Pirates Morning Report: The Pitching Takes Over

vet4golfing51

April 24

Final Score: Pirates 2 Brewers 1

Why The Pirates Won: I hang my head in shame. The Pirates, God love em, saw something in Bailey No Falter Insurance that I did not, and boy is it paying off. Last night he pitched one of the best games of the year and surprisingly the Pirates let him do it. He went 7+ innings giving up 1 run on just 3 hits, striking out a career high 8 batters while walking 2. He now has the 2nd lowest ERA among the Pirate starters. The bullpen preserved the win, with Bednar getting his 2nd save in a row. The offense continues to struggle but got just enough to get the win. McCutchen again led off the game with a home run and Conner (I Was Wrong About Him Too) Jo drove in the deciding run in the bottom of the 6th. The Pirates are half way to a sweep and stand 13-11.

Key Moment Of The Game: No question it was the top of the third. The Pirates were leading 1-0 and Falter had only given up a walk. The Brewers would get their only 2 hits, until Gary Sanchez led off the 7th with a home run. Unfortunately they got those 2 singles back to back to put runners on 1st and 3rd with nobody out. Just like the previous game the Brewers could not get the job done. Falter bore down and got the big strike out. He got Contreras to bounce back to him to get the runner on 3rd in a run down for the 2nd out. Willy Adames grounded out to Oneil Cruz who made a solid play and the inning was over. For the next 4 innings Falter faced the minimum amount of batters, thanks to a double play, and took the game into the 8th inning.

Next Game: Tonight, Brewers in Pittsburgh. Apparently the Pirates are going with Josh Fleming to start the game. I would assume they may be piggybacking him with Quinn Priester but I really can't find any info. It will be another game where you hope the Pirate offense may break out. We need this sweep.