Pittsburgh Pirates Off-day Notes: Meek Activated, Moskos Optioned

- According to Pirates Prospects, the Pittsburgh Pirates (22-24) have activated reliever Evan Meek from the 15-day DL. To make room for Meek on the 25-man roster, the team optioned lefty Danny Moskos to AAA Indianapolis. Moskos allowed just one unearned run off two hits in 4.2 innings pitched. He struck out one and walked three. - The Pirates will look to move on from last night’s 2-0 loss to the Tigers. The Bucs took two of three from Detroit and came away with more positives than negatives overall from the interleague series. - Andrew McCutchen continues his torrid pace since his sluggish start to 2011. The center fielder hit just .202 through the season’s first 25 games, but has been absolutely crushing the ball since. In the last 20 games, McCutchen has a .321 average with five doubles, two triples and five home runs. He’s grabbing everything within a mile of him defensively and is once again establishing himself as one of the game’s premier players. - In...