Ian Snell fanned 13 batters in a row and 17 in all in seven scoreless innings Sunday in his first start since being demoted to Triple-A Indianapolis.

Snell was facing Detroit's Triple-A Toledo affiliate. Pitching against the same team, Tom Gorzelanny fanned 12 in five innings Saturday. Both pitchers could be back in Pittsburgh's rotation soon.


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Detroit's AAA must be awful when two pitchers who can't even stay on the Pirates roster do that to them. Or maybe the Pirates are just stupid for not keeping them on their roster. Either way.