When the Pirates visited the Colorado Rockies on Aug. 1 this past season, it was a memorable ballgame. The Pirates blew a six-run lead in the final two innings and lost 17-16 on a Brenton Doyle two-run walk-off homer.

Pirates management must have remembered the game too.

The winning pitcher for the Rockies that night was right-handed reliever Dugan Darnell, who threw two scoreless one-hit innings in his major league debut. On Friday, the Pirates claimed Darnell on waivers and transferred him to the 60-day injured list.

Darnell, a 28-year-old from Adrian College in Michigan, went 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA with five strikeouts in 11 2/3 innings with the Rockies before going on the injured list Aug. 22 with hip inflammation.

He spent most of the season with Triple-A Albuquerque, going 5-2 with one save, a 3.19 ERA and 63 strikeouts in (53 2/3 innings.

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