Final Score: Pirates 7 Phillies 6
Why The Pirates Won: Much to my surprise, the young Bucs bounced back to score 7 runs on 11 hits and 3 walks. This was the definition of team offense as every one of the starting nine either got on base or scored a run. Endy Rodriguez and Liover Peguero were the main contributors, with Rodriguez going 2 for 4 driving in 4 runs and Peguero going 3 for 4 with a home run and 2 RBI's. This overcame some of the shakiest pitching of the year. The Pirate pitchers walked 9 batters with Quinn Priester leading the way with 6 over 5+ innings of work. Priester after pitching a pretty solid first 3 innings, fell apart in the 4th. He gave up a walk, a double, another walk, book ended by strike outs of Bryce Harper and Trea Turner, no less. It looked like he might escape this shaky inning but gave up back to back doubles to Brandon Marsh and Jake Cave, to quickly turn a 1-0 lead into a 4-1 deficit. He pitched a decent 5th inning thanks to Bryce Harper trying to stretch a single into a double. He could not record an out in the 6th before loading the bases.
Key Moments Of The Game: This game revolved around two half innings the bottom of the 5th and the top of the 6th. In the bottom of the 5th the Pirates loaded the bases with one out, thanks to a single, a walk, and a Bryce Harper error. Endy Rodriguez lined a ball to center field that was played into a triple, that cleared the bases making the score 6-4 Pirates. A two out single by Alika Williams drove in the 7th run and the Pirates had a 7-4 lead. Both the hit and RBI were Williams's first in the majors. Then in the top of the 6th Priester fell apart by loading the bases with no outs, on a single and two consecutive walks. Ryan Borucki came in got two outs but then walked in a run. Colin Holderman came in and put out the fire and the Phillies could only score 1 run with the bases loaded compared to the 4 the Pirates scored when they loaded the bases. The Phillies were able to get a run in the 8th, and David Bednar had a shaky 9th inning, but with 1st and 3rd and one out, he got J. T. Realmuto to ground into a slick 5-4-3 double play to end the game.
Next Game: This afternoon, Phillies in Pittsburgh. In the last 8 games the Pirates have won 4 games, the even number games. Hopefully, they can break that streak and win the series today. It is nice to see the enthusiasm of youth on this team. Watching the Pirates yesterday you would not have thought that this win moved them up to 12 games below .500. Rich Hill starts today, so you know the Pirates will have to score some runs, if they are going to pull out a series win.
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