Final Score: Pirates 4 Giants 8 10 innings
Why The Pirates Lost: Another frustrating day at the plate for the Pirates. They managed to score 4 runs, but it took 8 hits and 6 walks to do it. They left 11 runners on base and were 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position. Osvaldo Bido could only go 2.2 innings, so this turned into a bullpen game, and they did very well until the blow up in the 10th inning by Yerry De Los Santos. Where do the Pirates come up with these relief pitchers with the long names. The bullpen had pitched fantastic the previous 6.1 inning, giving up 0 runs on just 2 hits and 1 walk. There were a lot of good things that happened this weekend for the Pirates, but they could not do the things that you have to do to win ballgames, while the Giants did. The Giants had only one more hit and one less walk than the Pirates but produced 8 runs. They came up with the big hit when they needed it and swept the series.
Key Moment Of The Game: In the bottom of the 8th the Pirates loaded the bases on a single and two walks with nobody out and trailing in the game 3-2. Jared Triolo hit a sacrifice fly that not only scored a run but moved the runner over to third base. Tucupita (I Think I Will Try To Bunt Even Though It Did Not Work The Last Time In The Exact Same Situation) Marcano, after getting ahead in the count 2-0 fouled off not one but two bunt attempts and then struck out on a pitch outside the zone. What made this even more frustrating is the infield was playing in and a ground ball has a good chance of getting through. Gonzales gets hit by a pitch to reload the based. Then Jason Delay puts on a little league exhibition. Takes a strike, swings at two pitches outside the strike zone, luckily fouling off one. He does take a pitch that almost hits him. Then tops off this great at bat by swinging at a pitch in the dirt to end the inning. In the last 30 games Delay has a lower batting average than Hedges. A pinch hitter may have been in order here, do you think? The Pirates should have taken the lead, and not had two of the worst at bats possible.
Next Game: Tonight, Guardians in Pittsburgh. Quinn Priester makes his major league debut, which will add some interest to the game. There are reports that other players are being brought up. It will be interesting to see who goes down. This was a tough weekend for the Pirates but hopefully one in which they learned something. I must toot my own horn a little bit as I just mentioned how offense in baseball can be a sometime thing. This weekend the potent Red's offense got shut out 3 straight times by the Milwaukee Brewers. At least this gives the Pirates something to shoot for. I'm talking about what the Reds did.
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