Pirates Morning Report:

FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 1 BRAVES 3

WHY THE PIRATES LOST: ANOTHER BAD DAY FOR THE OFFENSE. EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT 8 HITS, THEY COULD NOT GET THE KEY ONE. FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT GAME THE ONLY RUN THEY SCORED WAS A JACK SUWINSKI HOME RUN. THE LAST 4 INNINGS THEY DID NOT GET A MAN ON BASE. THEY STRUCK OUT 13 TIMES. J. T. BRUBAKER PITCHED A VERY NICE 7 INNINGS BUT SOME SOFT HITS, A WALK, A HIT BATSMAN AND THE BRAVES CAME UP WITH 3 RUNS. THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SEND THE PIRATES TO THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT LOSS.

KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME: IT WAS MORE OF A KEY OMEN OF THE GAME. KE’BRYAN HAYES LED OFF THE GAME WITH A SINGLE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GOT PICKED OFF FIRST BASE. THE PIRATES GOT 2 MORE HITS IN THE INNING BUT DID NOT SCORE A RUN. RIGHT THERE YOU FELT THAT THINGS WERE NOT GOING TO GO THEIR WAY. THIS GAME WAS SIMPLY A MATTER OF A VERY GOOD TEAM MAKING THE KEY PLAYS.

NEXT GAME: TONIGHT, BRAVES IN ATLANTA. THE PIRATES JUST HAVE TOO MANY PLAYERS THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, AND THEY INSIST ON PLAYING THEM. CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHERE YU CHANG PLAYS NEXT. IS THERE A 10TH SPOT IN THE BATTING ORDER.