Mediocre was not good enough for Rockies starter Chris Rusin on Saturday night. It rarely is against Pittsburgh these days.
Rusin surrendered three runs on five hits and three walks in six innings in lowering his record to 4-7. He struck out three.
A three-run homer by Aramis Ramirez in the first got Rusin off to a terrible start, but he settled in thereafter. He retired eight of the next nine batters and allowed just two hits the rest of the way.
Rusin rebounded nicely from his last start, when he gave up 11 runs in only two innings against the Mets.