Braxton Ashcraft throws 85-pitch complete game

Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft is now just the third pitcher in baseball this season to pitch a nine-inning complete game under 100 pitches. The 26-year-old allowed one run on three hits Thursday afternoon at loanDepot park in Miami while needing only 85 pitches to deliver 27 outs.

Ashcraft’s performance was the Pirates’ first complete game of the season and the first of his career, as…