Pirates' Jacob Stallings: Slow start

Stallings is 3-for-16 with one double and five walks in the season's first seven games.

He reached base three times Thursday with a single and two walks. After just 21 plate appearances, Stallings is batting .188 but holds a 5:5 BB:K, and his .062 ISO is below his career mark of .108. The catcher has hit better on the road (.274/.336/.406) than at PNC Park (.244/.323/.328) in his career, and the team plays its next six games at home.