Final Score: Pirates 2 Brewers 3
Why The Pirates Lost: Another inept offensive performance and a very badly pitched inning that saw the Brewers score 3 runs on only one ball that left the infield. The offense could only muster 2 runs on 4 hits, 4 walks, while striking out 8 times. They only had 4 at bats with runners in scoring position and of course, did not get a hit. The Pirates went to a bullpen game to give Quinn Priester extra rest and aside from the bad 3rd inning it worked out pretty well. Overall it was a tough loss that sent the Pirates record to 13 -12.
Key Moment Of The Game; This 3rd inning is pretty painful but let’s get into it. It opened with a slow roller to the right of Rowdy Tellez and he was charged with a throwing error which I thought was a bad scoring call. I think the runner would have beaten it out anyway. Even if you think that Tellez deserved the error, the sad thing is, his was not the worst sin of the inning. Josh Fleming struck out the next batter but walked the next and the Shadow Shelton decided to make the move to bring Luis (I Only Pitch Well In Extra Innings) Ortiz. On his third pitch he gave up a single to center field and the Brewers had a 1-0 lead. From that point on a ball never made it on the playing field. Hit by pitch, strike out, Hit by pitch, walk, and strike out, resulted in 2 more runs for the Brewers. The Pirates made it 3-2 in the bottom of the inning on a Bryan Reynolds 2 run homer. It stayed that way until the bottom of the 9th when the Brewers tried to hand the game back to the Pirates, but they wouldn’t take it. With one out the Brewers made two consecutive errors on easy plays to put runners on 1st and 2nd. Triolo flew out to deep right field, McCutchen struck out and the game was over.
Next Game: This afternoon, Brewers in Pittsburgh. Mitch Keller will take the mound for the Pirates today. They need a series win. Keller has had his good moments this year but it would be nice to see him throw a real gem. He might have to if the Pirates are going to win. The offense has scored only 1or 2 runs in 7 of the last 9 games. In the other 2 games they scored 3 and 4 runs but were aided by the other team’s miscues. Will it ever end?
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