked off on, but for the most part were playing good baseball, Gennett said. Were in these games, and weve got to keep grinding and eventually well run into some win streaks.The Brewers havent won more than three straight since winning four in a row May 24-27. Richard Seymour Jersey . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season. Monty Stickles Jersey . 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DENVER -- It seemed like the Colorado Rockies were in good shape to take both of their home games against the Texas Rangers.A faltering bullpen cost them a chance to get either one.Adrian Beltre hit a two-run double, Elvis Andrus added a tiebreaking single and the Rangers scored four runs in the eighth inning to beat the Rockies 7-5 on Tuesday.The AL West leaders had five hits in the inning and handed Colorado another tough loss in the two-game sweep. The late-game rally came after the Rangers scored three times in the ninth to beat the Rockies 4-3 on Monday night.I feel that we have played very well the last couple nights, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. But we didnt avoid the big innings, late. We have to be able to do that.On Tuesday, Texas had four consecutive hits off Scott Oberg (0-1) as Carlos Beltran drove in a run with a single and Beltre tied the game with a two-run double. Andrus gave his team the lead when he drove in Beltre with his second hit of the game.Colorados shaky bullpen performance comes after Carlos Estevez blew two ninth-inning leads in four days and was taken out of the closer role.The Rockies have lost five of six and finished their homestand 3-5. The teams head to Texas to begin a two-game set Wednesday.I didnt get things done, Oberg said. If I execute the right pitches, I hopefully get the results that I want. Unfortunately, today I wasnt able to do that.Tyler Chatwood allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings and struck out a season-high eight for Colorado.Charlie Blackmon homered and doubled, rookie David Dahl tripled to extend his hitting streak to 15 games, and Nolan Arenado drove in his National-League leading 90th and 91st RBI for the Rockies.There are going to be a lot of periods over the course of a season where you feel like (you) missed an opportunity, Blackmon said. Today is definitely one of those.Blackmon hit Griffins fourth pitch of the game over the wall in right-center field for his seventh leadoff home run of the season. Later in the inning, Dahl tripled and Arenado brought him home with a single to extend Colorados lead to 2-0.Arenado and Gerardo Parra added RBI singles in the third. Mark Reynolds came off the bench aand drove in a run with a single in the fifth to push the lead to 5-1.ddddddddddddA.J. Griffin struggled in his start for the Rangers, allowing five runs in 4 2/3 innings. He avoided losing his first game since July 10 thanks to another Rangers late rally.Alex Claudio (3-1) threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief and Sam Dyson picked up his 25th save in 28 chances.ESTEVEZ OUT AS CLOSEREstevez was removed from the Rockies closer role after blowing two save opportunities in four days. Estevez had five blown saves in 16 opportunities this season.Im going to get him out of that role for a little bit just to let him catch his breath, Weiss said. Hes made of all the right stuff. Hes going to be a great closer in this league for a long time.RHP Adam Ottavino will take the bulk of the save opportunities going forward, Weiss said. Ottavino was the teams closer before undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2015.NO WALKSChatwood didnt surrender a walk on Tuesday after he had given up 15 in his previous 18 innings.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: An MRI showed no new damage for OF Carlos Gonzalez (ankle), who sat out after he left in the second inning of Mondays 4-3 loss with left ankle inflammation. Its the third time Gonzalez has not been in the lineup since spraining his ankle on a groundout six days ago. ... SS Trevor Story (thumb), who is expected to miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn UCL Thursday, will get his stitches removed Aug. 19. He is in the strengthening phase right now, Rockies athletic trainer Keith Dugger said. Hes doing really good. He is pain free and has full range of motion. Keith Dugger said. Hes doing really good. He is pain free and has full range of motion.UP NEXTRangers: LHP Martin Perez (7-8, 4.33 ERA) is 0-4 with a 7.07 ERA in his past six starts. He allowed five runs in seven innings against Houston in his previous start.Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (7-7, 5.24 ERA) has a quality start in eight of his past nine outings. In his previous start, the 35-year-old allowed one run in six innings. ' ' '