Final Score: Pirates 2 Brewers 1
Why The Pirates Won: Luis Ortiz pitched 7 terrific innings giving up 1 run on 4hits, walking 1 while striking out 5 to lower his ERA to 3.32. Dennis Santana and Aroldis Chapman closed out the game thanks to Willie Adames trying to stretch a hit into left field into a double and was thrown out to end the game. The offense was its usual awful self with only 3 hits and striking out 11 times. Freddy Peralta was pitching one fine game going into the bottom of the 5th.
Key Moment Of The Game: Peralta got the first two outs in the bottom of the 5th on just 5 pitches. Things got tough after that. On two battling at bats Yasmani Grandal on 7 pitches and Nick Yorke on 6 pitches, both walked. Liover Peguero battled for 7 pitches taking the count to 3 and 2. Peralta, not wanting to walk 3 in a row, grooved a 97 MPH fastball and Peguero did not miss it. He ripped into left center field to drive in the 2 runs to give the Pirates their 2-1 lead that they protected for the last 4 innings. The Brewers only got 2 hits the rest of the way with the last one being run into an out by Adames. The Pirates need 2 more wins to equal last years win total.
Next Game: This afternoon, Brewers in Pittsburgh. PNC Park will be put out of its misery this afternoon as the Pirates play their last home game of the season. Mitch Keller makes his last start of the season, and it would be nice to see him finish on a high note after all of his struggles over the last 6 weeks. He better pitch a good game with that offense. It will be interesting to see if Peguero starts today. He should play all of the remaining games but that is highly doubtful with this organization. Just 4 games to go with the final 3 in Yankee Stadium. There is a merciful God.
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