Pirates' Alex McRae: Provides serviceable outing Monday

McRae made his season debut Monday, allowing two earned runs in three relief innings. He gave up three hits and struck out three batters.

The righty yielded back-to-back homers to Derek Dietrich and Yasiel Puig. He threw 36 of 50 pitches for strikes and performed well enough to earn additional consideration as a multi-inning reliever. McRae compiled a 5.18 ERA and 1.38 WHIP in five starts covering 48.2 Triple-A innings prior to his recall.