Pirates Morning Report: Offensive Offense

By vet4golfing51 on June 24, 2024

Final Score: Pirates 1 Rays 3

Why The Pirates Lost: Another poor lineup card where the Pirates did not play Gonzales and McCutchen in a supposed big rubber game of a series. Even tough McCutchen is 37 he is just batting and not playing the field and only the Shadow Stupid Bone Headed Shelton would know why you would not play Gonzales. This is an offense that has not gotten more than 5 hits in a game for the last 5 games. The Tampa Bay pitching staff is ranked 27th in baseball according to ERA+. All of this, wasted another strong performance by Paul Skenes. He went 7 innings giving up 1 run on 7 hits, walking 1, while striking out 8. In a nutshell, it is hard to win when you don't play your best players, especially when they are playing well.

Key Moment Of The Game: It was the top of the 8th when Colin Holderman got touched up for the 2 runs to give the Rays the insurmountable lead of 3-1. The hardest hit ball was the sacrifice fly out. The other big moment was when Shelton turned in that pathetic lineup card. The Pirates continue to keep and play players that should either be in AAA or DFA. With the trade deadline coming and the owner Mr. Nuthead saying the Pirates are going to make some moves, it is really scary to think what those might be.

The Next Game: Tonight, the Reds in Cincinnati. This is the start of a six game road trip against the Reds and Braves and guess what, they have an off day on Thursday. This will be their 6th off day since May 20th. Do you think they play softball that day and that's why these players need days off besides the scheduled day off? Who knows? Only the Shadow Shelton knows.