Final Score: Pirates 4 Cardinals 7 Why The Pirates Lost: Again the Pirates had a putrid offense for 8 innings scoring no runs on 3 hits. For the 2nd game in a row they had a 4 run inning all on the long ball. Jack Suwinski hit a 3 run homer follo… | By vet4golfing51 on July 3, 2024 | Final Score: Pirates 4 Cardinals 7 Why The Pirates Lost: Again the Pirates had a putrid offense for 8 innings scoring no runs on 3 hits. For the 2nd game in a row they had a 4 run inning all on the long ball. Jack Suwinski hit a 3 run homer followed one out later by a solo shot by Andrew McCutchen. Unfortunately the Cardinals scored a lot more than just one run. Mitch Keller got knocked around pretty good giving up 6 runs on 9 hits in just 5 innings of work. The bullpen gave up another run for the final score of 7-4. The home stand gets off to a sluggish start. Key Moment Of The Game: The score was 2-0 going into the top of the 4th. Brenden Donovan opened the inning with a hard hit line drive single to center field. This is where things went bad. Catcher's interference and a 72 MPH bloop single to left field loaded the bases with no outs. This brought up Nolan Gorman who in his last 15 games was hitting.122 with 2 home runs. No question the man has power, hitting 16 home runs so far this season, more than any Pirate by a wide margin. He took an outside edge curve ball and went with it to hit a grand slam homer for number 17, and faster than you could say this game is over, it was 6-0. That 4 run inning got the Pirates within 2, but you never really felt the Pirates were going to catch up and you were right. Next Game: Tonight, Cardinals in Pittsburgh. Besides being a disappointing loss it was a surprise to see Luis Ortiz coming out of the bullpen. He pitches one of the best games of the year and he is back in the bullpen? You are trying to conserve innings for Jones and Skenes. It makes no sense. Another mystery decision by the Pirates. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. | | | | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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