Pirates Late Morning Report

FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 3 TIGERS 5

WHY THE PIRATES LOST: AS GOOD AS THE PITCHING HAS BEEN LATELY, THEY FELL FLAT ON THEIR FACE LAST NIGHT. THE TIGERS ARE THE WORST OFFENSIVE TEAM IN BASEBALL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 2.82 RUNS PER GAME. TO ALLOW THEM TO SCORE 5 RUNS IS DISGRACEFUL. THE TOP OF THE 8TH PRETTY MUCH SUMMED THINGS UP. THE TIGERS DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO TO NOT SCORE A RUN, BUT THE PIRATES TOP THEM, BY DOING EVERYTHING THEY COULD DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID.

KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME: JOSE QUINTANA JUST GOT ROCKED IN THE 4TH INNING. THE TIGERS GOT 4 HITS AND A WALK AND TOOK THE LEAD 4 TO 1. THE HITS WERE PRETTY MUCH ALL ROCKET SHOTS AND THE PIRATES WERE LUCKY THAT THE TIGERS GOT ONLY 3 RUNS. THE PIRATES GOT WITHIN A RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNING WHEN CAL MITCHELL HIT A HOME RUN WITH A MAN ON. THEY COULD GET NO CLOSER AND THE GIFT RUN IN THE 8TH GAVE THE TIGERS SOME BREATHING ROOM.

NEXT GAME: IN ABOUT 70 MINUTES, TIGERS IN PITTSBURGH. NO SPECUTLATION ON THE LINE UP TODAY. NO SWAGGERTY, ANOTHER REALLY COOL METHOD THE PIRATES HAVE FOR PLAYER DEVELOPEMENT, SIT THE BENCH. BUT WHO CAN BLAME THEM, CERTAINLY NOT THE PIRATE ANNOUNCERS, WHEN YOU CAN PUT THE TURTLE IN THE LINE UP, ALONG WITH YU CHANG AND PEREZ. THE BIG QUESTION OF THE DAY WILL BE, CANTHE COMBO OF PEREZ AND CHANG PUT ONE BALL IN PLAY? THEY DID NOT, THE LAST TIME THEY WERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ORDER. THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PIRATE ORGANIZATION AND THEIR CONSTANT WAYS OF TRYING TO LOSE GAMES. WE ARE GOING TO SEE MITCH KELLER’S NEW SINKER BALL. AGAINST DETROIT, LET’S HOPE IT GETS SOME OUTS.