Article: Dumatrait joins lefty-heavy rotation

NEW YORK -- The addition of Phil Dumatrait has made the Pirates' starting rotation heavy with left-handed pitchers.

Dumatrait moved into the rotation Sunday after right-hander Matt Morris was released. Dumatrait, who had been working in long relief - - he pulled mop-up duty in three of Morris' five dismal outings -- will make his first start Thursday against the Washington Nationals.

"I've never seen four lefties in a rotation," Dumatrait said Monday, before the Pirates' game against the New York Mets was rained out. "But if they feel like it's our best chance of winning, I don't see it as being a big deal, really."

Technically, Dumatrait fills the No. 4 spot in the rotation. But he lines up ...

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