Pirates SP Ian Snell cruised into the fourth inning Tuesday against the Mets, but after walking Carlos Beltran with one out, Ryan Church hit his third homer of the season over the right-center field fence to tie the game at 2. Snell finished off the inning before running into more trouble in the fifth. Endy Chavez, hitting just .160 coming in, singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth. He scored an out later on Jose B. Reyes' triple off the wall in right-center. After Luis Castillo walked, David Wright hit a potential double-play grounder to short. Second baseman Freddy Sanchez couldn't handle the throw, and Reyes scored on the error to make it 4-2. Snell then walked Beltran to load the bases and was done. Snell walked five in 4 1/3 innings. He allowed four runs and five hits, and struck out two.

Snell walks five against Mets

The Pirates at Mets game Monday night has been postponed by rain. The game was rescheduled for Monday, Aug. 11, at 1:10 p.m. Ian Snell will be pushed back to Tuesday, followed by Tom Gorzelanny, Zach Duke, Paul Maholm and new No. 5 starter Phil Dumatrait.

The Cardinals wasted little time getting to Pirates SP Ian Snell during Wednesday's game. St. Louis had four hits and two walks on their way to four first-inning runs. However, after the rocky start, Snell shut down St. Louis for the remainder of his six innings -- though he did allow 13 total baserunners. Snell gave up eight hits, four walks and hit a batter while allowing four earned runs. He struck out one in the no decision as Pittsburgh rallied for a 7-4 win.

Ian Snell (2-1) lost for the first time Friday in seven starts since Sept. 8 -- also against the Cubs. He gave up three runs and nine hits in six innings, striking out five and walking one.

Ian Snell picked up his second win of the season despite striking out only two batters and allowing nine hits in 6.1 innings on Saturday night.Snell limited the Reds to three runs on the night and continues to offer reasons to believe that he could end up as one of the top-20 starters in the NL this season.

Pirates' Snell defeats Reds

Snell strikes out 10 in win over Marlins

Ian Snell was impressive on Sunday as he only allowed two runs on four hits over six innings against Florida, with an eye opening 10 strikeouts and no walks, in a 9-2 win.He performed like the Pirates ace today, and bounced back from his first start in which he allowed four runs in a no decision against Atlanta.

Ian Snell struggled in a no decision on Monday night as he allowed four runs on seven hits (solo home run by Brian McCann) over six innings of work against Atlanta, with two walks and three strikeouts.He is the Pirates' ace and the team must be displeased with his outing, even though they won the game in extra innings 12-11.