Pirates Morning Report

FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 10 ROCKIES 5

WHY THE PIRATES WON: THE BATS WOKE UP AND BLASTED BY THE 4 RUN BARRIER TO SCORE 10 RUNS, ON 9 HITS AND 5 WALKS. FOUR OF THE 9 HITS WERE FOR EXTRA BASES, 2 DOUBLES AND 2 HOME RUNS. THE BULLPEN PRETTY MUCH SHUT THE ROCKIES DOWN, AFTER ZACK THOMPSON GAVE UP 4 RUNS IN 3 INNINGS. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE YOUNG PITCHER YERRY DE LOS SANTOS CLOSE OUT THE NINTH. HE WAS A LITTLE SHAKY GIVING UP A HIT AND A WALK BUT HE GOT THE JOB DONE ON HIS FIRST APPEARENCE IN THE MAJORS. IT WAS A NICE COME BACK WIN FOR THE BUCCOS. IT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE CAL MITCHELL HAVE ANOTHER CLEAN GAME, GOING 2 FOR 5 AND DRIVING IN ANOTHER RUN.

KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME: THE 3 RUN HOMER BY JACK SUWINSKI IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH WITH 2 OUT GOT THE PIRATES RIGHT BACK IN THE GAME. THEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH WITH THE PIRATES LEADING 6-5 AND 2 OUT, JOSH (I DON’T KNOW WHY HE IS EVEN PLAYING) VAN METER HIT A 3 RUN HOMER, THAT GAVE THE PIRATES A VERY NICE CUSHION TO TAKE INTO THE LAST 2 INNINGS. VAN METER HAD A NICE GAME AND A BIG HOME RUN YESTERDAY. HOWEVER, HE IS 27 YEARS OLD AND IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING MORE THAN A BENCH GUY, MAYBE NOT EVEN A GOOD ONE. EVERY GAME HE PLAYS, HE IS JUST SLOWING DOWN THE DEVELOPEMENT OF A YOUNG PLAYER, IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

NEXT GAME: FRIDAY NIGHT, THE PADRES IN SAN DIEGO. THIS IS THE START OF A 6 GAME ROAD TRIP WITH 3 IN SAN DIEGO AND 3 IN L.A. THE PIRATES WERE ABLE TO SPLIT THE 6 GAMES WITH THESE 2 TEAMS WHEN THEY PLAYED IN PITTSBURGH. IF THE PIRATES CAN DO THIS ON THE ROAD, THEN I WILL BE TURNING WATER INTO WINE BY WEDNESDAY. LET’S GO BUCS.