PHOENIX – Terse would be the word to describe the mood in the Pirates’ clubhouse.
Clint Hurdle twice gritted his teeth and gave one-word answers when asked about his pitching staff, particularly Nick Kingham.
Not surprisingly, Kingham also was unhappy, as evidenced the answer to this question I asked after a 9-3 loss to the Diamondbacks on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Chase Field:
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