Worth noting

By Stephen Pianovich and Tom Singer

June 8, 2014

• Pedro Alvarez entered Sunday's game with 35 RBIs, second among National League third basemen to Casey McGehee, the former popular Buccos utilityman now with Miami.

• A dozen different Pirates players have driven in 10-plus runs, the most in the NL; Colorado is next with 10 double-figure RBI men.

• In Friday night's game, Russell Martin (3-for-3 with three runs scored and four driven in) became the second Pirates catcher ever with that batting line; Ryan Doumit compiled it on Sept. 30, 2009 in Wrigley Field against the Cubs.

Stephen Pianovich is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer.