The adjustments have come both ways and Pittsburgh Pirates rookie outfielder Austin Meadows is doing better at them than opposing pitchers.

Through the first three games of a series against Arizona that concludes Sunday at PNC Park J'Mon Moore Jersey Packers , Meadows has gotten the better of Diamondbacks pitching. Despite going 0-for-4 Saturday, he’s 5-for-13 in the series with a run, a walk and a stolen base.

In fact, Meadows told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that pitchers are only adjusting to him “a little bit” after his early success.

“They’re throwing a little more of their off-speed early in the count for strikes,” he said. “For me, it’s just going out there and having the same mentality I did when I got here. Having that fastball-first mentality and adjusting to certain things and staying in my zone and not swinging at their pitches.”

Meadows, 23, a 2013 first-round draft pick who is healthy after injury setbacks, started on fire after his call-up from Triple-A Indianapolis on May 18, but going from .409 to .330 is probably just leveling off to something closer to what he can maintain.

He has made 25 starts — he batted leadoff Saturday in a 7-2 Pirates loss — divided among all three outfield spots. He has hits in 20 of the 25 starts, including 12 of the past 14, with six doubles, two triples Malik Jefferson Color Rush Jersey , five homers, 11 RBIs, 14 runs and five stolen bases.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle expects that opposing teams will use whatever resources they have to try to shift the advantage to the pitchers.

“We’ve seen a punch-back already,” said Hurdle, who doesn’t sound as if he expects opponents to fully solve Meadows any time soon.

“If you’re not impressed by Meadows’ at-bats, you need to go watch another sport right now,” he said.

Pittsburgh (36-40) has lost four straight and five of six. Arizona (43-33) has won three in a row, five of six, and will go for a four-game series sweep Sunday.

Arizona right-hander Clay Buchholz (1-1, 2.94 ERA) is scheduled to face Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams (6-4, 4.00).

Buchholz has three no-decisions in a row. His most recent start last Sunday was one of the Diamondbacks’ most frustrating losses.

He allowed one earned run in 5 2/3 innings and Arizona went into the ninth inning with a 3-1 lead before the New York Mets came back against closer Brad Boxberger to win 5-3.

“We got some very solid pitching, and Buccholz handed it off to the bullpen,” manager Torey Lovullo said.

Buchholz was subdued but “felt pretty good for the most part.”

Buchholz has been strong on the road with no wins to show for it — 0-1 with a 2.12 ERA and a .180 average against in three starts.

He is 0-1 with a 10.13 ERA in two career starts against the Pirates.

Williams is coming off a gem. He pitched seven one-hit Devin Hester Bears Jersey , scoreless innings and struck out seven Monday in a 1-0 win over Milwaukee. It was his first win since May 15.

Against the Diamondbacks, Williams is 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA in three career starts. That includes a 13-8 road loss on June 12 when he gave up six runs (one earned) in the first inning and two in the third.

The Indiana Pacers were winless in the seven games that leading scorer Victor Oladipo didn’t play in the regular season.

In the past three first-round playoff games, Oladipo is 12 of 50 from the field. The Pacers won Game 3, thanks to Bojan Bogdanovic’s 30 points, but lost the last two close games to Cleveland to fall behind in the series 3-2. Game 6 is set for Friday in Indianapolis.

“I think I got some pretty good looks. I just feel as though I missed,” Oladipo said. “Credit them. They still did a great job on me, switching out. But I feel like I got pretty good looks, some open looks that I haven’t gotten at all this series. I just missed.”

The most important miss in his 2-of-15 showing was a controversial one. LeBron James blocked Oladipo’s drive in the final seconds with the score tied at 95. However, the NBA admitted Thursday that it should have been called goaltending because the ball make contact with the backboard before James blocked it. James then drilled a 3-pointer to win it at the buzzer.

“The series ain’t over,” Oladipo said. “You got to win four games, right? We still got a game on Friday. I don’t think anyone is discouraged or upset. It sucks we lose. But we can give ourselves a chance to come back (to Cleveland) for Game 7.”

The Pacers were ahead 56-49 at halftime. The difference was the third quarter when the Cavaliers opened with a 21-4 spurt to take a 10-point lead. Kyle Korver said the third quarter has been an issue for the Cavs.

“I thought we had a good third quarter, finally,” Korver said. “We’ve had leads going into the half the last few games Blake McLaughlin Ducks Jersey , and third quarters have kind of been our Achilles heel, so it was good to come out motivated and playing hard in the third quarter. I thought guys responded well, and then at the end — what a special finish. It was amazing.”

Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said the coaching staff did a good job encouraging the players to come out strong.

“I think our guys responded,” Lue said. “I thought JR Smith’s defense in the second half was way better. We challenged him at halftime and he was great for us.”

Lue just wanted an opportunity at the end.

“We have the best player in the world on the team,” Lue said. “If we get the ball to him, you know he’s capable of delivering.”

James, who finished with 44 points, is averaging 34.8 points in the series.

“Kevin (Love) and JR didn’t shoot it well, but defensively they were really good,” James said. “Kevin rebounded the basketball. It was a total team effort.”

Pacers point guard Darren Collison said the Pacers can’t dwell on the missed call or loss.

“We’ve got to forget about it,” Collison told Fox Sports Indiana. “You can’t worry about what happened. That’s not going to help us. We know (James) made a tough shot. We’ll be prepared mentally coming in.”

Pacers forward Thaddeus Young, who said he should have played James tighter on the final shot, agreed the Pacers must have short memories.

“Hopefully Zack Martin Jersey Womens , we get this home win and take care of business and force a Game 7,” Young said.

Pacers guard Lance Stephenson offered the keys to winning Friday.

“We got to play hard, make the open passes, make the open shots, lock down LeBron and make his teammates play,” he said.

After scoring 17 points in the first three games of the series, Pacers center Domantas Sabonis has scored 41 off the bench in the last two games.

“Every game I’m getting more comfortable,” Sabonis said. “There are different lineups they are throwing at us and I’m just trying to take advantage of it.”

James expects the Pacers to come hard at the Cavaliers.

“That team never stops and it’s going to be even tougher on Friday,” James told TNT after the game.

Cavaliers point guard George Hill has missed the last two games with back spasms and is questionable.

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