Final Score: Pirates 4 Rockies 16
Why The Pirates Lost: The Pirates allowed a Rockies team to score 16 runs with a starting lineup that had 5 batters that were not hitting .200. What this game shows is that you cannot build a team by only acquiring low end free agents and pitchers that are on waivers. The Pirates will need a win today in order to have a .500 road trip. Supposedly they are going to have another bullpen game. After last night, good luck with that. The Pirate broadcast booth was gushing over Jared Jones, blaming everything on Coors field, and hoping the Pirates would get on a roll since they have such good pitching, before the onslaught started. By the time the game was over there were two crows sitting in front of them. This game would have been bad enough if this were the Dodgers, Braves or Phillies, but the Rockies??????
Key Moments Of The Game: This was not a key moment but certainly an embarrassing one. Both Gandal and Jones fell asleep at the wheel and the Rockies stole home on a throw back to the pitcher. The Rockies did produce a lot of runs after 2 were out. You have to give them some credit for that. I also did not see them laughing in the dugout, which was quite sporting of them.
Next Game: This afternoon, Rockies in Denver. I put about as much effort in this blog as the Pirates did playing last night. The Pirates have 7 players on the short-term IL. They are dropping like flies. Even though they are playing the Rockies, a win today will be shocking. This team may get on a roll all right, but I think it will be called a slump. My only hope is that sometimes in the world of sports a blowout loss or win will have the opposite effect of what you would expect. Last year when the Pirates got off to that amazing start, it ended with a double-digit win over the Washington Nationals. From that point on, the Pirates went into a major slump that ended their season. Could it happen the other way around this year? Highly unlikely but you never know.
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