That's exactly what Rodriguez gave the Diamondbacks. Pittsburgh's lineup, without Oneil Cruz and playing shorthanded after Spencer Horwitz's concussion scare on a rehab assignment, never found a rhythm against him, and Jones — sharp as he'd been all month — couldn't quite match zeros with him this time.
Arizona pushed 2 runs across in the 4th and added an insurance run in the 6th, and that was more than enough. The Pirates put together 5 hits on the day but stranded traffic the whole way, unable to solve Rodriguez in a spot where 1 mistake pitch would've flipped the game.
It's the kind of game that swings a wild-card race without anyone outside the standings noticing. Arizona takes the series and the tiebreaker edge, while Pittsburgh heads home from this trip having split a set they controlled for most of it. Both injury sheets are long — Zac Gallen and Corbin Burnes still building back for Arizona, Cruz and Horwitz compromising Pittsburgh's lineup — and neither club can afford many more series like this one where the bullpen gets stretched to its limit.